LPGA Q-SERIES

December 4, 2021

Pauline Roussin-Bouchard

Magnolia Grove

Quick Quotes

Q. Well what a surprise. Solid round from Pauline Roussin-Bouchard. What is it about Q-School that you just like so much? You posted the clubhouse lead at 12-under. How are you feeling?

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: You know, I feel good. You know, I just do my own thing and, I don't know, I'm just surrounded by amazing people and I just feel good in this environment.

I guess I'm just trying to live the moment because I've been practicing and preparing myself for it, and so it's just about living the moment with the people I care about, I mean, my staff, my team, so...

Q. Seen you practicing a little bit after the rounds. What have you been working on, if you don't mind sharing?

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: I do mind. No, I'm kidding. I'm kidding.

It's just on tiny details. If you want to, I don't know, work a little bit on my putting, feeling I had on the course or I'll just go on the range, shape some balls, just play with my feelings a little bit.

And, I don't know, it's just a marathon and I think I need to work a little bit on my technique so it stays the same or very consistent throughout the tournament.

Q. Six birdies today. Only one blip on the card I saw. You hit 18 of 18 greens yesterday. How many did you hit today?

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: Well, actually my goal was to hit 18 greens today, and then on 10 I put my ball in the bunker on the right side with my driver, and so it was obviously almost unplayable.

And then, I mean, I had a good bogey -- I actually holed -- I made five meters for par -- or for bogey on that one, and I guess, yeah, the rest of the time was just about getting -- you know, be on the green and just two-putt or one-putt and just, you know, one shot at a time, one hole at a time.

Just, yeah, that's it.

Q. How have you been rolling your putts? You made a 10-footer on the last to post a 12-under.

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: Uh-huh.

Q. How are you feeling about your putting?

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: I mean, it's getting consistent. I struggle a little bit last week or two weeks ago when I was in Pebble and I've been working on it a little bit.

But I guess it's just the tiny work that I've been doing for the last couple days and it's getting more and more consistent.

And, I mean, my coach and my caddie have been checking the way I aim, the way the ball rolls on the putting green, and it's been helping me because it showed me I could trust where the ball was going out of my putter.

Q. Is that a hard thing to do on bermuda grass? I know I like bermuda because it gives you the answer but sometimes you can't exactly trust the answer it's telling you.

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: Exactly. Yesterday I had two three-putts, and I guess it's just -- they were good putts, but the grain just took the ball or it lipped out just out of nowhere. I'm like, It's part of the game because it's part of the grass.

I'm not a big fan of bermuda grass because I grew up with bent grass in Europe, and I've been working on it since I been in college, but, I mean, it's just a challenge. It's a challenge, and you have to under that sometimes it can be odd.

Q. Yeah.

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: Weird.

Q. So when I first met you I feel like when we watch you play golf you seem very serious. Off the golf course you're smiley. You jumped almost at your caddie yesterday when you played well.

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: Yeah.

Q. How do you keep yourself in check when you're playing really well? Do you just put on that different hat and drive on, or...

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: I don't know, because for instance, we've been waiting a lot on the last couple holes and we were really joking around.

At some point we were like, Maybe we should get focused a little bit. It's just a matter of 45 seconds and then I'm, boom, just laughing or just doing crazy things with my caddie and just having fun.

But I guess it's something I've been doing since I was very little, just laughing and then focus for 45 seconds and then go back to laugh.

So it's just, I don't know. It's just being fun, being me, joking around. Yeah, and I'm surrounded by very, very, very crazy people in terms of like jokes and happy moments and very good energy, so it helps obviously.

Q. So you basically roasted the Falls course this week. Going to Crossing tomorrow, which is supposedly a little bit easier. How are you feeling ahead of tomorrow's round?

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: I haven't really thought about it. I'm just going to -- there is a lot of rounds left so I'm just going to keep doing what I do best, keep being me and, stick to my game plan, and, I mean, that's it. Just keep having fun.