LPGA MEDIHEAL CHAMPIONSHIP

October 7, 2022

Paula Reto

The Saticoy Club

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Q. Here with Paula Reto. Another solid day here at the Saticoy Club. What's it been like the last two days here at the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship for you?

PAULA RETO: Yeah, it's been awesome. The course is so great and every hole is so different. Just to be out there and see all the views and be able to absorb all that in is just great.

Then to play good golf on top of that just makes it that much better.

Q. You had quite an outstanding day yesterday as well. What were some of the things that have been working well over the last two days?

PAULA RETO: Yeah, so you just have to read the greens properly. It's so hard to get them -- just get the right read, and kind of yesterday I had a couple good putts, couple good looks, short looks, which helped that.

Today not as short looks for me, but captured here and there a putt. But, yeah, just trying to eliminate bogeys as well, which is kind of hard. Just try my best.

Q. What were you working on specifically when you saw some of the challenging holes we've seen here at the Saticoy Club have come up? Did you work on anything specifically?

PAULA RETO: No. Just sort of the visualizing like shots and being able to put them in the right spot is probably more important, and probably trying to play the par-5s a little bit better. I'm going to try and do that for tomorrow.

Yeah, just good iron shots, a couple shots off the tee is important, and mostly just the putting. Just to get speed down is really important. So I'm going to do some speed drills for sure after.

Q. When you talk about the par-5s, especially here, obviously every single week they're important to take advantage of, but what is so particularly challenging about them this week?

PAULA RETO: Well, just around the greens are tough, so if you do go for it you want to miss in the right spot, because into the grain chip would be kind of hard.

So knowing if I should layup or go for it, and if I do go for it, where to layup where it's not so into the grain of a chip.

Just small things like that which you can capitalize on, because they are reachable. But, yeah, just missing in the right spot when do you go for it in two.

Q. It's the last event before we head to Asia and then come back for the Florida swing.

PAULA RETO: Yeah.

Q. Nearing the end of the season. How have you felt about the way the last few weeks have gone since your win?

PAULA RETO: Yeah, I mean, I feel so good. I'm excited. I just love to compete a lot, so if I can play a tournament every week I would. So I just have to really pace myself, but I'm excited.

I'm also excited for a good off-season. Like I said, just enjoy playing golf and enjoy competing. It's kind of sad that we only have a few more events left. I think we're all looking forward to an off-season after that.

Q. I know Jodi Ewart Shadoff currently has quite the clubhouse lead. For you, when you see that score, are you one of those to take on the challenge of trying to get up there as fast as possible?

PAULA RETO: Yeah, exactly. It just boils down to, again, just being able to read those putts.

So if I put some extra time into that on the putting green today I feel like I can give it a run tomorrow and Sunday for sure.