U.S. SENIOR WOMEN'S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

August 23, 2025

Maria McBride

San Diego Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Great job today; can you walk me through your round?

MARIA McBRIDE: Yeah, so I three-putted 1, hit a pretty bad second shot. Then another bogey, was a three-putt.

But overall I played really well today. I just did not have any putts drop whatsoever. So it's a little frustrating. But knowing that I haven't had any putts dropping and I'm still tied for the lead really makes me excited for tomorrow, and I really look forward to it.

Q. Did you notice any difficulty with those pin locations out there?

MARIA McBRIDE: No, not really, but there are some tricky little putts because a lot of them seems like they're breaking a certain way, but they're so subtle so they almost break the other way, so some putts are just straight even though you think they're going to break somehow. You kind of have to look into that a little bit when you come down to the shorter putts.

But I've been playing solid, and even if the pins are tricky, I still feel confident with my game.

Q. How are you going to approach championship Sunday? How are you going to keep calm and focused?

MARIA McBRIDE: Yeah, obviously I will try to keep calm and just kind of enjoy the moment and enjoy the situation. It's obviously been a while for me to be out there playing the last group, but it's the same for the other girls.

I think we're all out there kind of battling to our best. But I'm really -- if I keep on driving the way I've been doing and giving myself chances, hopefully I can get some putts to drop tomorrow.

Q. What part of your game are you most proud of so far?

MARIA McBRIDE: My driving for sure.