AIG WOMEN'S OPEN

August 2, 2025

Brooke Matthews

Mixed Zone

Q. You made the cut and probably disappointing that you didn't go a bit lower at the end, but you're playing on the weekend. How was the course this morning? Obviously much more benign than yesterday, I'm sure.

BROOKE MATTHEWS: Yesterday afternoon it was tough. I let my round get away from me a little. I was giving myself grace because it was really, really hard out there. I had a lot of shots that were okay that ended up in bad spots. It's a major championship, especially on this course.

Yesterday was a little bit more benign. Would have liked to have gotten a lower one, but hit the ball well, was rolling it well. The putts just didn't fall. Level par, it's all right. I feel like I'm going to have a chance tomorrow to have a good round and maybe jump up the leaderboard a little bit.

Q. Your first time at AIG Women's Open and the showing is very good. If someone told you that as you were starting the first day, that you'd make the cut and be shooting scores that are near par, you're probably pretty happy with that, I would assume.

BROOKE MATTHEWS: Yeah, I feel like I played well. Obviously making a cut in a major is a good step. It's not the final goal obviously. I just want to keep playing as well as I can and carry it on to the rest of the season and get the positives where they are. Even when I have a bad back nine like I did yesterday, just practising bouncing back because that's part of the game.

Q. What's your IQ on links courses now that you're getting more into it? How would you rate it?

BROOKE MATTHEWS: It's tough. I feel like today we definitely misclubbed a few times, but I feel like that's just going to happen out here. I feel like I'm getting better every day with the bounces. Last night I finished at like 9:00, so the greens got really bumpy and slow. So that was also a little bit of a challenge.

Yeah, just learning as we go and trying to enjoy it and planning to play in many more, so this is just the start.

Q. Are there any pieces of the golf course that are any way, shape, or form alike to courses that you play at home?

BROOKE MATTHEWS: I don't know. I mean, golf is golf. You just kind of have to think of it like that. Once you're over the ball, after you've picked your shot, you're just trying to hit the same golf swing. Obviously you can flight it down a little bit. The way you play is the same. It's mostly just the decision-making. I feel like that's a little bit different out here.

Q. What's the toughest adjustment? Is it the green speeds that are a little slower because of all the slopes, or is it the run-outs? What's the toughest one to factor in?

BROOKE MATTHEWS: I would say probably the run-out. Greens are a little slow, and that's something we get used to. We played in Scotland last week, and the greens weren't super fast over there either. But I think the run-out. There were a couple times where you either play it and you don't quite get it or don't get it as much as you need it and then you run it a little bit past.

It's all good fun. We're learning as we go. We're having a good week out there.