AMAZINGCRE PORTLAND CLASSIC

September 17, 2022

Maja Stark

Columbia Edgewater Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, here with Maja Stark after the third round of the AmazingCre Portland Classic. You had a nice stretch of birdies there on your front nine. Is the front nine playing more scorable today? What was it about those holes that was working for you?

MAJA STARK: Yeah, I feel like they're more scorable, like every day. Kind of saw this a lot of people were making birdies and the leaders kind of stopped at 12 for a long time.

So, yeah, I mean, just felt like I finally found my groove. I was nervous going up in the first tee and I could feel that I was wasn't really trusting myself in the beginning of the round. Then, yeah, I got something after a while.

Q. How do you deal with those nerves? I know first time event as a member, so how have the nerves been overall and how do you deal with them?

MAJA STARK: I've been more nervous than usual. I usually don't feel it. Now I think it's just -- I don't know why I'm extra nervous.

But I don't really do anything about it. Just try to swing as I should and just take aggressive lines and stuff like that. So, yeah, but it takes a while to kind of calm those nerves.

Q. Got you. What were some of those challenges out there on the course? I saw maybe couple bogeys on your scorecard. What happened there and what were the challenges out there?

MAJA STARK: Well, I kind of -- wasn't a bad spot on 16, but I just chipped, three-putt. Just misread the first one. Hit it too hard and, then I had one meter coming back and I just did not trust that at all, so I just pulled it. It was a very quick double bogey.

And on 9 I was in a bunker, fairway bunker, and then I kind of chunked it out of it. Then didn't make the putt, so also fast bogey.

Q. Yeah, it happens. So what do you have to do tomorrow to limit mistakes and what do you think you have to do overall to put yourself up there at the top?

MAJA STARK: I think I have to just trust myself with the lines and the trust myself with the -- with my swing, because I've been struggling a little bit. I haven't practiced that much these past few weeks because getting back from illness and didn't really feel really healthy because I had a tournament and then I was trying to not too do too much.

I feel like this being my first competition in two weeks, really just trying to get back into the rhythm and my groove and see what my tendencies are and stuff like that.

Q. So tomorrow just...

MAJA STARK: Trust it.

Q. Just trust in it.

MAJA STARK: Yeah, I'm going to go practice a bit this afternoon and just see what's up.

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