THE ANNIKA DRIVEN BY GAINBRIDGE AT PELICAN

November 13, 2026

Gaby Lopez

Pelican Golf Club

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Q. All right, here with Gaby Lopez after her second round at The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican. Round of the season so far for you, 63. Just take us through it. Started off slow with the bogey and picked it up after that.

GABY LOPEZ: Yeah, I hit the ball pretty good today. Hit it to, I don't know, very close the first nine holes, and the second nine gave myself a lot of chances.

Very happy with the ball striking that we put in today. I love this golf course. There is something about this place that I truly enjoy playing in these conditions. You know, the community, everything around it, it's pretty cool.

Q. Doubled your amount of birdies from last round. What is it about this course that allows you to be able to score so well?

GABY LOPEZ: Yeah, I didn't actually hit the ball very well yesterday and my caddie and I went to the range maybe at 6:00, 5:00, and we were doing a range session. I found something on my swing. You know, he knows me pretty good at this point and so we found something and it clicked.

Golf becomes a little easier when you hit it close, so happy with kind of finding that feeling on my iron shots and on my wedges.

Q. Extremely accurate off the tee as well. Only missed one fairway. Is that the key to success out here and how does playing with large fairways allow you to be freer off the tee?

GABY LOPEZ: Yeah, this golf course is pretty wide. You're able to be more aggressive off the tee and kind of try to get some yardages probably a little bit more. So I don't know, I'm really happy that we kind of found some speed back into the last part of the season, and also kind of getting some momentum towards the weekend.

Q. Yeah. Last one. Excuse my bad joke. You got into a groove today; also got into a groove on Tuesday. I'm sure everyone has seen you got to dance with Jason Derulo. Talk to the leadup and the story.

GABY LOPEZ: Yeah, I had no idea that he was coming and performing for us. My caddie told me on Monday. He was like, hey, so Jason is coming. I was like, what? Because I've been practicing this dance for months. Just because I like it; not because he was coming. I had no idea.

When I heard the news that he was coming, I called Craig and I called Tim and Mr. Dan Doyle and I'm like, guys, can I please perform? I know he brings a girl on stage. They said to me, give me ten minutes. I received a phone call, yeah, you're on stage.

And I got to practice with the dancers. It's pretty much the highlight of the week. I don't know, I don't care what happens this weekend, but I got to dance with him and it was a dream come true for sure.

Q. Best of luck the rest of the week.

GABY LOPEZ: Thank you.