U.S. WOMEN'S AMATEUR FOUR-BALL

May 5, 2026

Sophie Linder

Mary Miller

Daniel Island Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Congratulations on another win, making it all the way to the semifinals. 36 holes, absolute grind. Can you take me back to the first round. You carded nine birdies. What was working well for you?

SOPHIE LINDER: We were hitting the ball well and making putts. We were kind of driving together and kind of feeding off of each other's good shots and made some putts. I think that's how the first round went.

It was a birdie fest. Our opponents were amazing. It was like 13 birdies in the group total or something like that, out of 18 holes. It was a grind but a really fun match, and we tried to take that into this match.

Overall I feel like kind of the same vibe. I showed a little bit there in the middle, and my partner picked me up there. Overall, it was just a good day of 36 holes.

MARY MILLER: It was good energy flowing back and forth with the birdies and all in the first round. Like she said, we tried to take that into the second round. We kind of did that in the beginning.

Halfway through we were kind of, ooh, 1-down. We tried to stick to the plan and stay positive, and we knew we'd have more opportunities, and we made those coming down the stretch.

Q. As things start tightening up in the second round, it's obviously tied, 1 down. You chip in on 17? Walk me through that hole. Walk me through that shot.

SOPHIE LINDER: Yeah, all square there, and they moved the tee shot up to make it drivable. So I'm like okay, still stinted up there, got around the green, both of us. I ended up trusting my shot, and it went in. It was just a really cool experience to see that go in. Took it down to 18 and finished it off.

Q. Playing 36 today, obviously you guys figured out how to go from one round, put that away, and move on to the next one. Did you pick up any other nuances as you look to tomorrow to potentially playing another 36?

SOPHIE LINDER: Overall, I wouldn't say so. We play 36 a lot in college golf. We're kind of used to how -- it's a grind. 36, you have to stay patient. I feel like that's just the key. I feel like it's staying patient. The putts will come. The shots will come. I just feel like stick to our game plan overall. I don't feel like there's anything that stuck out to me personally.

MARY MILLER: I would agree with that. Going into tomorrow, we know it's going to be a long day, and we're going to mentally prepare for that. That's kind of all we can do.

Q. Can you think of one moment where -- I would say your funniest moment out there on the course today where maybe you guys had to say something funny to each other or work together in some sort of creative, funny way?

SOPHIE LINDER: Honestly probably 17, finishing right there. I made the chip, and I was getting hugged everywhere. I think that was just good momentum going into tomorrow.

Keep that same positive energy, try to laugh out there, talk about maybe some finals. Just try to keep the mood light, something like that. I think that's what my game plan is at least for us.

MARY MILLER: I wouldn't say there's a specific moment. We didn't really have anything crazy. We kept good vibes. We weren't too goofy out there at the same time.

SOPHIE LINDER: That's our personality, though. Our personalities are really similar. So that's something cool, I feel like, that helps us throughout the rounds.