THE CHEVRON CHAMPIONSHIP

April 24, 2025

Georgia Hall

The Club at Carlton Woods

Quick Quotes

Q. Here with Georgia after the first round at The Chevron Championship. Can you just provide a little insight to the conditions this afternoon?

GEORGIA HALL: Yeah, I think a bit tougher than I thought it would be. Wind got up, especially on my back nine. It was like two club wind at some parts.

I didn't really think it would be too windy this week so I was a little bit surprised. As I said, the greens are quite soft and receptive so I think this made the approach shots a little bit easier because of it.

Yeah, happy to get my afternoon round kind of out of the way and see what the weather is like tomorrow.

Q. And you said you had some really good rounds here. What is it about this course that you really enjoy personally?

GEORGIA HALL: Yeah, I remember I think I maybe shot 3-under last year or the year before the first round. I don't know. I think it's a bit of a drawer's golf course and I hit a slight draw.

I think it's just very green and reminds me of home and I quite enjoy the drive coming up. It's very pretty. I think the holes are quite challenging as well, so it's a lot of fun.

Q. When you tee off in the afternoon group, you put much stock on what somebody has done earlier in the round? Couple 7-unders were posted. You think about that, or you know in the morning there will always be somebody posting a low score and you just play your own game?

GEORGIA HALL: Yeah, normally I always look at the scores if I'm off in the afternoon. It's the first time I never looked and it was kind of just a bit of my mindset today, just really focused on myself and the way I was playing.

I didn't know anyone shot 7-under until I got to like 15. I was like oh, that's good.

Q. How much prep work did you get? I don't know if with the rain yesterday if you got as much prep work in as you wanted?

GEORGIA HALL: Yeah, got really up early yesterday and played two holes and then it got cold. And then I went back to sleep, went back to the hotel and went back to sleep and then came back and played nine hole.

My coach is out here with me as which is really nice. First time like he's been here with me this week. Yeah, just like had a lot of fun and I feel I prepared as well as I could have going into this round so gave me a settled feeling out there.

Q. Was there any particular shot that got your round going today?

GEORGIA HALL: I think a birdie on the first and second really helped. This year I've got off to a bad first like six holes, and it's hard not to have that in your mind. I was teeing off 10, which is a tricky hole in itself, so to be 2-under after two relaxed me a little bit and I could just play golf from there.

Q. How long of the birdie putt?

GEORGIA HALL: Six foot, five, six foot.

Q. When you stand on the tee boxes at this golf course, where do you see the teeth? Is it off the tee or more on the greens to have success here?

GEORGIA HALL: I think there are three or four tee shots you have to be especially careful of. Hitting the fairway will obviously help you out a bit because some tee shots are a little bit tricky.

I think distance control and your second shots, because there is a lot of greens that kind of wind round water or like big humps in there, so to be honest I think you got to have everything going. Obviously helps if you hole some putts.

Greens are quite soft, so chipping I feel like I know where -- it's quite predictable where to land it.

Q. Played today with Lottie Woad, fellow countrywoman. Did you two chitchat about anything and how impressed are you with her game?

GEORGIA HALL: Yeah, played with her in a practice round at U.S. Open last year. That's the last time I saw her. Saw her at St Andrews. I think it's great. She's eight years younger than me so it's great to have some English talent coming through.

I think she's going to be a really strong player on the LPGA in the future years. I think her mindset is very -- she looks very comfortable out there and very confident.

Yeah, we had some chats. She doesn't come far from where I'm from. Really happy when I was paired with her.

Q. What has it meant to be a role model as a English major champion to the younger girls?

GEORGIA HALL: Yeah, there is not many of us on this Tour, only two or three. When I do see someone from England coming through, they tend to be in that quite big gap years.

So if I can be -- to be honest I don't really think I am to her. She's just as good a player as I am. I think she's got a bright future.

Q. You were telling me you have a change in mindset. What led you to feeling like, okay, I need to change things up?

GEORGIA HALL: Well, a few missed cuts also. Just like when I hit one bad shot I just thought it was just like I'm just so bad. That's what I was thinking and it would drag on for three, four holes.

That's not really what I used to play like. It's just easy when you sometimes don't get the results, which is very common when you play for this long. It's my 11th year out here. It's easy to go through dips.

I think the main thing is how you get back out of them, and that's just my main priority and main focus for the rest of the year really.

Q. How were you able to make that change? Was it something you read or did you talk with someone?

GEORGIA HALL: Yeah, reading like a proper book which I've already done. After I won the British I had five, six months of not getting results. I read that book and it really helped me, so I've gone back to it really.

And obviously just, yeah, people around me like my team have been really helping get any confidence a bit higher. I really think that's what I need to get going. I am actually fairly happy the way I'm hitting it and the way my game is.

Q. What's the name of the book?

GEORGIA HALL: How Champions Think.