BANK OF HOPE LPGA MATCH-PLAY

May 25, 2023

Gemma Dryburgh

Shadow Creek

Quick Quotes

Q. We're here with Gemma Dryburgh. A little close for most of the day and then you kind of pulled away at the end. What happened out there to let you pull away?

GEMMA DRYBURGH: Yeah, it was quite tight, like you said, the whole day. I think I was only 1-up at any point until the end. It was quite tough out there with the wind and firm greens and tough pins, as well. I was winning some holes with pars but had some good up-and-downs towards the end, and yeah, I guess I -- was it 14 I won and then 15 she ended up winning that, which was nice, a nice putt from up above the hole, went in. That was some good momentum, and then 16 just kind of held strong and made the par in the end to win the hole.

Q. Yesterday going up against Stacy Lewis, did that give you a little confidence going into today, as well?

GEMMA DRYBURGH: Yeah, definitely. I actually played a lot better yesterday but lost the match, so that's just match play for you. It was a tight match yesterday all the way down to the end, so it was good fun playing against her. She's a Solheim Cup veteran so she's played a lot of match play in her time, so it was good to take her to the last and a good experience playing her.

Q. She spoke very highly of you in her press conference --

GEMMA DRYBURGH: I saw that. That was cool.

Q. What kind of confidence did that give you for the rest of this event or even going on into other events?

GEMMA DRYBURGH: Yeah, I mean, you've got to take that from her. She's been out here a while and won a lot out here, as well. Take confidence from that. It's very nice of her to say that. It was great playing with her. We were also board members together, so we share that, as well. It was nice to play with her, and to take her down to the last, I'll take that with me.

Q. Solheim Cup coming up, you're looking for a spot. Is it nice to get this sort of practice doing some match play?

GEMMA DRYBURGH: Yeah, definitely. We don't get to play it very often. I used to play a lot of it in junior golf and amateur golf back in Europe, but it's nice to play it again. It's a nice format, and it's a great course for it, as well. You just never know what's going to happen next, so yeah, it's great to have this event on the schedule.