NW ARKANSAS CHAMPIONSHIP

September 25, 2026

Lottie Woad

Pinnacle Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. We are pleased to be joined by Lottie Woad after round one of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G. So Lottie, talk us through your round a little bit. I know you didn't play much of the course last year. How is it like being out here?

LOTTIE WOAD: Yeah, feels like kind of like my first time here because we didn't get to play much last year, but I think once you know the course it's kind of pretty strategic so you're kind of hitting the same club off most tees. A lot of 3-woods.

Yeah, I mean, I played really well tee to too green and my approach shots were really good today. Just didn't quite make as many putts as I would've liked. Had a nice chip-in on 17 to kind of get an extra run you have one.

Q. It's going to be important to be bogey-free this weekend. I know you only had one on the card today. What's the importance of staying bogey-free and what is it like out there aiming for that bogey-free card out here this weekend?

LOTTIE WOAD: Yeah, I think definitely with it only being three rounds as well you want to get off to a good to start and try and not drop too many shots. Yeah, try to make as little mistakes as possible, which if you hit a lot of greens like I did today then you're kind of not going to make too many bogeys.

Q. Yeah. And lastly, two birdies to finish the day. What does that give you momentum-wise going into the rest of the weekend?

LOTTIE WOAD: Yeah, definitely. Obviously that chip-in on 17, like I said, was a nice bonus. Hit a nice approach shot into 18 so I had an easy two-putt.

Just getting to 5-under, within one of the lead, definitely felt a lot better.

Q. Definitely. One question about the dinner. What was it like to just catch up with everyone and have that reunion?

LOTTIE WOAD: Yeah, Solheim was obviously an amazing week and we were all saying that we wanted to keep on getting together. I think maybe six or seven of us were playing this week, so we all got together couple nights ago and caught up and reminisced a little bit and it was great.