U.S. WOMEN'S AMATEUR FOUR-BALL

April 22, 2022

Julia Potter-Bobb

Kelsey Chugg

Grand Reserve Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. 1-up, 19 holes; let's start on the front nine. You guys got down three. What were you thinking at that point?

JULIA POTTER-BOBB: I mean, we know it's match play. Honestly, we had dinner with Dawn, from one of the other teams that won her match today, and she goes, hey, you lose, it's just one hole. You can get it back. You really liked that mentality and I really kept that in mind, and I think that's what helped us kind of make the turn on the back nine.

KELSEY CHUGG: Yeah, I was definitely feeling some nerves on the front, I think, and just like when I was walking to the 10th tee, I was just like, just play, whatever, and I think -- I was like, we could make some pars and maybe a couple birdies. We can get some holes back. I was just hoping not to get waxed.

JULIA POTTER-BOBB: There was one point in time where I was like, I wonder if I can get my Southwest flight changed. I'm just saying. But we were able to turn it back around thankfully.

Q. What happened in that four-hole stretch when you flipped it from three to even?

KELSEY CHUGG: Birdie on 10 --

JULIA POTTER-BOBB: It was all her. I was ball in pocket so that was all her. The par-3, the pin placement was really tough and I was the only one to put it in a decent spot and was able to walk away from par.

13 was an interesting rule situation where her partner thought that she had a 4, and so she told her partner to pick up her mark for -- she was putting for par, and she forgot that she had a penalty stroke from going in the hazard so they really had to take 5, and Kelsey had a six-footer for par and she made the putt. I mean, you hate to capitalize on something like that, but it is match play, and every shot counts. That's what you were able to do.

KELSEY CHUGG: Yeah. Did we win --

JULIA POTTER-BOBB: That was it. Those were the three holes we won.

KELSEY CHUGG: That was it, and then 19.

Q. You had a couple chances on 17 and 18. Talk us through 19.

JULIA POTTER-BOBB: Yeah, I think we had looks --

Q. What was the number? I guess you can't really have a number --

JULIA POTTER-BOBB: She had a number.

KELSEY CHUGG: From over there? Yeah, 181. 181 from the other hole.

JULIA POTTER-BOBB: Yeah, and I had 188 and I had to take a 3-wood under one palm tree and over another. But that's the thing about match play. When you have to hit the shot, a lot of times you hit the shot, and we were both able to do that, and I was able to make thankfully a good up-and-down to give her freedom to just get after it.

Q. You had birdie putts on 16, 17 --

JULIA POTTER-BOBB: And 18.

Q. Walk us through those and then the putt on 19.

JULIA POTTER-BOBB: Yeah, just didn't hit my line on 16. 17 I thought I hit a good putt and it kind of hit something halfway and just stayed out to the right. 18, I don't think I was super focused, honestly. I think I was just kind of thinking -- hit kind of a poor chip and was just like --

Q. That was a dicey hole location from the angle you came in.

JULIA POTTER-BOBB: Yeah, yeah, definitely.

Q. How much was that break?

JULIA POTTER-BOBB: Not much, probably just outside the right edge. But yeah, I missed it low.

19 was uphill and it looks like it's going to go left so I hit it right edge and I was like, let's hit it firm, and make sure you keep your head still, and I did, and I looked up and it was going in.

Q. Tell us about the drive.

JULIA POTTER-BOBB: That was awful. Good angle -- I don't know, I had a good target in mind and I just -- it was just a bad swing, kind of quick, and so I don't know how many yards offline that is, probably 150.

KELSEY CHUGG: We're not going to tell. But hey, it is open over there.

Q. How far was the putt?

JULIA POTTER-BOBB: Probably 20 feet.

Both girls, Georgia, she hit on the green from where her spot was, and for you guys both to be on the green, it was really impressive, and then honestly as we were walking up I was just hoping that you were the one closer.

JULIA POTTER-BOBB: Me too.

Q. It was fun to see the match play Kelsey Chugg fist pump again.

KELSEY CHUGG: I was just happy to make a putt. It was a grind today.

JULIA POTTER-BOBB: It was fun to see the fist pump and not play against you. I've seen it before and I've lost on 19, so I was like, if you're going to make a putt on 19, you're going to have to do it again, so it was fun to see the fist pump for sure.