U.S SENIOR WOMEN'S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

August 1, 2021

Trish Johnson

Brooklawn Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. So talk me through the hole-in-one on 5.

TRISH JOHNSON: Yeah, 7-iron. It was a pretty good shot. Hit it a little bit sort of heavier than I kind of was banking on, but I hit it pretty well. You can't really see -- you can just see where the pin is but you can't see the front of the green.

I knew I hit it well enough for it to pitch to the front of the green, and it just kept releasing and releasing. I thought bloody hell, that's is close. It just kept -- and obviously it just disappeared, which it's lovely. At that stage I think I had just gone bogey the previous hole. I was pretty pissed off at that stage, so suddenly you're -- honest to God, playing this game at the moment, one minute you're up here, next minute down there.

Half the time I'm thinking, Oh, pack it in this game. I flippin' hate it. I'm useless. And then the next, Oh, that was a good shot.

Q. The shots this make you come back.

TRISH JOHNSON: It just drives you to insanity. It's getting worse, but think it's probably because we haven't played a lot. You know, everybody wants to compete and play well. I've practiced a lot. I've practiced for ages. There is a big difference between practicing, as I'm finding out, and playing.

It's just different.

Q. Sum up the week for me, key takeaways, highlights of the week.

TRISH JOHNSON: For me personally it's been a great week because it's the first week that I've played golf in nearly two years without, in all honesty, any COVID protocols. Myself, Helen, my caddie and Laura and her caddie, Steve, we've had a great time because we have had dinner every night, laughing and joking. It hasn't been like that for so long.

So it's been a very sociable -- not drinking a lot, just sociable week. A lot of laughter. It's been normal. It's the first time I've felt normal in a couple years.

Q. That's great.

TRISH JOHNSON: So it's been fabulous. And I have to say, the people here have been amazing. We've had physios, three or four physios in that the USGA have brought on. That's fantastic, because if anybody needs physios it's people our age. It's just been great. Loved every minute of it.

Q. What's next for you?

TRISH JOHNSON: I'm playing the Scottish Open in a -- actually next week I'm playing in the British Par-3 Championship, a little nine hole. That's next Wednesday and Thursday.

Then I'm playing Scotland and then I'm doing a bit of commentating for a few weeks and then back for French Lick.