LOTTE CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY HOAKALEI

April 11, 2022

Anna Nordqvist

Hoakalei Country Club

Press Conference

Q. All right, Anna, it's always good to be back here in the beautiful islands. I know you had a break since Chevron and good to be here in Hawaii. How are you feeling right now?

ANNA NORDQVIST: Yeah, I mean, I'm excited to be back. I haven't really played the last couple years in Hawaii because I just wasn't a big fan of the other golf course.

But then went to Maui (indiscernible) last year and went to the Big Island last week, so got a little bit better (indiscernible) from Hawaii, so I'm actually excited to be here.

I think this golf course is better than the one -- I didn't play last year obviously, but, yeah, it's just nice to be back.

Q. What do you think about this course? It's long, it's big, first time seeing it.

ANNA NORDQVIST: Yeah, it's a long walk. I feel like it has a lot of -- quite a bit of character. There is a lot of good holes. There is a few tough ones, especially some of the par-3s because it's playing downwind and the greens are sloping. This is kind of hard to hole them a little bit.

But in general, I feel like it's a beautiful place and, yeah, I enjoyed playing the course today.

Q. What do you like about coming to Hawaii?

ANNA NORDQVIST: I think what I notice, I mean, it's obviously a little bit more the island life, but I notice it more a little bit in Maui and the Big Island is a lot more relax and laid back and people aren't really stressing and running around as much.

It's obviously a little bit more intense on this island. Like coming and trying to get a rental car and waiting an hour and a half yesterday wasn't the most fun start to the trip, but food is good, obviously the scenery is really beautiful, and you can do as much as you want.

I have a 7:00 a.m. pro-am tomorrow so I can do whatever I want tomorrow afternoon, and I'm done just after lunch today. I feel like it's a good week to mix a little bit of vacation and work.

Q. Are you a go-to-the-beach kind of person or are you a go-hike kind of person?

ANNA NORDQVIST: I would say I'm probably more after hiker, but I love just going down and sit by the beach more than just trying get a tan.

Q. How do you feel coming into the week? How is the game?

ANNA NORDQVIST: Yeah, I feel a little bit better. I was very frustrated with my putting both in Carlsbad and Chevron. Basically I think I had 34, 35, 36 putts the last three days, which wasn't the best.

So I feel like I've done a lot of good things. Just hasn't really paid off at all. So hopefully I can keep going in the right direction.