U.S. WOMEN'S AMATEUR FOUR-BALL

April 23, 2022

Kary Hollenbaugh

Anna Ritter

Grand Reserve Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Let's start with the morning match. You won three of the last four holes to win it. What was the comeback like and talk me through those last four.

ANNA RITTER: I think we were just -- we had the mindset walking over to 15 that the final four holes we were just going to birdie all of them, and then Kary ended up birdieing 15 and then I birdied 17 and 18. I mean, it just felt really good, and I think we were both really proud of ourselves for closing it out.

KARY HOLLENBAUGH: Yeah, Anna has been birdieing the last hole of a lot of matches. I just have a lot of faith in her that she's going to play good on the last couple holes. We both had confidence going into the last hole and we just gave it our all and hope for the best.

Q. How long was the birdie putt on 18?

ANNA RITTER: Probably three feet.

Q. This afternoon I think you birdied five of your first eight holes. Obviously you were 6 up through 8. How were you able to get off to such a hot start?

ANNA RITTER: Well, we birdied the first hole, and I think after that we just had the mindset that we just need to keep the gas pedal down. We were like, we just need to get to 2-up and 3-up and keep putting more pressure on to them so it was easier on us. Our caddies kept telling us let's just get another one and another one.

KARY HOLLENBAUGH: We were both hitting it well so we were just both trying to hit the greens and make the putt just to put more pressure on them and to help our confidence, too, for the coming holes.

Q. Was this technically your first four-ball? Did you qualify in 2020 but it was --

ANNA RITTER: It was canceled, yeah.

Q. Sum up what the experience has been like and the fact that you've advanced now to the semis.

ANNA RITTER: I think for me it's just cool to have my partner as one of my closest friends. I think it's easier because we know each other so well so we're able to calm each other down, and that's an advantage for us honestly. But it's just been really cool. This is actually my first USGA event, so just to be able to go this far with her is really, really cool.

KARY HOLLENBAUGH: We were really disappointed that we didn't get to play in the one a couple years ago, but we're like, this is our chance, so we wanted to show everyone what we've got.