Q. Did you do anything to adjust your game coming into this course?
GRACE PARK: You know, honestly I played yesterday in the Pro-Am and I didn't see the greens this firm. I guess maybe because you had so much rain earlier in the week that it still wasn't hard. But today when I got out there, from the first hole I noticed it bouncing on the green and just firming up more and more. And that was really difficult to adjust during one day of round.
Q. Did you play here last year?
GRACE PARK: I played last year.
Q. I meant to ask Laura and didn't, but a lot of the players who played earlier and talked about how difficult it was said that they came in here knowing it was kind of difficult. Laura came in having not played it before. Normally you like to play the place for the experience, but is it a little bit of an edge not for her to have that anticipation of how difficult it might be?
GRACE PARK: Well, to me, personally, the way I'm playing right now is so much different from how I was playing last year. And I personally like tough courses and I like challenges. And I would prefer to play a course like this than somewhere that's flat and straight and nothing to see. And I like shooting 3-under and being top two. So, no complaints.
Q. What if they don't put water on the green?
GRACE PARK: They better, because I mean just on 17 I hit an 8-iron to the front of the green and released 17 yards. I think that's pretty ridiculous. The player that I played with had no chance of getting that ball on the green. She had a wood in.
Q. Majors and tournaments on courses like that, the better players like it better because it separates the field. You're not going to have a fluke winner. You and Laura in the top players in the world are at the top of the list. Is that pretty much how you feel about it?
GRACE PARK: I like it because I don't have to shoot 20-under to win. Courses like this, you have to keep your focus and hit decent shots and just not make mistakes. And when you do, I think you need to be paid for it. You hit a bad shot, you're going to shoot bad, you know. It's not like you hit a bad shot, "Oh, I can still make par."
Q. Some of the players were talking about how difficult the pin positions were for a Thursday. When you combine that with the firmness of the greens, how close is that to being unfair?
GRACE PARK: I think there were some tough pins out there, but I also think there were some fair pins out there. I think that there are going to be tougher pins tomorrow and on the weekend, and I am a little bit worried but just keep my fingers crossed and hope that I'm on the right side of the green.
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