KPMG WOMEN'S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

June 24, 2023

Anna Nordqvist

Baltusrol Golf Club

Press Conference

Q. It was a gutsy way, heroic way to finish yesterday, and a heroic or gutsy way to finish today.

ANNA NORDQVIST: Yeah, I had a really rough day yesterday. My mind and my body wasn't really in it. Had a little bit of a rough stretch on my front nine, and then kind of kept grinding, ended up making birdie on my 16th hole. Hit it to like 20 feet.

Making it a little bit interesting, I had to I think make a 10 or 12-footer to make the cut yesterday. I hadn't really made anything all day yesterday, and then I made that putt. Obviously a great feeling.

Today I didn't sleep much last night because it was a quick turnaround, but I went out there and hit a lot of solid shots. It was a lot of 6- and 5-irons into the greens today, but had a good game plan, and finally I've been playing the last five weeks, and I finally started seeing a few putts drop today.

Q. What happened at the end? What do you think clicked? What was the feeling?

ANNA NORDQVIST: Yeah, I think yesterday I doubled 15 and bogeyed 16 and I bogeyed 17, so I kind of wanted a little bit of revenge there, but I ended up three-putting 15, so I wasn't off to a great start. But I hit a great shot to like 20 feet on 16 and I made that one, and then a great wedge shot into 17. I thought a pretty good pitch, just came off a little bit dead off that lie, and then made a good putt on the last.

A little bit of momentum, started seeing a few putts that have been burning edges for the last couple weeks.

Q. I understand that revenge, wanting to get aggressive, get back some of the shots. But do you think the big lesson at a course like this is --

ANNA NORDQVIST: I mean, I've been on Tour for many years, and the major courses are really tough. I felt like the first couple days we were just a yard or two from being a good shot and maybe not-so-good shot. The rough is penalizing. You can miss it by a yard and you have to pitch it out 50 yards, or you can miss it by five yards and have a clear shot to the green. It just requires a lot of good shots. I think I like the challenge, but I just really found it hard to focus the last two days, but I felt like today I was much better in the zone.