AIG WOMEN'S OPEN

July 31, 2026

Jeeno Thitikul

Mixed Zone

Q. Jeeno, another steady day from you. Walk us through your round out there. How did it feel?

JEENO THITIKUL: Definitely not better as yesterday. (Laughter.)

But, I mean, doing a lot of things kind of not bad, but not really holing the putt as yesterday, but still holed like kind of important putt.

But, I mean, I'm not hitting like as close to the pin as yesterday. Maybe the pin position was kind of hard, too.

Q. When it is a little bit frustrating out there, you just feel like you're in a grind the entire time, how have you learned over your career to do that and get yourself in that mental headspace?

JEENO THITIKUL: I definitely going to get frustrated sometime. I mean, like I get really frustrated when I three-putt on 14 and then I end up on like the bunker on 15. I was like so frustrated out there.

But I feel like if you can let it -- let go as fast as possible, should be more advantage for you for the next shot because you know it's just not ending shots in your life or in the round. You're not like holing the last putt. I feel like it's definitely going to be frustrated. I'm not going lie to you.

But I think it's also like it's really depend on the next shot more than the last shot.

Q. Where did you spend the bulk of your time with your coach, working on what in Thailand?

JEENO THITIKUL: We not really working like changing thing. We always working on, you know, the games, but like we kind of focus on the putting a little bit because I feel like the putting wasn't like on pointe last couple like month for me.

So kind of working a little bit last week, which is kind of see the improvement of it. And then for the irons, the shot, it's kind of the same.

Q. For putting, is it technique? Green reading?

JEENO THITIKUL: I think it's technique-wise, and then I think if like I had a better -- you know, not really mechanic when I just putted. It's between technique and then feeling-wise, too.

Like when you're not holing the putt much but you're doing good, you just sum up on your head like, I'm not putting well sometime. So we just kind of fix both side, technique-wise and then mentality-wise.

Q. Can you share the technique?

JEENO THITIKUL: No, secret. (Laughter.) Just kidding. Not much thing. We just trying to start the ball online and then we just trying to -- you know, like if I'm kind of like out-to-in putt, we change it like to more straighter because maybe the putt doesn't have any like angle as the hitting shots.

Q. What mentality do you carry into the next 36 holes knowing your tougher rounds are out of the way?

JEENO THITIKUL: Patient. Patient. Just really be patient. I know some of the situation that you have to think every shot. You have to really like aware of everything on the shots. Like if you had like 58 degrees you still have to think like you want to land it and then like where you want your ball to ending up.

Because if you hit it, it will be there. You hit it and it's bounce like either left or right. So I feel like patient and then commit to the shot and the wind that you see.

Q. Is that mentally tiring? If so, how do you...

JEENO THITIKUL: Definitely. That's why I only play one week in Scotland or England.