COGNIZANT FOUNDERS CUP

May 11, 2023

Luna Sobron Galmes

Upper Montclair Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, here with Luna Sobron Galmes after her first round at the Cognizant Founders Cup. Take us through some of the highlights of your round today. Maybe that eagle there on 14, was it?

LUNA SOBRON GALMES: Yes. I hit a really long driver. The wind was behind so it was helping, so it was a help for the shot. I had 225 meters to the flag. I thought that I could reach the green, so I hit the 3-wood and the 3-wood was very straight.

Well, I think the bounce was like ten meters behind the bunker but then I made the putt, so was really good.

Q. How long was that putt?

LUNA SOBRON GALMES: Like six meters, something like that.

Q. Amazing. Awesome.

LUNA SOBRON GALMES: Yeah.

Q. Besides that, how important was having a steady round today? I know lots of pars. How important are the pars out here when this course is so hard?

LUNA SOBRON GALMES: At the beginning I had a lot of chances for birdie, like three meter for birdie, but I just made one on the No. 3. I hit 8-iron with a fade. Was perfect. And I made three feet putt.

So this one was the closest that I had. I have chances, so I want to keep the consistency with play tomorrow.

Q. Yeah, is this golf course really hard or what is it that's challenging?

LUNA SOBRON GALMES: Yes, the greens are very -- with very slopes, and I think the fairways are very narrow. Normally we play in bigger fairways, and these ones are very narrow.

So I like to play this course. You have to play well.

Q. Amazing. Last question: What does it require to play this course really, really well? Do you have hit a lot of greens? Hit a lot of fairways?

LUNA SOBRON GALMES: I think both, because if you miss the fairway the rough is very thick. So I think you have to play very consistency from the tee to the green, and then you have the chances to made the putt.