WOMEN'S AMATEUR ASIA-PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIP

November 5, 2022

Kelsey Bennett

Quick Quotes

Q. Kelsey, talk us through that round. An incredible start, but perhaps frustrating through the middle.

KELSEY BENNETT: Yeah, most definitely good to get off to a good start, but, yeah, just lost it in the middle there. Then I felt like I kept my cool for the back nine; just nothing dropped again.

Q. When you have a tough hole like that, it is really important, as you say, to keep your cool. I think you did that quite well. You must be proud of yourself for that.

KELSEY BENNETT: Yeah, most definitely. My caddie and I were making sure we went through processes instead of letting it get to my head. So, yeah, we did well.

Q. Even par day in the end, but you're really not too far off the lead heading into the final round. How are you feeling about that?

KELSEY BENNETT: Yeah, not too bad at all. I've got the game; they're just not dropping. If we just stick to what we did today and do it again tomorrow and they drop, never know what will happen.

Q. Not to dwell on the lowlights too much, but can you just talk us through that triple?

KELSEY BENNETT: Yeah, I just got a bit of a flier out of that rough and it went straight rather than cutting. The hill just dug in. I thought it flew straight into the bush and my caddie went, no, it's just over the bunker, but then we got up there and we see it was no good.

Then I think I was a bit flustered after that and just after the chip, yeah, didn't read that second putt very well. But these things happen.

Q. Don't want to finish on a low, so let's look at one of the birdies. What one was the best of the day? Can you talk us through that?

KELSEY BENNETT: I can't even remember. What holes did I have the birdies on? I birdied the 2nd, the par-3. That was pretty decent because that was a long putt. Yeah, that was a good one.