DANA OPEN PRESENTED BY MARATHON

September 2, 2022

Wei-Ling Hsu

Highland Meadows Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Okay, Wei-Ling, 66 today. I believe it ties your lowest of the year so far. Just take me through what was working so well today.

WEI-LING HSU: Actually my iron was not as good as yesterday, but I think my putting was really good from the couple -- I hit a couple long ones, like long putt very beginning, first two putt, first two birdie.

And then I was able to take that chance, par-5. Couple iron shot hit it really close; I was able to make it.

So I think overall the whole round pretty solid and I was just hoping that my iron can go a little bit better. (Smiling.)

But it's golf.

Q. That is definitely something we've heard over the past couple days from players, is this is such a ball-striker's course.

WEI-LING HSU: Yes.

Q. It's really important to have your iron game in tune. You say you were hoping it was a little bit better, but we still saw a 66 today. Does that give you more confidence that maybe even if the iron game isn't all the way there you're still able to deliver on the shots?

WEI-LING HSU: Yeah. Just like you say, I think this is a ball-striker's golf course. It's not like a long golf course. It's more like tee shot. Like I think I have really, really good like driver. I hit it really consistent, so I gave myself a lot of opportunity on the iron shot that I was more able to attack to the pin.

Especially few hole that you have to take over the corner, over the tree. I think I hit my driver, I can take advantage of that.

But like I said, I had a really good iron shot yesterday, even better than today. Just didn't make more putt. So I think if I can mix these two round and get the balance, I think will even better.

Q. Yeah. I was going to say, take the best of day one, best of day two, and head into the weekend with that.

WEI-LING HSU: Yeah, put it together.

Q. Some of the birdies you talked about earlier, making some of those impressive putts. What was going so well in the early birdies for you, and did that help speed things up and start clicking for the rest of the day?

WEI-LING HSU: I actually really, really struggle on my putting earlier this season. I try to work on a lot of the technique stuff. I always little worry about my putting stroke. But I think didn't go well, so I kind of just like, hey, whatever. I just got to putt by feeling.

So there is a couple long putt that -- or even breaker. I just tried to make myself to feel the line instead of worry about a lot of stuff.

I just trust my feeling and just putt for it.

Q. When you talk about thinking about your putting at the beginning of the season, knowing that maybe what you wanted to happen wasn't happening, when did you kind of make the decision, that change in mindset when it came to your putting? Was it a couple events ago? Was it earlier than that?

WEI-LING HSU: Because I always feel like I'm a very good putter -- well, before this year maybe there is couple putt that I feel like I should work on it, so I put a lot of time, I put many hours in it.

But like the result didn't come out what I expect for. It got to a point I just feel like I'm tired from that, you know, to practice and not get any result.

Q. Yeah.

WEI-LING HSU: So I kind of just step back, like just take a little break on those putting practice. Kind of just lay back and like just putt by feeling.

Q. When did that happen for you?

WEI-LING HSU: Almost last weekend.

Q. Wow. So very quick mindset going into this week?

WEI-LING HSU: Obviously result come out, so I got to trust myself right now by feeling.

Q. Yeah.

WEI-LING HSU: Yeah. Well, at the same time, we're still working on the technique. When we tee off, it's just play it. Like just putt it.

Q. What's it like to be back here at Highland Meadows and just this community?

WEI-LING HSU: I really like this course. I had good memory that I think almost like every time I was here I finish pretty good.

Even I didn't finish pretty good I will be like on the leaderboard first couple days.

Q. Yeah.

WEI-LING HSU: I think it's really my course, my type of course: Tree-lined and like not long.

Q. Uh-huh.

WEI-LING HSU: I'm a good ball striker good putter, so I think this is really fit with me, so...