ISPS HANDA WORLD INVITATIONAL

August 11, 2022

Emily Kristine Pedersen

Galgorm Castle & Massereene Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, Emily, tied for the clubhouse lead after day one here at Massareene. Just take me through how you're feeling after day one.

EMILY KRISTINE PEDERSEN: Yeah, good. It was a good start. Managed to hole a few putts and play decent and kind of stay in the middle.

It's quite a change from how we played at Dundonald and Muirfield. Had to get used to being more target golf, more straight off the tee; couldn't just miss it to one side.

But, yeah, happy with today.

Q. What was it like kind of switching off links and going back to, like you said, target golf? What did you do this week to prepare for both courses?

EMILY KRISTINE PEDERSEN: I did a lot more with my TrackMan trying to dial in wedge numbers. It's been hard to like -- doing a lot of tests to see if I flight the number. Obviously the wind is not as much of a factor this week as it has been the other two days, so it's more getting back to what do I want to fly it and trying to stay sharp on that.

Q. What was it like preparing for Massareene this week?

EMILY KRISTINE PEDERSEN: To be honest, I've been quite tired. It's been two tough weeks at Dundonald and Muirfield, and then with two courses this week it's been a bit -- I probably haven't prepared like I would a normal event, but I feel like we've done the best we could to get ready.

At the end of the day, no matter what course it is, it's picking a target and putting on a good swing and try and get it to there. So just been trying to do that.

Q. What were some highlights out there for you? You said earlier that you were holing good putts out there.

EMILY KRISTINE PEDERSEN: Yeah, I was really good with my approach shots or second shot into the par-5s. So I had three greens under regulation there and I made one of the putts for eagle, so that kind of started it off, and that's always nice.

Q. What do you take from a round like this as you get set for Galgorm?

EMILY KRISTINE PEDERSEN: Just basically try to switch on. It's a new focus, new course obviously, but just trying to go out and pick good targets and put on good swings to finish where I want to be.

Q. You talk about the grind of the last couple weeks, what links golf can take out of people, and of course the majors that we've had. How important is it when you're off the course to just step away from golf and reset mentally and physically?

EMILY KRISTINE PEDERSEN: Yeah, it's super important. I think if you don't do that it's really hard to play back to back weeks because you get so tired, and you need that break to kind of just hang out with a friend or go to the gym or do something else.

So I try to do that as much as I can. Mainly I've just been sleeping when I've not been on the golf course this week. That's pretty easy.

Q. What are you looking forward to as you move to Galgorm?

EMILY KRISTINE PEDERSEN: It's going to be nice playing the same course obviously from now on. That's just going to be the focus, is that one. It's been a little bit -- my head has been a bit confused the last two days and I've been mixing up some of the holes.

But, yeah, it's nice to finish off Massareene good and then focus on Galgorm.