AUGUSTA NATIONAL WOMEN'S AMATEUR

April 1, 2022

Avani Prashanth

Quick Quotes

Q. How was it?

AVANI PRASHANTH: It was great. I love playing today, and I got play like all the holes that Tiger did and I got to kind of make a note of everything not to do tomorrow.

Yeah, I had a great time playing today.

Q. Any "wow" moments?

AVANI PRASHANTH: The 12th hole. Definitely. I think a lot of holes, especially like the 13th hole, the green, that was great. Like all the flowers was amazing to look at.

And that's it. Definitely my favorite hole would be the 12th.

Q. Seemed like you paused a bit at the start of the 12th. What was going through your mind?

AVANI PRASHANTH: I think just I remember like all of like the people who went into the water in the 2019 Masters. I was like, I don't want to do the same thing after watching so many people do it.

That's why I paused before and I was like, should I hit this nine? But then I ended up over-planning a little bit. Didn't hit that too well, but hope that doesn't happen tomorrow.

Q. How did it compare to the Augusta National you dreamed of playing on?

AVANI PRASHANTH: I think it lived up to the standards that I put up. Yeah, definitely has.

Q. Easier? Harder?

AVANI PRASHANTH: Harder. Because I'm finally here, yeah.

Q. Harder to play?

AVANI PRASHANTH: Yeah.

Q. Why?

AVANI PRASHANTH: I think because of the amount of uphill and downhill there is. There is a lot that you have to plan for because even a couple miss hits can get you down, all the way down the green. Like because of the amount of false fronts that are there you can hit and just come all the way back down.

So I think that is why it would be much harder. It requires a lot of good planning.

Q. What is the strategy for tomorrow then?

AVANI PRASHANTH: I think firstly, my caddie and I have discussed a lot of things today, so definitely follow those. I wouldn't go too aggressive on some of the pins which are set to be the difficult ones.

Even though they might look easy, I want to go safe on those and not take any unnecessary risks.

Q. How cool was it to be able to share this with your dad?

AVANI PRASHANTH: It was really cool. We had a lot of fun on the course and it was great for him to be there as well. Yeah, yeah.