NW ARKANSAS CHAMPIONSHIP

September 24, 2022

Charley Hull

Pinnacle Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, here with Charley Hull. Nice little back-to-back 5-unders to kick off the week here. 10-under right now. Just walk me through your day out there.

CHARLEY HULL: Yeah, I played really well. Got off to a nice fast start on the front nine. Holed some nice little putts. Hit it well.

The back nine the wind actually got up. I played just as well apart from two holes. Made a bit of a silly bogey, but it was into the wind, and to birdie on the last I felt really good.

Q. When you're making a lot of birdies in a row like that, what's going through your mind? Are you on to the next one or really like locked into what you're doing?

CHARLEY HULL: Yeah, like I get -- I don't know, it's a good feeling to make a birdie. You want to make another one, and then when you make three or four you just want to keep on birdieing.

When you make a par it's kind of like, ah.

But, no, it's a good, fun golf course and there is plenty of birdies out there. Yeah, tomorrow should be a fun day.

Q. Obviously learned a lot yesterday. What did you learn today that you may carry with you tomorrow?

CHARLEY HULL: Yesterday I actually holed no putts at all. I holed one putt for birdie outside of three feet. The rest was like inside three, four feet for birdies. To shoot 5-under doing that, I was hitting it very, very well.

Then today I actually managed to hole a few longer putts, and then coming in as well I had some good chances and they were just on the edge of the hole.

I feel like I'm in a good place at the minute. Yeah, just keep patient going into tomorrow's round.

Q. What's allowing you to see the lines out here on these greens so well?

CHARLEY HULL: I've been working a lot on my game at home. I was playing so much golf, like 36 holes each day. Just working a lot on my approaches and playing golf with my friends. I was just working on putting a lot, and I think that kind of helped me as well. Just having fun at home with my golf, yeah, kind of helped this week.

Q. That's like the antithesis of what you usually hear this time of year. What's your energy level like? I know you hit it pretty hard in the gym.

CHARLEY HULL: I haven't been to the gym in like five months, but I love playing golf. My favorite time to play golf is with my friends at home. Like even more so than playing on tour.

So I just, yeah, enjoy when I'm on the golf course.

Q. Last question from me: I know everybody wants to stay patient, one shot at a time. When you're in contention, nothing to lose, soft greens, are you attacking tomorrow?

CHARLEY HULL: Yeah, I am attacking them. It's a bit hard because you get a bit of backspin on some of them, so be nice if they were a little bit firmer.

Yeah, definitely scorable.