LPGA Q-SERIES

December 11, 2022

Charlotte Thomas

Magnolia Grove

Quick Quotes

Q. Here with Charlotte Thomas who hung tough; shot even today to stay in the top 45 and ties. Just evaluate your last couple weeks and being in that top 45.

CHARLOTTE THOMAS: Stressful and long. I'm exhausted and ready for a drink. But it was good. I mean, today was rough. I left quite a few putts just short in the heart which was frustrating.

Overall, like when you have a day like today and you know what needs to be done you want to shoot a few better. Also, like you know -- you're so nervous, and I'm just glad that I shot even; didn't lose any ground.

Yeah, I'm glad it's over, to be honest.

Q. These last couple years, I'm not sure people are really familiar with what you've dealt with off the golf course. To have to come back to Q-Series I know is not anyplace anybody wants to be. How proud are you of your resiliency over the last few seasons?

CHARLOTTE THOMAS: Yeah, I think when I look back on last year, I initially was disappointed that I lost my card and had to come back here, but I think the fact that I didn't play golf for 16 months was -- I kind of don't give myself enough credit sometimes I don't think.

I did play a lot of good golf last year, and I feel like my game is actually better than it ever has been, even though the results haven't quite shown that.

So I overall think I'm quite proud of myself and happy to obviously have a little bit better status than I did coming into these two weeks for next year.

Hopefully I'll be able to get a few starts and have a solid year next year.

Q. How do you get over the mental hurdle? I was talking to Katherine Perry-Hamski, felt like I kind of failed. How do you get over the mental hurdle? I know it's a big one.

CHARLOTTE THOMAS: I think for me it was like do or die this week, which I think it is for a lot of girls. Like I've been out here for six years -- well, playing pro for six years now, and I sort of was like, okay, well, whatever happens this week kind of could be a sign.

I think that actually helped me mentally a little bit to relax. Especially like last week I didn't have a great round; this week I didn't have a great round either in the middle.

I sort of just tried to stay relaxed and be like, whatever happens is going to happen. Regardless of whether I make it or not I've got a flight home on Wednesday and a really cute niece and nephew to see, so life is not that bad.

So that was kind of like the perspective that I tried to keep in mind while I was grinding it out out there.

Q. And then just finally, I know a lot of the English players are really close out there on tour. Had a lot of success from England this year on tour with Jodi and Charley. How much does that motivate and you how much do you pay attention?

CHARLOTTE THOMAS: Yeah, it's amazing. Jodi especially, like having been on tour for so long, it's very inspiring. I think having my best friend win a couple weeks ago in Japan, Gemma, was unbelievable, and definitely was incredibly inspirational and motivational for me, because we've sort of the grown up together, similar status and all of that throughout the years.

So just seeing your friends and seeing people who you've sort of gone through the ranks with doing so well is amazing. Like it's not only like happy making, but it's also like very motivating as well. Makes you just want to keep working harder and plugging away and hoping that your time will come as well.

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