THE CHEVRON CHAMPIONSHIP

April 23, 2026

Kiara Romero

Memorial Park Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, here with Kiara after her first round here at The Chevron Championship. Just take us through the round today. What worked for you?

KIARA ROMERO: I feel like every part of my game was kind of working well today. Didn't really make any mistakes out there up until the last few holes. My game was pretty solid all the way through.

So, yeah, I feel like the course really kind of fits my game out there.

Q. What specifically about this course fits your game?

KIARA ROMERO: Just kind of like the set up it where like the hardest part of this course I feel like is the greens and kind of navigating that from your approach shot and knowing where to land the ball.

It's really important to pick those specific spots and hit them and just kind of know where to miss them and stuff. So just kind of with my approach game, I feel like that's kind of my best part of my game. Even today it wasn't the greatest for me, but still had a good round out there.

Q. No stranger to joining us on the LPGA Tour. Are you starting to go feel a little more comfortable with us out here or is it still kind of some nerves being an amateur out here?

KIARA ROMERO: Definitely a little bit more comfortable. I think this is my third major I've ever played, and fourth professional event or fifth actually.

But I think compared to my first time ever competing in a major I was super nervous obviously. I was pretty young. But just being out here and knowing the experience and kind of knowing what it's going to be like and knowing the pressures of playing with like some of the best players in the world and playing in front of a crowd and playing on TV, all that stuff, just kind of knowing what's ahead and what's going to be there, I think it's definitely a lot more comfortable for me.

Q. Wanted to just go to the back end of your round. When you have a couple poor swings, make a couple bogeys, how do you mentally reset and quickly flush that? You seemed pretty calm and composed out there.

KIARA ROMERO: Yeah, I feel like going back to knowing my game has been good all day. It's not like one shot is going to change that. I think the back nine is definitely harder than the front nine, so I think just kind of battling that and kind of going through like the same swing, same game plan, same mindset, it's really important.

You know, I did my best, but I did have those three bogeys to kind of finish the round, but it's okay.

Q. When you go back to the final round at Erin Hills last year, how did that maybe help you get more confident on this stage?

KIARA ROMERO: I think the biggest thing I learned from that tournament was just kind of knowing that I can bounce back from anything. I feel like that third round was definitely my worst round in like the past like ten years probably.

But then the next day I broke the record for like the lowest final round amateur score or something.

Q. Yeah.

KIARA ROMERO: So just knowing there is like -- there can be that big range of success and like your game can go from being the worst one day and the next it'll be the best, and that's just really how golf is.

So it doesn't like define you whether you have a bad day or not.

Q. What does it look for you after a round like this? Do you go practice? Putt? Decompress?

KIARA ROMERO: I'm not a fan of practicing after tournament rounds so I'm going to go back to my room and probably sleep and watch a movie.

Q. Your sister is currently playing on the Epson Tour. Do you feel like she's given you any pointers about getting ready for professional golf and what that looks like?

KIARA ROMERO: Yeah, I feel like we kind of both have a lot to help each other with, but on her side I think it's just she really likes to point out the fact that like it doesn't matter like what you are doing. Like as a college player you don't want to change that going into professional life. Like I think that's kind of her biggest point, not changing -- feeling like you have to change your whole routine or something like that or change how much you practice.

I think she really focuses on keeping everything the same and just, yeah, being consistent with what you have been doing your whole life.