THE ASCENDANT LPGA BENEFITING VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA

October 2, 2022

Atthaya Thitikul

Golf Clubs at The Tribute

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, here with Atthaya Thitikul. At the beginning of that week you were worried you would not perform well and now you have a Top 5 finish. How happy are you with that result out here?

ATTHAYA THITIKUL: Yeah, really happy. You know, like I did not expect anything from this week, but, you know, like finishing on Top 5, it's pretty, you know, like -- like sometime you didn't expect but it seem like to be working, so I think because I'm not really expect on the result, so that's why it's came out pretty good.

Q. How do you take this just amazing performance from the last two weeks and even before that into next week? What are you looking to do next week the same?

ATTHAYA THITIKUL: I just -- I think I just like, you know, take the momentum going. I mean, I had a pretty good, you know, like confident right now, so just keep it going as good as possible, and then just keep myself in contention and then just be patient out there.

Even I had a bad day or good day, just like keep hanging out there.

Q. I want to ask about the eagle that you had there. I don't know which hole.

ATTHAYA THITIKUL: 13.

Q. Was it 13? Okay. Let me see. Make sure that's right.

ATTHAYA THITIKUL: It is.

Q. Yeah, yeah, 13. You know better than me. Walk me through that.

ATTHAYA THITIKUL: Yeah, normally it's not a reachable par-5, but today they make it -- move the tee forward so we can make it like second shot on the green.

I hit a pretty good 4-irons, ran into the green, and really good angle because like the hole -- like the pin position in that hole is pretty tough today, but had a good second shot and then just make it on three, yeah.

Q. Last question: I know you said you struggled with this course this week, but still had a really good result. Are you looking forward to coming back here next year, trying to do even better? And do you like this tricky -- I know you don't like it, but do you like a tricky challenging course?

ATTHAYA THITIKUL: Yeah. I think like you said, I don't -- I mean, I don't like the course, but in a side way, I mean, like I like the challenging it is. I like how tricky it is. The green is pretty tough as well. The fairway is always run out.

I mean, like you have to be really like manage where you want to put the ball in the position that you want it. I think, yeah, we'll be back. We'll be back and hope to see you guys soon out here in Texas again. Thank you so much for hosting such an amazing event.