BANK OF HOPE LPGA MATCH-PLAY

May 27, 2021

Inbee Park

Shadow Creek

Quick Quotes

Q. Inbee Park, 5&3 victory over Celine Boutier. You had it rolling really well today. Take us through kind of a hot start after Celine took a 1-up advantage on the first hole. Then you responded quite nicely and turned the jets on once you made the turn.

INBEE PARK: Yeah, made a couple mistakes on the front nine and three-putt bogey on No. 1 and obviously got off to a tough start, but after that I had some great up and downs and made couple of really good birdies out there today.

Played a bit better than yesterday, so I'm really glad how I played today.

Q. I was going to ask you, after yesterday when you were able to square the match, how much more comfortable did you feel today with your performance?

INBEE PARK: Yeah, I mean, it definitely helps making a birdie on the last to tie the match instead of losing the match, so I think that really helped overall.

And today was definitely a little better day and little easier day. You don't want to play 18 holes all the time in this heat, so I'm glad I played a little bit better today.

Q. When you have that kind of performance and can get off the course relatively sooner than later, how much does that help, especially heading into the final match of round robin to get some rest tonight and get ready for tomorrow?

INBEE PARK: Yeah, I mean, I think my mindset is trying to win every match, not to do any kind of calculations. So tomorrow is just same strategy as today. Just trying to play a bit better than the day before and try to -- I mean, there is not many birdies out here, so trying to hit some shots that I really need to hit and trying to eliminate some bogeys out there today.

Q. Gaby Lopez tomorrow. Have you played with her much before?

INBEE PARK: I think I've played with her a couple times, yes, in stroke play.

Q. What's her game like from what you've seen?

INBEE PARK: I think -- I mean, I don't really remember exactly if I played with her or not, but she has been playing great this year. Looking forward to playing with her.