PELICAN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

November 11, 2021

Gaby Lopez

Pelican Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. 4-under 66 today. Just kind of take us through some of the highlights out there.

GABY LOPEZ: Yeah, I don't know, I just love Florida. I don't know why. The temperature is great. The golf course is in amazing condition. Greens are rolling fast.

So, I mean, I don't know, I love it out here. I hit some good wedge shots to really close position to make birdies.

I don't know, I think I played like very steady golf.

Q. Hitting the wedge shots close, with the undulating greens, how do you plot where you're going to hit those wedge shots?

GABY LOPEZ: Yeah, I think once you have a wedge you got to be very aggressive, because there is a lot positions out there if you have a 7-iron, if you have, I don't know, maybe a 5-iron or even an 8-iron, you really can't go at the pin because it could end up in a really bad spot.

So once you get the opportunity, just being very aggressive and, yeah, just trusting the number. It's going to receive pretty good.

Q. What was working the best out there for you today to get off to such a hot start?

GABY LOPEZ: I think just the steady golf, like I said, and being calm out there. Hitting my driver finally. I been struggling with it the last couple months; probably since Dallas I haven't hit it any good.

So I went home, I recharged energy, and was working a lot with my coach to get my driver down the middle and far enough where I can attack these par-5s.

Q. What were you working on specifically?

GABY LOPEZ: Just good positions, and, you know, just swinging it just like in one piece. Sometimes we get -- I get tired during the season and I get really disconnected from my swing, from my backswing, and being able to stay connected and at the same time, you know, working on rhythm and tempo and not only trying to hit bumps out there.

Here there is not much rough, it's pretty wide, so you can take advantage of that. But, yeah, just hit in the middle of the club face has been very beneficial.

Q. Speaking to that exhaustion, it's been a long year. How do you kind of keep yourself in check, refocus in the last two weeks of the year, stay in the moment, I guess?

GABY LOPEZ: I'm not going to lie, it's really hard. When I get tired I get mad very quick, i get irritated very quick, so just eating, lots of eating, lots of resting, lots of drinking water out there.

Yeah, I think accepting we're all tired, we're all going to make mistakes. The one that probably reacts the least emotionally to any shot is going to have less errors.