U.S SENIOR WOMEN'S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

July 29, 2021

JoAnne Carter

Brooklawn Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Is it any consolation to you now that we've added up the number to see that you bettered your age age again in this championship?

JOANNE CARTER: No, I shot my age. Added one. Not only that, I made six errors on the scorecard.

Q. What happened there?

JOANNE CARTER: We couldn't add right. (Laughter.) Had to go back and then we couldn't remember the hole.

Q. So it's officially an 82?

JOANNE CARTER: Yeah.

Q. Okay. How do you assess today as a whole then?

JOANNE CARTER: Not good. I got some back spasm out there and could not do what I wanted to do. let' see, I think I only missed like four greens.

Q. Wow.

JOANNE CARTER: So it was all putting. Three-putted a lot, and if I missed a green -- well, I made two doubles missing the green. Other than that, it was three-putting.

Q. What do you think about tomorrow? What would be a good...

JOANNE CARTER: Anything. (Laughter.)

Q. What would you be happy with tomorrow?

JOANNE CARTER: I should shoot 75 even if I putted halfway decent.

Q. When was the back first kind of becoming an issue with...

JOANNE CARTER: Before I played.

Q. Oh, it did?

JOANNE CARTER: Yeah.

Q. Okay, okay.

JOANNE CARTER: Yeah. (indiscernible) Checked me but we didn't have time.

Q. I see.

JOANNE CARTER: Then it started spasming.

Q. Do we need to let you get to some therapy right now?

JOANNE CARTER: It'll get there, yeah.

Q. What do they do for you?

JOANNE CARTER: It's out if alignment. I hardly ever get muscle spasms.

Q. All the reps before this championship, did you overdo a little bit maybe or...

You don't think so? (Laughter.) Is that possible?

JOANNE CARTER: I always say go until you die. Before the flag goes, yeah, wear yourself out.

Q. Any side bets out there?

JOANNE CARTER: No, not on this course. No.

Q. Maybe you need one for a drink. You said that usually helps.

JOANNE CARTER: Yeah, I don't know. I was so busy. Even if you got a tap-in you have to look at it. Even the tap-in can break.

Q. You made a lot beautiful putts out there.

JOANNE CARTER: I didn't make -- I made one birdie and I putted reasonable birdies, four or five holes.

Q. What was it like this trio that you had out there?

JOANNE CARTER: Oh, that was fun.

Q. Yeah.

JOANNE CARTER: Of course Ellen is hitting it the length that we would love to be. It just makes it easy.

Q. Yeah. Yeah.

JOANNE CARTER: She is 30, 40 yards ahead of us. Yeah. I'm going in with a hybrid. I'm wearing out the hybrids.

Q. How many hybrids do you carry?

JOANNE CARTER: Only two.

Q. They got a workout today.

JOANNE CARTER: Oh, every day. Every day. Every day.

Q. What are they, the hybrids?

JOANNE CARTER: I got a 4 and a 5.

Q. Is your caddie just a local caddie?

JOANNE CARTER: Yeah. Trevor, is an -- he's an Evans Scholar and he came here and worked here for two years. He just graduated from Michigan State.

Q. Oh, cool.

JOANNE CARTER: And so it was nice to have him. He can read the greens. I just didn't make nice smooth stroke. Sort of a jab and then it got weak. (Laughter.)

Q. I didn't see any cigarettes.

JOANNE CARTER: Oh, yes. Yes.

Q. Did I miss it?

JOANNE CARTER: Oh, I --

Q. I must have missed it.

JOANNE CARTER: Oh, yeah. The more I get aggravated...