THE CHEVRON CHAMPIONSHIP

April 25, 2026

Pauline Roussin-Bouchard

Memorial Park Golf Course

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, joining us after the third round of The Chevron Championship is Pauline Roussin Bouchard. 67 today. Can you talk about what was going well for you on the golf course?

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: Some really clutch iron shots and definitely solid putting and really good yardages from my caddie when it was very important.

I'm going to be honest, again, a little adventurous off the tee. The mindset is to just accept whatever comes my way. Even if it means hitting it in the trees, out of the trees, and having some like important putts for par or more if need be.

But, yeah, accepting and try not to spiral is the mindset. It's working out pretty well.

Q. What goes into that mindset? We've had a lot of players talk about how when they're not playing how they want to they're trying to reaffirm they're not completely screwed. So what's going into that?

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: I think trying to hang around as much as possible on major golf is definitely important. Then, I mean, I don't know about others, but I have a very intense mindset when I'm out there, a lot of emotions. I play with emotions.

If I want to get mad I'll get mad. I will smash my bag if I need be, and I'm not going to hide away what I feel out there.

I feel like the moment I do it it needs to service me the right way, and then go back to hitting one shot on at a time. It's very cliche to say that and sometimes you can do it better than other days, but today was definitely a good day to focus on that and try to do it as good as possible.

Q. You're on track for your best finish in a major. What is this experience teaching you about yourself and the way you compete out here on Tour?

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: I think it's throughout the rounds it's just like honestly, oh, like I'm thinking about other times that going to prepare me for basically being where I'm at right now.

I'm just going to keep doing my thing, keep doing me basically tomorrow, and count scores afterwards.

Q. Let out a pretty big giggle on the 15th hole when that putt curled in. You seem like you're playing happy golf, which was your mindset when you were a rookie. Is that mindset coming back and how have you cultivated that from maybe a different place?

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: It's definitely part of the roots of who I want to be out there. Like David Leadbetter who I work with has told me, don't try to be happy, just be happy. That's a Post-It that I have on my mirror at home, that's for sure.

It's hard to always be a happy bubble out there, but I just like try to hit great shots, put the ball in the hole, and try to do it with a great spirit.

So, yes, do it happy but deadly as well.

Q. Happy but deadly. I love that. How much fun is this moment for you?

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: I love it. I love being in this spotlight. I love being like interviewed. It's so fun. So I'm honestly just, yeah, enjoying it all and like trying to soak it in and also take the win, because this is part of the win. No one sees the hard work that's behind, and I do take all the moments, being interviewed and talking about the round and sharing with people like something super important and I really like doing that.

So, yeah it's part of the happy me.

Q. You have a pretty big chase ahead of you tomorrow with Nelly way out front. How do you bear down, enjoy the chase, and give it everything you got?

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: Nelly going to go Nelly and Pauline is going to do Pauline and this is it. She's going to do her tournament and I'm going to do mine. My dynamic has been working pretty well so I don't see why I should change it.

Yeah, I'm just focus on staying in action, doing me, and accepting whatever comes my way.