LPGA Q-SERIES

December 2, 2021

Janie Jackson

Magnolia Grove

Quick Quotes

Q. Pretty solid way to start the marathon. How did you feel you played today?

JANIE JACKSON: I mean, it's a really long two weeks. I think just the course that I started on, in my opinion, is the tougher of the two. So I told my caddie this morning, I said, I'm excited to go out and start on that one, just kind of get it rolling.

It's kind of tight, but if you hit it well off the tee, the greens are sectioned off nicely so I made some good sort of tweaks to my swing over the last six weeks with my coach, Mark Blackburn, so I felt really confident over the ball.

Stayed patient. Had a couple hiccups, but like I said, it's such a long two weeks, so just steady golf is the most important thing.

Q. You mentioned this is the harder course, Falls.

JANIE JACKSON: In my opinion, yeah.

Q. It's definitely showing in the scores today. All the low scores are on Crossing. Does that make a good score on the tougher course maybe a little more sweeter?

JANIE JACKSON: I mean, no, I'm not going to look at it that way. I mean, I'm not playing against anybody else or anybody else's scores. I'm just trying to play the best golf I can on whatever golf course I'm on that day.

But, I mean, it does feel good to day one have a good, solid round under my belt.

Q. You had a string of birdies coming in towards the end. Any holes that really stood out as solid today?

JANIE JACKSON: No, mostly just irritated that I par'd on the last.

Q. Really? What did you do there?

JANIE JACKSON: I hit the green in two but I was on the front right section of it so it was a tough two-putt. But no, some of those tee shots on the back nine are -- well really on that whole course -- are tough; they're tight.

My game plan was when it got narrow, I just laid back with 3-wood. I did that quite a few times today on this golf course. I think the biggest thing over there is finding the fairway, and then once you do that, then some of these pins are attackable.

Q. So now you look to tomorrow on Falls course. Crossing? Falls?

JANIE JACKSON: Crossing.

Q. The other one. By the end the week I'll have them straight. What's the game going to a different course tomorrow being?

JANIE JACKSON: Same thing. Like I said, it's just a marathon, so just steady golf is the most important thing. Same thing goes over there. It's not quite a tight, but finding the fairway is key out here on both of these golf courses.

My swing feels good. I just got stay patient and confident.

Q. It's been a certainly a strange last two years.

JANIE JACKSON: Yeah.

Q. What have you learned about your game over the last two years?

JANIE JACKSON: That I'm capable. Gosh, I've been out of college for five years now. Those first couple years, not to say I didn't believe in myself, but now having been out here for, like I said, five years, just knowing I can do it and that I'm capable and I can compete with the girls on the big tour.

So, yeah, it kind of stung a little bit getting my card in, was it 2020, I guess, and only getting to play half the events or whatever. But in my starts on the LPGA last year, I didn't play great but fared well enough to know I can hang.

I think that's the biggest thing, just knowing I can do it.

Q. Get in that momentum and building it up.

JANIE JACKSON: Yeah, absolutely.

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