LOTTE CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY HOAKALEI

October 2, 2025

Gabriela Ruffels

Hoakalei Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, joining me after the second round of the LOTTE Championship is Gabi Ruffels. Gabi, great round today. A lot of birdies and a lot of bogeys. Can you talk about how you stay focused during a round like that?

GABRIELA RUFFELS: Yeah, it was definitely much tougher today. Yesterday we were off at 7:30 and there wasn't much wind. Today we were off kind of middle of the day.

The wind was definitely up a little bit more so it did play a bit trickier. Like I said yesterday, that's the defense of this golf course. I didn't feel like those three bogeys, like I played bad or hit bad swings. They were just kind of soft, loose bogeys. I'm kind of more looking at the birdies and that I'm making a lot of them.

Yeah, if I can keep making the birdies and cut out the soft bogeys then we'll be doing good.

Q. You've put yourself in position to probably have an afternoon tee time tomorrow. What did you learn today that you'll take into the Friday-Saturday rounds?

GABRIELA RUFFELS: Just concentrating on every shot and staying patient out there; not looking too far ahead. I feel like they're kind of long-ish rounds out there, and especially in the afternoon with the wind you have to stay patient and every shot is super important.

Q. It seems like your mindset is really great this week. Is that something you feel like you put a lot work towards or is that calm demeanor something that comes naturally to you?

GABRIELA RUFFELS: I think naturally I'm pretty calm. I definitely work on it. Kind of comes naturally, but I do work on it a little bit, too. Yeah, I mean, I love competing and I love being out here. This is so fun to me to be in this position.