ARAMCO TEAM SERIES - SPAIN ROUND THREE

August 19, 2022

Pauline Roussin-Bouchard

La Reserva Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Pauline, round of 67 and 68 for 9-under. Nice way to finish, birdie putt there on 18.

PAULINE ROUSSIN BOUCHARD: Yeah.

Q. How do you like your position and your round today?

PAULINE ROUSSIN BOUCHARD: I mean, I'm satisfied with it. I think it's two good rounds, especially today because with the wind it was a bit more difficult. And then I had two silly mistakes on the greens on I think 14 and 16.

So, yeah, it was a good round. I'm happy I finished with that birdie to finish on a good note, especially putting-wise.

I'm really happy with what we've done with the team, and Ana, our amateur, what she's done is just amazing. I think it's an amazing experience for her, and we tried to make her fool comfortable because on 11 she comes to me, she goes like, The TV is stressing me out. I'm like, Look, you do a silly face to it and you just like imagine you're on the range and taking a video. It's the same.

So she started playing a bit better after that. No, definitely she's just awesome.

Q. Yeah, I saw her make a great putt on I think it was the par-5, 16th, a little curling putt.

PAULINE ROUSSIN BOUCHARD: Yes. She putted well. She has a very good stroke. Yeah.

Q. Yeah. And she looks to have a great demeanor, a great outlook.

PAULINE ROUSSIN BOUCHARD: Oh, yeah, definitely.

Q. Very grown up and great temperament.

PAULINE ROUSSIN BOUCHARD: Oh, yeah. It was just awesome playing with her. She knew when she had to play a bit faster because we were being monitored at some point. We were falling a bot behind in term of timing so we had to play a bit faster and she went along.

So, yeah, definitely proud of her.

Q. Now, Jess sits at 15-under; you're now at 9-under. She's playing great, but golf is a crazy game.

PAULINE ROUSSIN BOUCHARD: It's golf. Anything can happen. You know, just going to keep doing my thing, like Jes, she's just going to keep doing her thing. She has a lot of experience, and so we'll just I think focus on our games and try to enjoy the last round.

Q. How nice to be contending here this week in what is one of our premier events. How good is it to be in the mix?

PAULINE ROUSSIN BOUCHARD: I think it feels good because it's been a grind over the last couple weeks, and there was some very, very good things but it was still not happening.

So it was nice to be a little bit aggressive and trust my game to do so. So, yeah, it's very positive.

Q. Obviously been a year since you turned professional pretty much.

PAULINE ROUSSIN BOUCHARD: Yeah.

Q. Ans also coming up to a year since (indiscernible) last year when you did your last round.

PAULINE ROUSSIN BOUCHARD: Yeah.

Q. Does that give you kind of confidence, and what have you learned over the past year that you can take into tomorrow?

PAULINE ROUSSIN BOUCHARD: I mean, I've definitely learned a lot over the last, you know, month, especially over the last six when I was on the LPGA.

You know, it's like any other round of golf, so, yeah, it's just like a big load of experience that I'm going to try to use, and I'll just go from there.

Q. Have you enjoyed your first year as a pro?

PAULINE ROUSSIN BOUCHARD: Oh, yes. Yeah, I mean, 100%. I have enjoyed the experience like 100%, and I wouldn't have done anything differently.

So, yeah.