THE ANNIKA DRIVEN BY GAINBRIDGE AT PELICAN

November 13, 2026

Lindy Duncan

Pelican Golf Club

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Q. All right, we are pleased to be joined by Lindy Duncan after her second round at The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican. Phenomenal round yesterday and then again today.

You just talked about how you just came back off the Asia stretch. How hard is it to follow up with two really great rounds?

LINDY DUNCAN: Yeah, it's been like -- the week has gone by really fast, which is sometimes a good thing, because if you're playing a lot and you get some momentum going, that's kind of a nice way to play. So it's just been kind of rolling with it.

And, yeah, another good round today. Hit it really nice. Holed some putts.

Q. Yeah, just 47 putts, which is the fewest in the field so far. Walk us through the putter and what's working out there on the greens.

LINDY DUNCAN: Yeah, I thin the speed of the greens, they're just rolling really nice. So if you get it started online, it's been easier for me to hit the pace that I like.

And then I've holed some putts from the fringe, some chip-ins. That helps with not as many putts.

Q. Do you feel like there is anything about this course that's playing to your strengths this week?

LINDY DUNCAN: I don't know. I think I've hit a lot of fairways, so I think that gives me a lot of chances going into the greens, and that always helps.

But, yeah, really like hitting fairways and holing some putts is always kind of like what's big for my game I think.

Q. Last one from me before we open up to the media. How do you hope to keep this momentum headed into the weekend?

LINDY DUNCAN: Yeah, I hope to play well and hit fairways and greens and keep the putter rolling. And it's been so nice to play in front of like a home crowd.

It'll be really fun.

Q. So you've had a really strong fan club out here this week. What does it mean you have to that support, especially while you're playing so well?

LINDY DUNCAN: Yeah, it's really nice. It's really special. Doesn't happen that often, so when it does happen it's really cool. It's so nice to have so many family and friends out watching and they're cheering the whole group on. They're a little louder for me for sure, but they were so great.

Q. And then what do you think has been working particularly well for you this week?

LINDY DUNCAN: I think I've had like a lot of momentum. So if I've been out of position I've been able to make a great save. Today I had a chip-in for par. I also had a hole-out with a putt from the fringe for birdie and I was kind of just really just trying to make par on that one.

So those kinds of things really help with momentum.

And then some solid playing in between and having some chances on the par-5s for birdies. It all just adds up. Good bounce here, good putt here, and then it's a good round.

Q. Then how much do you think yesterday's hole-in-one helped set the tone for the rest of the tournament?

LINDY DUNCAN: Yeah, it was such a crazy start yesterday to go birdie, birdie, hole-in-one. I was a bit in shock, because I played four weeks in Asia and played well but didn't have a ton of momentum I felt like. Just all of a sudden just all happened.

Q. So where was the chip-in and where was the putt that you holed from the fringe?

LINDY DUNCAN: Both on my front nine, which was my back nine; started on 10. So the chip-in was on the second hole. Hit a pretty good shot into the green and just rolled off. Then I missed my first chip and it came back basically in the same spot.

Then the second chip, hit it really nice and it rolled in, and that was huge momentum to par that hole from looking at potentially a double. So that was huge.

And then the putt that I made off the green, that was on six.

Q. Okay. And after so many weeks in Asia, coming back to Florida, your home state, is there a comfort in getting back to greens that you're familiar with for your entire life?

LINDY DUNCAN: Yeah, definitely. I think I definitely feel comfortable on this kind of grass. And the course is in great shape and I played this course quite a few times, so kind of know what to expect from day to day.

And the weather has been great.

Q. You also mentioned yesterday there were years where you would've just been thrilled to be in the hunt for CME.

LINDY DUNCAN: Uh-huh.

Q. And would you consider yourself a late bloomer?

LINDY DUNCAN: Yeah.

Q. I remember seeing you at Mission Inn a few years ago grinding it out.

LINDY DUNCAN: Yeah, I think that was '23, so yeah, I hope to be and hope to continue to keep getting better. That's what I've kind of always tried to do. Sometimes you work really hard but you're not quite working on the right thing so momentum is sort of not on your side.

But if you keep working on the right things and the game comes around, it's a great feeling. Yeah, I am kind of one of the older players out here. It's really cool that my game has been able it last a long time.

Q. Was there anything that maybe clicked in these last three, four years?

LINDY DUNCAN: Yeah, I think a number of things. Like thinking about my game as a whole. Worked on my swing quite a bit with Sean Foley and made good changes there.

You know, short game is always -- you always have to practice it so much, and I feel like when I have good feels around the greens that's where you can really score.

So my score is a lot dependent on that short game feel.

Q. I just have one. You haven't had the lead at the halfway point of a big tournament stage, but you got to now. What thought is going through your head that you could bottle, whether swing thought or motion, that you want to carry into the weekend to give you the best chance of perhaps holding it up?

LINDY DUNCAN: Yeah, totally. I remember last year was in the final group Saturday and Sunday at the Chevron, so that was definitely the most nervous I had been up until that point other than Q-Schools and stuff like that.

But that was a big tournament. To be in the final group, I played really well and handled myself pretty well.

So I think I'll remember those times and just have a lot of good vibes.

Q. I am going to ask one more. You've got a lot of fans back there that kind of helped out there today. How much can you hear your family and friends out there that kind of help carry you through the day?

LINDY DUNCAN: I could definitely hear them. They are loud. They're incredible. They're so enthusiastic. I do like the volume because we can hear it, but also other people can hear it too and they get kind of excited.

Think there was a girl in the group in front of us yesterday that was getting excited that our group was getting so many cheers. So that was really cool. They cheered for everyone, and that was really fun.