PALOS VERDES CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY BANK OF AMERICA

April 28, 2022

Moriya Jutanugarn

Palos Verdes Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, Mo, nothing like a bogey-free round to start off a new golf course. How are you feeling after day one?

MORIYA JUTANUGARN: It's great. I mean, you know, no bogey is like nothing to ask for. It was good. You know, it's feeling good.

Just like I been working on a lot of stuff, and it's good that like I get to felt good and see a lot more like solid shots.

Q. Whenever we come to a new course I feel like the mindset is always a little bit different. This golf course in particular, it is a little challenging, the hills, the elevation changes. What's your strategy as you got ready for the course this week?

MORIYA JUTANUGARN: Well, to be honest, yes, really hilly. You know, I mean, it's not a lot of like defense strategy. Just like just what I said. Like I just been working on my commitment, because I didn't feel very good in the last few weeks, and it's just like I try so hard to like feel what I want to feel.

Like I work really hard with my commitment and, you know, it's just like I feel I had a hard time trying to, you know, have a very good commit out there and trust it.

Eventually hopefully I get to the point like I feel very comfortable with it.

You know, it's just like it show off pretty good round, but still like something I have to work on.

Q. This front nine is a little bit shorter than the back nine. It was your back nine, so holes No. 1 through 9. You had a string of birdies there. Take me through what your back nine was like for you today.

MORIYA JUTANUGARN: Well, I didn't really like focus on like shorter or longer golf course really. Just what I say. I only trying to focus on like one shot at a time and really 100% commit on every shot. I'm actually pretty happy with, you know, what I been working on.

I think it's just like maybe I make a little bit more putts on my back nine today. It's just I don't feel like anything different. Just I still hit a lot of solid shot on my front nine as well.

You know, just sometime the putt doesn't go in and then you just have to wait until it drops.

Q. You've had success on poana greens in the past. We've got poana again here this week. You talk a little bit about some of the putts dropping; some not. When it comes to poana that's kind of the name of the game, is it not?

MORIYA JUTANUGARN: Poana is something we know is pretty bumpy, and especially early in the afternoon it could get a little bit more bumpy as well.

But, you know, I felt like kind of takes the patient out there. You know, and also like in the afternoon it's going to starting to -- the wind is going to starting to pick up.

I think it's really just take your patience.

Q. One more from me. You talked a little bit about how you didn't feel as comfortable the first couple weeks out here.

MORIYA JUTANUGARN: Yeah.

Q. You've been working on a lot on the commitment. What does a round like this do for your confidence heading into the next couple weeks, and what have you been telling yourself to feel more comfortable out there and improve?

MORIYA JUTANUGARN: Well, as you say, as a player it's just like nothing better than you trusting it. You know, working on that, and I feel a little bit better and I starting to like trust what I see and what I feel a lot more which is good.

It's just like progress. Like I improve and I'm pretty happy with how I improve.