U.S. SENIOR WOMEN'S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

August 24, 2025

Becky Morgan

San Diego Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Please join me in welcoming the champion of the seventh U.S. Senior Women's Open, Becky Morgan. Tell us what this moment means to you.

BECKY MORGAN: Oh, just unbelievable. I felt pretty good this morning getting here, and I just literally all day -- I said to my caddie, I'm not looking at the scoreboard until I need to. I basically hit my shot into -- I was debating my shot into 18, and I said, Beth, what's the score, and she said, you have a six-shot lead. I said, okay, we're going for it.

But I just stayed really calm all day, holed some really good putts, and can't quite believe it, to be honest.

Q. A long career on Tour, you had the LET win, but this is a major championship. What would you have ever thought if this was the moment --

BECKY MORGAN: Yeah, I would not have dreamt this. Since I started playing on the sort of Senior Tour, I've had some decent success, but obviously nothing like this. Yeah, it's absolutely unbelievable.

Q. How did you make the decision to play a lot of senior golf?

BECKY MORGAN: Because I couldn't make it on the LET anymore. I got to the stage where I wasn't enjoying the travel as much. I stopped playing on the LPGA probably 2018 and then went to the European Tour and enjoyed probably three or four years of doing that, and then I thought, I just didn't really enjoy the grind anymore and playing against 20-year olds, and it was getting tough.

I just sort of decided to just this year focus on just the senior stuff and not play any -- I didn't play anything LET. Then just sort of play these events. Most of them are really fun. This one was a little stressful.

Yeah, it's been unbelievable.

Q. It took you a very long time to get your first win on the LET. Now you're a major championship winner months into your 50s. What does that feel like getting this so early in your 50s career?

BECKY MORGAN: I know, it's nice. I didn't have to wait quite as long. I actually sort of -- today I kind of did exactly the same thing here as I did in India where I didn't look at the scoreboard because generally when I do that, I start thinking too much.

I just said to Beth, just let me know when I need to know. Basically the shot into 18 and that was it. I didn't have any idea. I obviously knew I was leading because we had the cameras and stuff, but I didn't know by how many, so I'm glad I didn't know.

Q. How much do you think Beth contributed to helping you this week? I know you've known each other a long time and she's familiar with the area.

BECKY MORGAN: Yeah, she was a massive help. She's two for two now because she won with Trish, as well. She was great, a really good caddie and obviously a former player, so she knows what it's like under pressure and stuff. And just kept me calm.

We just had random chats, and she was absolutely brilliant.

Q. There was emotion out there. I saw you wiping your tears with your collar --

BECKY MORGAN: Don't get me started.

Q. What are the emotions? What are you feeling?

BECKY MORGAN: Well, I feel like I've been close a lot and haven't pulled it off. This was really nice.

Q. Close a lot in --

BECKY MORGAN: In like winning events, and just haven't done it.

Q. What's the difference between winning and second or third?

BECKY MORGAN: A lot. It's just getting it over the line, I think. I think just getting it over the line is unbelievable because I haven't done it very much. I probably should have but didn't.

Q. Did you look back harshly on that in some ways?

BECKY MORGAN: No, it is what it is. I had a decent career. But obviously probably didn't win as many as I should. This is icing on the cake.

Q. The difficulty of this golf course, is that going to be a sense of pride in how you played it?

BECKY MORGAN: Yeah, I mean, this golf course probably really suits me because I did miss more fairways than I usually do on the weekend, but I think putting is one of my strengths. The last two days, barring a couple of putts here and there, I thought my putting was just, like, really in control and my speed was really good.

You can lose confidence on these greens really quickly. You just get in the wrong place, and it's hard.

I just managed it really well the last two days and holed some really good sort of eight-, ten-footers when I needed to, which was really nice.