LPGA Q-SERIES

December 9, 2021

Linnea Johansson

Magnolia Grove

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, a 7-under day today. What's it been like mentally resetting for this second week of Q-Series?

LINNEA JOHANSSON: I mean, like everyone is saying, it's a marathon. You just got to hang in there. You got three days of a little break, go down a little bit, and then get your energy up again.

So it's been great, but I'm excited to finish off these three rounds now. Five out of eight.

Q. One of the things that we noticed too in the first round you had that 75. Having to mentally kind of reset and realize that, like you said, it's a marathon, not a sprint, what do you say to yourself and how did that help you bounce back like you do today?

LINNEA JOHANSSON: Yeah, no, I mean, obviously my third round there wasn't really like I wanted, but that's going to happen. Over the course of eight rounds you're going to hit bad shots, you're going to have bad rounds, one or two, you know. You're just going to have to try to eliminate those.

Obviously wasn't what I wanted, but after that I said, You know what? You have five more rounds. Just get after it and try to do your best out there each and every hole.

Q. How satisfying is it to have the bogey-free round like you did today?

LINNEA JOHANSSON: You know, it's great. You know, it's not many rounds you get a bogey-free round. When you do, you just got to boost yourself. You did so many good things without making any really mistakes.

If you were close to making a bogey you saved yourself a par. It's always good.

Q. We had a two hour and 45 minute fog delay. I mean, it's crazy to think that after that, being able to put together a round like you did today. But how did you stay present going through that delay and probably waking up at the crack of dawn?

LINNEA JOHANSSON: Yeah, you know, I was up early and then I got here and my warmup is almost an hour and a half or an hour 20. I got here and got the delay. We spent couple of hours in the car just getting those 15 minutes updates. So spent some time in the car, went out and did some chipping, got in the clubhouse, and just trying to relax.

There is not much you can do. Then when we got final call that this is the time we will go, turn on and go out there and do your warmup.

So it was a nice little break, but I wish we were done earlier.

Q. A couple birdies on that front nine for you. When did you really feel the momentum start to pick up in your favor?

LINNEA JOHANSSON: Yeah, I mean, started off pretty solid there. I felt like after like five, six, seven holes there I felt like, Okay, we are on a roll. This is going a little bit too good. I told my caddie, Scott, It's going a little too good. He was like, Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's fine. Just keep going.

Then 7, 8, 9 I didn't make birdies and I kind of got disappointed, like I'm not making them. He's like, Well, you made them a couple holes ago, and then I got one back on 10 and 11.

After that I felt like, Okay, let's keep going, let's not pull the brake here; just continue.

Q. What are some of the differences you've seen from Mobile to here? Talking to some people obviously not too many differences. Did that make it easier as you prepared for this week as well?

LINNEA JOHANSSON: Yeah, I think so. There is a lot of similarities between the courses and stuff. It's a little cooler. We had really nice weather last week. It's a littler cooler and chillier and the greens are a little bit trickier here.

But at the end of the day it's golf and you got to find the fairway and green and try to make the putt.

Q. Just three more days ahead of us here. Got through the one cut of Q-Series. What are you hunkering down and focusing on the next couple days?

LINNEA JOHANSSON: You know, just trying to have fun out there and trying to stick to my game plan and not worrying about too much about the future and what's ahead of me. Just take one hole and one shot at a time and just enjoy it as much as I can these three rounds.

I know probably nerves coming into the last round and the last nine and stuff, but just got to enjoy it and one shot at a time.