LPGA Q-SERIES

December 8, 2022

Riley Rennell

Magnolia Grove

Quick Quotes

Q. Here with Riley Rennell. Fifth day of Q-Series; 3-under round. Can you just tell me how it felt walking off that last green?

RILEY RENNELL: You know, it's been a lot of golf, so I'm kind of like -- I had it going, had it to like 5-under through the day, so I was a little bit like -- I was like, oh, my gosh, I got it rolling. Just toward the end like mentally kind of faded a little bit, but got it home.

Got it home at 3-under, so I'm just looking to keep going. My mantra has been just keep getting like under par days like every day. Just keep moving forward little bit by little bit, even if it's by one shot. That's my mantra, keep moving forward.

Q. I love that. And eight rounds of golf, it's a lot of it.

RILEY RENNELL: Uh-huh.

Q. As we've talked about off camera. In the sense of just being here for two weeks, so much golf on the table, how do you remind yourself that bogeys are inevitable, mistakes will happen, and let yourself play the golf you're good at and keep going with it?

RILEY RENNELL: I just feel like my game is like firing on all cylinders right now, so I'm really confident in just sticking to my game plan. I'm hitting my irons really good and these greens are very strict with like how the ball is placed. If you're in the wrong spot you can easily three-putt or make a bogey.

So I'm really confident about my irons and staying positive. Like, I mean, I know there are birdies out there, so with how I'm hitting it, I just try and focus one shot at a time.

And just kind of be light, too. Like keep it light with my caddie and just stay happy. Even if things aren't going my way, just trying to enjoy the little things.

Q. Speaking of your caddie, you have your dad on the bag.

RILEY RENNELL: Uh-huh.

Q. How does he help you knowing you so well but knowing the game as well? How does he help you kind of keep positive and also distract you out there on the course?

RILEY RENNELL: Yeah, he is a PGA TOUR pro also so he was a teacher for a very long time, so he told me like when I started to kind of grow up and stuff, with how the game has advanced, his clubs used to be my clubs, so we're a very good like match in like how we -- he clubs me, so he knows my game very well; more than anybody.

He helps me like to calm myself down when I need it or if it's just a little bit of wind he's like, hey, it's that back foot 8. I'm just feeling it. So he's like my Bones for that kind of thing. He knows me better than anybody.

He's everything to me and he just helps me with everything.

Q. Amazing. And obviously the long-term goal here is an LPGA Tour card at the end of this.

RILEY RENNELL: Uh-huh.

Q. What smaller goals do you set for yourself throughout last week but specifically now through these last four rounds to help you get to where you want to be?

RILEY RENNELL: You know, it's a lot of golf, so trying to stay mentally with it. Like I try to like distract myself in between shots to just kind of like let my mind like kind of ease back from just like six to five and a half hours of continuous focus.

So it's just -- I mean, it's really difficult, but just trying to stay in the moment and trying to like let it be the least stressful on your body and mind as it can be. You're going to get tired. It's just when. So trying to stay as in the moment as you can.

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