LPGA QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT STAGE II

October 24, 2021

Alyaa Abdulghany

Plantation Golf and Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Really solid finish to your week. Four rounds in the red is kind of a rarity at Q-School. How would you assess today and take us through some the highlights.

ALYAA ABDULGHANY: Today was not a bad round. We didn't make as many putts as we like, but just tried to put ourselves in the best position as possible to make it through, and ended up making a few putts at the end and it was a good round.

Q. Your fellow Trojan played pretty well as well. What does the USC program mean to you personally? It's created a lot of really solid players.

ALYAA ABDULGHANY: It's been one of a kind from my experience. I really enjoy being there. I've grown so much as a person, as a player. So, I mean, I expect nothing less from these girls that graduated or maybe didn't even graduate, just a couple years. But USC has done a lot for all of us.

Q. As you look back at your week, what are some of the positives you'll take with you into Q-Series?

ALYAA ABDULGHANY: I'm going to take a lot of positives. My putting has been one of the best things I've had all week. This has been a longer course, but I never doubted my long game in Stage II. A lot of positives to take away, but also a couple things to work on for Q-Series.

Q. We talked about this yesterday. Having your mom on the bag, how much more special does that make a berth in Q-Series?

ALYAA ABDULGHANY: It's great, it's great, especially finishing up Stage II. We've been through a lot of hours and both seen that our hard work has paid off, so this is going to be a good night celebrate.

Q. You're a reader, right?

ALYAA ABDULGHANY: Yes.

Q. What are you reading right now?

ALYAA ABDULGHANY: I'm currently reading two books. I'm reading Mastery by Robert Greene, nonfiction book, and I'm just finishing up -- no, I just started the third book of the Hero of Ages Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson.

Q. So are you a big fantasy fan?

ALYAA ABDULGHANY: No, like I just started fantasy three or four months ago and it just sucked me in. I used to be a very fiction/literature person, but then I started fantasy. I started A Darker Shade of Magic four or five months ago and that just drew me in. I got all the fantasy books coming in and my mother is like, Stop buying these books. It's great. I'm a huge fantasy fan.

Q. Is there something on your list that as a treat to celebrate you'll buy yourself?

ALYAA ABDULGHANY: Yeah, I'll probably buy myself a book or two today. We'll see. It depends what's in store. Yeah.

Q. Looking ahead to Q Series what's your kind of prep going to look like? Going to take some time off?

ALYAA ABDULGHANY: For sure. I do have another tournament coming up tomorrow, so I'll play through that until the beginning of November and then take a break and get started for Q-Series then.

Q. What tournament are you playing tomorrow?

ALYAA ABDULGHANY: The practice round for the WAPT. I think it's the PXG Match Play, so we'll be going through that until the 4th, I believe.

Q. How do you -- coming off a week like this you got to have low energy. How do you rest and reset with a tournament coming right up?

ALYAA ABDULGHANY: Usually whenever I'm away from the golf course I'm just away from golf in general. So once I'm done here I'm done, and when we got back tomorrow we'll refocus and think about that when we get there.