LPGA Q-SERIES

December 4, 2022

Pavarisa Yoktuan

Magnolia Grove

Quick Quotes

Q. So you started your round birdie, birdie, eagle.

PAVARISA YOKTUAN: Yeah.

Q. How did that shift the momentum for the last day before the cut happens and just going through the rest of the round?

PAVARISA YOKTUAN: So after I made the first putt on the first hole I was like, it's a relief. I didn't expect it would go in. It's pretty far. After I made the putt, and then the second hole I put the tee shot to like about less than ten feet and then I made another one.

So I was like, it's good. It's a good start. It's going to be a good day. But I didn't expect like the third hole that it would go in, so it's a surprise. After.

All that it's kind of relief, because I know like 3-under is going to be like pretty close to the cut line. I'm pretty sure like it will move to 2-under, so after those first two holes, so all the rest is fine, yeah.

Q. And then how does that give you momentum heading into next week knowing you played a great round today and that's how you're leaving Mobile?

PAVARISA YOKTUAN: It's good to play good here because I know next week it's going to be tough. Like even though we play one course, but I play last year, too, and I remember that like if you can like score here, like do good here, you better do good here because next week it's going to be tough.

I heard that my caddie told me that the forecast doesn't look good, so hopefully won't be too bad.

Q. That's sad hearing that. We are also updating player bios, so some questions for that. Did you attend college to play golf? If so, where?

PAVARISA YOKTUAN: No.

Q. Okay. Do you know what your career-best finish is?

PAVARISA YOKTUAN: On LPGA, I finished Top 5 in Toledo, like 2019, I believe. Then I made the cut in the major. Yeah, I think Top 5 is my best finish on LPGA, yeah.

Q. And then what you're most proud of in your career?

PAVARISA YOKTUAN: Well, like some people say that -- some people will compare me to like other good players, but I always say that like my goal is not -- honestly my goal is not to be like No. 1 in the world. I know if you want to be that I need to put more effort in it, right?

I just like want to be like capable of play good and also enjoy my life. So kind of balance.

Q. Yeah, keep a work-life balance.

PAVARISA YOKTUAN: Yeah, so as of now I'm happy, so I think that's my most important in my life, yeah.

Q. And do you know what your career-best round is?

PAVARISA YOKTUAN: 11-under.

Q. Why did you decide to pursue professional golf as a career and why do you come out here every week to play?

PAVARISA YOKTUAN: Of course it's my best -- what's that -- expertise. How do I say I have to go back -- if I don't play good golf I just good back and teach, but like for now, even though I compete every week and then I can still do good, that's mean I'm pretty good at golf, right? So that's why I'm still here.

Q. What are your hobbies outside of golf? What do you like to do when you leave the course and you're not playing?

PAVARISA YOKTUAN: Sleep, watch movie, rest, and shopping, shopping, shopping, shopping.

Q. Do you have a favorite store to shop at?

PAVARISA YOKTUAN: Anything. Just like shopping, to walk around.

Q. Do you have a movie that's a go-to that is a comfort movie that you always watch?

PAVARISA YOKTUAN: I like Harry Potter and Game of Thrones, yeah.

Q. Then if you weren't a professional golfer what do you think you would be doing for a job?

PAVARISA YOKTUAN: When I was young I have a dream I want to be a judge, because my dad is a lawyer and he's a judge now, so I want to -- I feel like you kind of have like connection, but if no golf, maybe lawyer, yeah.

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