THE ANNIKA DRIVEN BY GAINBRIDGE AT PELICAN

November 12, 2026

Frida Kinhult

Pelican Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, here with Frida after her first round at The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican. Really solid round from you today; 5-under. What were the keys to success out there?

FRIDA KINHULT: It was pretty steady off the tee. Took advantage of some wedges out there. I was in some funky spots from time to time too, but my putter was rolling pretty good today, so saved a few pars early on, which gets the momentum going a little bit.

And then when a birdie putt is the same distance as a save par putt is, it just feels like a good opportunity. So yeah, no, just try to keep it rolling out there, try to be aggressive, and had some fun.

Great group out there. Good girls and good caddies, so we had a fun day.

Q. Yeah. You only missed one fairway. We've heard from a lot from a lot of the players that the fairways are really wide. Does that give you any more confidence off the tee to kind of do what you want to do and work on the short game?

FRIDA KINHULT: Honestly, yeah. And then it's a little bit softer than it's been, too, so we can just try to send it down there. Yeah, I've tried to play a little bit more lately I guess the second half of the season. I think that playing at home make me a little bit more comfortable off the tee, but out there we're kind of just trying to swing it hard and see what happens.

Q. Yeah. Obviously where you are at on the CME rankings, how much does that weigh on your mind when you're in a tournament like this?

FRIDA KINHULT: Well, it's back here. You're trying not focus on it, but anyone on the bubble will tell you it's impossible to not think about. But at the same time, out there it's like one shot at a time. I play like little three-hole matches with the course against my caddie, so he's got some plannings to do now coming in.

But, you know, trying to find these small things to get the mind away from long-term, day by hole, hole by hole, shot by shot.

Yeah, no, anyone out here, it's impossible not to think of, but just try to react to it in a good way.

Q. Great round. Do you look like on Mondays, or when do you allow yourself to pay attention to where you stand?

FRIDA KINHULT: I mean, maybe a little bit going into the week, but then throughout this week I'm probably not going check too many leaderboards and just do as best I can, and then see Sunday if I'm heading home or if I'm heading to Q-Series kind of situation, or CME I guess.

But, yeah, no, day by day and just try to have fun this week and see where it ends up.

Q. What part of your game do you feel like is trending up now?

FRIDA KINHULT: I would say today the putting was great, and overall throughout the last few months the tee ball has been a lot better. And, yeah, my body has been working in my favor lately, so happy with that. You know, sometimes with my endometriosis it's like just the body stuff, and this week it's been good, so I'll just go with the flow.

Q. Did you have an injury?

FRIDA KINHULT: I have endometriosis.

Q. Right, right.

FRIDA KINHULT: It's day by day, but, again, knock on wood, this week and last few weeks I'm pretty good.