PALOS VERDES CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY BANK OF AMERICA

April 28, 2022

Pauline Roussin-Bouchard

Palos Verdes Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Here with Pauline Roussin-Bouchard. Nice little 4-under to start your week out here. How good did that round feel?

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: Really good, because I haven't had much sleep the last couple of days. Been having a cold and all that.

But, yeah, other than that, it feels nice. You know, had a nice shank on 16, and to be honest, it kind of scared me.

So I struggled finishing this round. I'm happy with 4-under par. Actually par after the shank. So, yeah, definitely happy with the start.

Q. You always seem to have a good sense of humor when those moments crop up. How do you keep your cool and kind of go, okay, I just shanked it but I got to make par here?

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: I mean, I guess I got lucky because it was on the second shot of a par-5, so I wasn't like in deep -- it wasn't that bad. I was going to say something else, but it wasn't that bad.

You can't really do -- you can't like, you know, go back and play that shot again, so you just have to go with it. Yeah, just one shot at a time. That's the motto for the week.

Q. Had kind of a couple -- a little bit of rough stretch of golf before last week, and put some good golf together last week. How much did last week give you confidence heading into this week?

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: To be honest, I don't really think about it. To be honest, it's just like every week I try to go back to work and grind again and do what makes me feel, you know, confident on the course.

I mostly take it from practice, and obviously it's nice when it happens on the course. But, yeah, I had nice talk with my sports psychologist because we're working on a couple things. Go back to something that's kind of like simple, just like golf and play the game again.

Q. And did you play the college event out here ever?

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: Nope.

Q. Never did. So is this your first time seeing this golf course?

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: (Indiscernible.)

Q. It's pretty challenging. The elevation changes are a little tricky. I know it's a little bit shorter than what we usually play. How tricky is this golf course?

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: It's hilly. No, it's definitely hilly. Yeah, that's what makes it a bit difficult because there are a couple short shots, but it's never flat.

So I had a couple good short shots on the first few holes, but I birdied (indiscernible) the green because I'm used to -- I'm working on my wedging, but the first step is to make it good when it's flat.

This course makes it a bit more difficult because it's not flat. I think that's what makes it more difficult.

Q. And then just positives from today that you're going to carry into the rest of the week.

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: Something positive?

Q. Yeah. What are you going to carry with you?

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: I don't know.

Q. Bounce back?

PAULINE ROUSSIN-BOUCHARD: Good putting, good pace, because I been struggling last week. Yeah, good putting.