LPGA Q-SERIES

December 2, 2022

Magdalena Simmermacher

Magnolia Grove

Quick Quotes

Q. An 8-under bogey-free round today. How did that feel?

MAGDALENA SIMMERMACHER: So good. It maybe looks so easy, but I just made a lot of putts and gave myself a lot of birdie opportunities, which I didn't that much yesterday, so happy about it.

Q. And then going from T94 to right now looking at T13 with some golf still left to be played, how does it feel to make that big of a jump on the leaderboard on the second day?

MAGDALENA SIMMERMACHER: Yeah, I thought I had it. Yesterday I actually didn't play bad. I had two mud balls and had two doubles. That was basically my 4-over. But I was playing good, so I just kept my confidence. Yesterday I went to the driving range after finishing late. It was almost night, but I still wanted to go hit some balls and get some confidence for today.

I knew I could do it. I just went out there trying to make as many birdies -- I wanted nine birdies. That was my goal today. I almost made it on the last, but I think that was what kept me going and saying like one more, one more being one more.

Yeah, I did it. It was really fun.

Q. And then yesterday, like you said, 4-over, not a bad score, but how did it change your mindset heading into today?

MAGDALENA SIMMERMACHER: I think I started a little bit out of tempo yesterday. I might have been nervous or the time change, we came from Europe. Literally the practice rounds I think I was like a zombie because I didn't remember anything about the golf course yesterday. I was like, what's this hole doing? Like asking my caddie because I didn't even know where I was.

But I think as soon as you start adjusting to the time change and getting comfortable here with the cold, it made it feel better.

Q. And then like you said, maybe a little bit of nerves. I know that it's your Q-Series debut and you were in Q-School in 2018. How do you get through the nerves? Yesterday first round it's a little bit different, but how do you fight through them today to get back to the golf you know you know how to play?

MAGDALENA SIMMERMACHER: Well, yesterday I had a chat with my coach. I told him like I'm going to the driving range because of this. He didn't reply, but like after I went to the driving range I told him like, hey, I found it. I know what I have to do.

Then he just said, hey, I know you've got it. Just trust it. It's just an opportunity you have now. Next year you have a job. You can play on the LET the full season, you're going to play majors. Don't worry about this. Just go and try to do your best golf. If it works, it works. If not, you had a great season already.

So don't worry about it. Just don't be nervous and just go for it.

Q. And then kind of following up on that, you had two runner-up finishes on the LET this season and 12 more Top 10s. Congratulations on a great season.

MAGDALENA SIMMERMACHER: Thank you.

Q. What have you learned from consistently being in contention on the LET, and how do you kind of bring that into your preparation for this week?

MAGDALENA SIMMERMACHER: Yeah, just focusing on yourself, the process you're doing, what you can get better, what you can work on, how do you manage around the course.

Because everybody does different, and if you start comparing to someone else you kind of get lost in your own way. So just keep building on your own momentum and trying to see what to get better. I think the important part is in the details, so each time you can get better, you can compete, and once your trust is good, that you trust yourself, you can put yourself in contention as much as you want.

It just depends on you.

Q. And then is this your career-low, do you know?

MAGDALENA SIMMERMACHER: Yeah, it is.

Q. Perfect. So a career-low on obviously a really big stage fighting for an LPGA Tour card next year.

MAGDALENA SIMMERMACHER: Yeah.

Q. How did it feel to be able to get good your career-low here, and what confidence does that give you for the next week?

MAGDALENA SIMMERMACHER: Yeah, I guess I just finished. I feel like I still have to keep on making birdies. That's my feeling right now.

But, yeah, it feels good. I knew I had to do something good to keep me going for the week. It's a really long tournament, so it's just a small part. As yesterday was bad, today it was as good.

We have to keep building and keep playing good to get the card, and if I do, it would be great.