WOMEN’S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

June 12, 2025

Havanna Torstenson

Quick Quotes

Q. 2 & 1 against Curtis Cup player, that's a big scalp in the Women's Amateur Championship. You must be absolutely delighted.

HAVANNA TORSTENSON: Yes, I am. Yeah, it's very cool because she's so good. She's so good ranked and everything she has competed in. It's so cool.

Q. When you saw the draw, what was your initial thought?

HAVANNA TORSTENSON: I got a little bit nervous because I know she's really good. But I also know that I can play some good golf in match play.

Q. Did you settle down on that front nine? It was pretty close. Did the nerves settle?

HAVANNA TORSTENSON: Yeah, a little bit.

Q. Then where did you get ahead?

HAVANNA TORSTENSON: Yeah, it was 12, I won, and then 13 also. So there was two in a row. So I got to 2-up, and that was kind of the momentum. Then I just kept going, and yeah, it ended up well.

Q. Did you win the 12th with a bogey?

HAVANNA TORSTENSON: Yes, I did. We both were in a little bit of trouble.

Q. That's a typical match play; it doesn't matter --

HAVANNA TORSTENSON: Yeah, exactly, and then we both tied with birdie on the 14th, which is a very long par-3.

Q. Obviously you won the Girls Amateur Championship last year. Did that victory stand you in good stead for the challenge today, memories of that?

HAVANNA TORSTENSON: Yes, absolutely. A little bit of confidence just going in knowing you can play some good golf in match play is nice, so yeah, it helped.

Q. In that time since you've won that, how has your golf been? I know it's been a bit of a struggle this season; would that be fair to say?

HAVANNA TORSTENSON: Yeah, a little bit. Bad sometimes this season, but last season, yeah, I played the Solheim Cup, so that was really cool, and then the World Girls Team Championship in Canada, so that was pretty cool. But it's a lot of golf left this season, so...

Q. You're coming good at the right time.

HAVANNA TORSTENSON: Yeah, I hope so.

Q. I think the last three Swedish winners of this have all won on Scottish soil, so that's a nice little omen.

HAVANNA TORSTENSON: Yeah, that sounds good.

Q. It's a long way to go, as you know, but a girls amateur title and a women's, that would be a nice double.

HAVANNA TORSTENSON: Yeah, that would be cool, very cool.