KROGER QUEEN CITY CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY P&G

September 10, 2022

Ariya Jutanugarn

Kenwood Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Here with Ariya Jutanugarn. Grind of a day. Nine pars in a row, but made three birdies on the back. Walk me through the back nine. What really changed after the first nine holes?

ARIYA JUTANUGARN: Actually my front nine I hit lots of good shot. Just doesn't make the putt.

And some par-5 I have pretty good chance to make birdie, but I, you know, second shot I miss so then I make like par.

So like back nine I start to make some putt and just like No. 10 I hit it pretty close, like one foot. So just made me more confidence and want to make more birdies.

Q. How do you stay patient when you're hitting all these greens be hitting really good shots...

ARIYA JUTANUGARN: I can't.

Q. But you can because you made nine pars. It would be different if you were kind of up and down.

ARIYA JUTANUGARN: It's pretty tough for me front nine, because, you know, normally I don't have much patience, so I just try to tell myself to be patient because I can't do anything.

I did my best and I just have to wait until the ball going to drop in the hole.

Q. Yeah. Tell me about the finishing stretch there, 16, 17, 18. If you get par on 18 it's a pretty dang good score. You parred all three heading in. Having that steady, solid finish, that's got to give you some momentum heading into tomorrow.

ARIYA JUTANUGARN: I would say normally on 16 it's not that hard, but today the pin, it's just like we have to chance to hit close to the pin, and even like pretty hard to hit on the green on this pin position.

And 17 is really good one, like long par-4.

Of course 18 I hit 3-wood and have 4-iron and 40 yard short. It's one of the hardest hole on the course.

I'm pretty happy about I make par the last three holes, even it's pretty tough.

Q. Heading into tomorrow, especially with a challenging finish, what's the mindset? Going to be a handful back. You can chase, have a little bit of fun with it. Are you going to attack more?

ARIYA JUTANUGARN: I would say I think I still have so much thing to work on. Of course I'm not thinking about the leader at all because I'm pretty far away.

I feel like still have so much thing I have to improve.

Q. Like what?

ARIYA JUTANUGARN: You know, like my tee shot. Today I missed some, and of course par-5 I have really good chance to make birdie and make par almost like every hole.