LPGA MEDIHEAL CHAMPIONSHIP

October 8, 2022

Paula Reto

The Saticoy Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Okay, here with Paula Reto after her third round, sitting in second place right behind your playing partner today, Jodi. What's going to be key tomorrow? What are you taking from today into the next round, the last round?

PAULA RETO: Yeah, you know what, I need to give myself a lot of opportunities. She's playing really steady, real strong, not making any bogeys, so I'm going to have to try to do the same and just give myself opportunities, but try not to think about it, have fun and enjoy it as well.

We enjoy compete and be out here, so that's what I'm going to do tomorrow, and have a good attitude about it.

Q. So obviously you'll probably have to shoot low tomorrow. Where are those opportunities going to come from? Are they on the greens? Short game? Where?

PAULA RETO: Yeah, definitely probably try to hit some irons closer. Having those shorter putts, the afternoon was a little bit bumpier. Just sort of that area I would say. Hitting my driver decent. Hitting everything decent, but probably a little closer.

Didn't take advantage of the par-5s today. You know, two pars on the ones that were reachable, so small things that I am going to have to try to get tomorrow.

Q. A little bit of a scramble to finish tonight, but hopefully end with a little bit more daylight. How was that playing as solid darkness creeping in?

PAULA RETO: Well, our pace of play in the last three holes was really so fast and that got it going. We both wanted to finish. We both said you know, kind of, ready, golf kind of thing. We made it happen, which was nice. We don't have to come back tomorrow and play in the morning.

Q. How important was to get it done tonight so you didn't have to come back in the morning tomorrow?

PAULA RETO: Yeah, well, so depending on the tee times tomorrow, having to wake up and go back and all that sort of messes up the routine a little bit.

I'm not sure. I they'll do threesomes tomorrow, so maybe wouldn't have been that big of a deal. But finishing and knowing round three is done and being prepared for round four is nice.

Q. Talk about the putt on 17. A big birdie to kind of give you some momentum.

PAULA RETO: Yeah, like the last few holes was hard to see the breaks. We sort of feel with our feet. Maybe not being able to know exactly where it's going to go I was just committing and it went in. I was trying to do that on the last hole but we didn't see the break, the left side there.

So maybe no expectation on that putt helped make it.

Q. Greens are rolling I guess a little slower than you guys would've expected. How much of a challenge has that been? A lot of gals are saying getting to the hole is a big challenge today.

PAULA RETO: For sure like some of the uphill holes, uphill putts, I would say is a little bit more of a challenge. Just having to put that in your routine is nice. It's a little different thing to add.

You can't make them any faster because you can spin them right off the green and stuff like that would be a lot harder. I think they're pretty good. You just have to remember it's uphill, downhill, or it's rolling this way. Being able to remember that I think is important.

Q. Last one from me. Look at your stat card here, you rank first in the field in birdies and in putts. It's crazy that you're not winning.

PAULA RETO: Yeah.

Q. How has that happened? What have you done to achieve that I guess?

PAULA RETO: Yeah, no, so I must be making a lot of bogeys.

Q. Birdies.

PAULA RETO: Birdies, no.

Q. Least putts, most birdies in the field.

PAULA RETO: Yeah. You know, yeah, I mean, I'm seeing my lines here and there and kind of not thinking about it. Just want to give myself more opportunities. I am making two or three bogeys a round, so I feel like I need to make a bit more birdies just to counteract those.

So maybe I'll try less bogeys tomorrow and more birdies and maybe that will put me up top.

But, yeah, just more opportunities I can get myself every hole is important. So, yeah.

Q. Good luck tomorrow.

PAULA RETO: Okay, cool.