U.S SENIOR WOMEN'S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

August 25, 2023

Jill McGill

Waverley Country Club

Quick Quotes

THE MODERATOR: You did battle out there today. Kind of talk about the round a bit.

JILL McGILL: I would be lying if I said that I didn't have self-inflicted pressure coming into this week. I know that I'm capable of doing it. It's a little different position for me, so today on the first tee, I was just thinking about stuff.

Honestly, I hate that my head went here, but I'm like, oh, man, let's push and we can get into a good position for the weekend. But wait, we've got to make the cut first, particularly when I knocked it out of bounds on my fourth hole, which I just got a little flier in it, and it hit a downslope and it went out.

Tripled my fourth hole and battled back to finish the front nine even, so I was proud of that.

Q. Just talk a little bit about that. You do have that triple, but to then have three birdies the rest of the way, you've proven what to yourself by doing that?

JILL McGILL: I've proven that I can figure something out out there and I can dig deep and I can fight, and that's what I want to do.

I was watching this playbook of the best coaches in the world, and they were talking about how you can come back, and there's a tennis coach out there, and he was talking about how players tank matches. I was like, that is not happening today. Not today.

Q. Can you talk briefly about your work with the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance?

JILL McGILL: Yes, Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance, OCRA, has been fantastic. My sister had ovarian cancer. She's doing a lot better now. One of my dearest friends in the world who played golf at UCLA is currently battling a very aggressive, between stage 3 and 4, form of ovarian cancer, and when you have people that close to you, it really makes you want to make a difference, not only in their lives but in the future. You hate to see anybody go through this.

OCRA and Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance has been great. We've been working together to spread the word on women's health and how you can be proactive. Hopefully it doesn't get to the stage where you're spending months in the hospital.