PURE SILK CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY VISIT WILLIAMSBURG

May 21, 2021

Wei-Ling Hsu

Kingsmill River Course

Quick Quotes

Q. A little different day.

WEI-LING HSU: Yeah.

Q. But I feel like if you're anywhere in like the 1-under to 1-over range it's really not that bad. The course is playing so much different out there. How do you feel about the round?

WEI-LING HSU: Well, I think this is my first time taking my solo lead after first round, and I thought I'm okay with that.

Actually when I start playing I feel a little nervous in the front nine, so my iron wasn't go the way I want to be in the front nine. So a little up and down. Had a big mistake on 17, but I definitely come back a little bit more. Two birdie on the back nine.

So even I don't like the score today, but I'll take it.

Q. Do you feel like a day - as weird as this may sound - a day like today is good for you for the course of this tournament to kind of learn a couple things about the course and just kind of gain maybe a little more understanding of how the course is playing?

WEI-LING HSU: Yeah, definitely. There is a couple hole you definitely respect that. There is some dogleg left or dogleg right. It's really -- you need to pick the number very specific, and to be able to hit a good shot to had a better chance to get a birdie putt.

Q. And especially to be only two shots back, not bad at all.

WEI-LING HSU: Yeah, pretty close. I shot 1-over and I still got a chance to go for the win, so definitely this course definitely tough.

Q. Is tomorrow perhaps the biggest day -- obviously Sunday is going to be big -- but is tomorrow and a steady performance tomorrow perhaps the most important day to make sure that you can stay right within striking distance?

WEI-LING HSU: I think I kind of like, you know, I still one or two shot behind the lead. That kind of motivated me, that being aggressive, and I think because tomorrow is moving day so good chance -- maybe, I don't know the rules, we're going to put couple tee little shorter.

So I think that's try to play a little aggressive and see how I can do.

Q. There is a couple holes, 15 and 18 come to mind, that they could potentially move up a little bit.

WEI-LING HSU: Yeah.

Q. If they were to do that, does that really change the dynamic of that final stretch and what's possible to score?

WEI-LING HSU: I think if 15 and 18 are shorter it could be score definitely will go a little lower, but also at the same time, it's another type of challenge. It's see how you can handle those -- you know the shorter -- like shorter than the past two days.

If you can really make a birdie or even better, that's great. But par is not really -- like par is not really good on those kind of hole.

So if you can handle that, make sure you get a birdie on those two hole, I think that will change and give you a lot of confidence.