PORTLAND CLASSIC

August 14, 2025

Gurleen Kaur

Columbia Edgewater Country Club

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Q. Here with Gurleen after her first round at The Standard Portland Classic. One of your best rounds out here on the LPGA Tour, if not the best. Talk about how you felt out there.

GURLEEN KAUR: I really like this golf course. I feel like not making it to Europe was a bummer, but it was nice to just relax and get my game in good shape before the next stretch.

So just felt really good out there. Made a lot of good putts, so, yeah.

Q. What did you try to work on to make an opportunity of being home for a bit?

GURLEEN KAUR: Yeah, just trying to refine my swing a little bit more, just weaknesses I had over the last few months and stuff. And I mean, we just -- as you know we travel so much, so it was nice to literally rest and just make sure that -- just recover for this stretch.

Q. Anything you like to do in particular when you're home for stretches like that?

GURLEEN KAUR: Not really. Just mainly just -- I mean, my sister was home for summer break so we'd hang out, play a lot. I cook -- her and I cook a lot and stuff, too, so just relax and have fun. She's on summer break so she wasn't really doing anything.

Q. That's nice. And so you ended really hot on the back nine there. Talk about that stretch there, especially the three birdies in a row coming in.

GURLEEN KAUR: Yeah, I made a par on the first par-5, so I kind of was like, okay, I still have a couple holes left.

Made a good birdie on 6.

Two-putt for birdie on 7.

8 was unexpected. I was in a not-great place on the left side, kind of in a hole, too. So that was just kind of nice for it to go in because it was trekking.

Even the last hole I left it an inch short, so good opportunity on the last. That one didn't go in.

Q. What kind of momentum does that give you heading into tomorrow?

GURLEEN KAUR: Yeah, keep doing the same thing I did today. Just kind of have fun and see what happens.

Q. And I'm sure it shows in the score, but did you feel like those things you worked on in the past couple weeks showed through today?

GURLEEN KAUR: I think so. Also just like I played two Epson events just like remembering like to have fun and let it go and not like worry so much about things I can't control. I would definitely say so, yes.

Q. Why do you think going back to those events reminded you of that? Kind of remind you about how you got here?

GURLEEN KAUR: Yeah, for sure. I think just remembering that it's still there, just gaining momentum back. I did play well in both of events I played in, so just remembering that it's the same whether it's an especially on or LPGA, or home. Similar feelings and stuff, yeah.