LPGA QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT STAGE II

October 23, 2021

Linn Grant

Plantation Golf and Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Solid day today, 3-under 69. How would assess your round? Take us through it.

LINN GRANT: I started off still good but a little slow. Got some birdies on the front nine; then just felt my game was better than the score obviously.

And then I started to complain a little bit about it and the putts rolled in. I don't know if that has anything to do with it.

Still my game is good but my putting was a little bit off today. Still a good round though, yeah.

Q. How do you keep the emotions in check when things aren't going your way? You seem like you'd get a little fiery and then you start to get things together, or what's your style there?

LINN GRANT: I just try to like -- I tell myself that I'm fine with reacting to whatever. Usually tell myself like -- and then I just try to leave that behind and move on and just focus on the next shot and what I can do best for now not what I've just done.

Q. Heading to Bobcat tomorrow. Greens are a little bit different than Panther. Have you had two days on Panther before this?

LINN GRANT: Yes.

Q. So it's been a couple days since you've seen those greens. What are you going to work on in between now and tomorrow morning?

LINN GRANT: I'm going to do some putting for sure. Feel like my swing is fine, but, yeah, going to go over and do some putting. Just putt a little bit extra tomorrow morning as well.

Q. The greens, we hear it a lot, the speeds are different. As far as the surface does it feel different on Bobcat?

LINN GRANT: A little bit. The first couple days when I was here was a huge difference, so they kind of speed them up a little bit, which has been good. Feel like the grass is a little bit more, I don't know, like you see the grass more. It's a little bit softer out here, but it's fine.

You're supposed to be able to roll them in anyway.

Q. You're rocking your neon pink ASU shirt. Speaking of ASU, have any teammates reached out? Have you heard from Missy at all?

LINN GRANT: Yeah, a little bit. They reach out, and I'm going there next week, so little planning on what to do next week. It's going to be fun to go back and see them all again.

Q. How does it feel to have that support from afar this week.

LINN GRANT: Yeah, it's always nice. I know they are always supportive of me and I always look out for them and see how they do. Even though it's not a text, I know they will always think of me.

Q. You seem pretty stoic. Obviously Q-School is a grind.

LINN GRANT: What's that?

Q. You don't show a lot of emotion.

LINN GRANT: I see.

Q. Really locked in. A week like Q-School, granted you're pretty much locked in for tomorrow, but how do you -- I mean, do you feel a lot of emotion on the golf course or are you more to yourself?

LINN GRANT: I wouldn't say that I don't feel. I do feel. But I also know that the more I express it the more it's going to hurt me, so I just try to focus on like, okay, just kind of react to it just there, and then leave it as fast as possible and focus on what's ahead.

Q. So tomorrow you're going to be chasing but not too far back. What's your mindset heading into tomorrow? Obviously want to stick to the same game plan and do the same things. Anything else you're thinking a little bit differently?

LINN GRANT: Just focus a little bit more on my putting and what I can do good there. Kind of focus on what I can do tomorrow. But then otherwise, just go out and have fun and try to score low.

Q. You're a player that's familiar with having to play a lot of golf in a short amount of time. How is the stamina? It's been a wild and crazy year for you so far. How would you assess your physical stamina right now?

LINN GRANT: I feel like I'm good. I just know that I have to prepare for having the Stage II like two weeks in a row, so I feel like you can't complain about this when you know it's going to be two weeks in a row.

I'm going to take some time off when I get back to Arizona. I have a little cold. Going to get rid of that, and then focus on what I can do.

Q. What do you like to do in your off time?

LINN GRANT: Well, the first couple days I lay in bed or chill or I clean. That's what I do. I don't know why. I sort things out, clean, or just lay in bed.

What else? I like to work out. Like I always work out regardless of if I'm playing golf or not.

Just go out, and in Phoenix we hike sometimes. Not my favorite thing to do, but it's fine. It's good to do something else sometimes. Yeah, go for walks, hang out with friends.

Q. Relax?

LINN GRANT: Yeah, maybe a little party. Who knows?