LPGA DRIVE ON CHAMPIONSHIP

March 23, 2023

Moriya Jutanugarn

Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Here with Moriya Jutanugarn after her first round at the LPGA Drive On Championship. Take us through your round today. You had a lot of the birdies. How were you finding those birdies? What was it about this course and your game?

MORIYA JUTANUGARN: I guess I hit more fairways and greens today, but like the greens is really firm out there. You just have to wait until -- it's just about like patient. You just have to wait until you have like shorter irons into the green and trying to get closer.

But other than that, it was like, you know, one of the pretty solid day.

Q. This is your fourth event of the season so far. How excited are you to be back here in the States and just sort of get ready into the swing of things?

MORIYA JUTANUGARN: Well, I felt like first few event this year is more look warmup event. We play one and then we have like four weeks off and play another two.

So I think this week is kind of like you have to starting to get going again.

Q. Have you ever played here at Superstition Mountain before? Wondering what you think about this course in general.

MORIYA JUTANUGARN: Yeah, it's my first time here. Course is in great shape. You know, like even it's look amazing on TV for sure. Everything is just very nice. The green is really firm.

Q. So one round down. What did you learn about the course that you will carry into the next couple rounds?

MORIYA JUTANUGARN: For me it's just like what I've been working on. Hopefully I getting to feeling better with it and just hopefully I get more confident with it and see how it goes.

Q. What have you been working on?

MORIYA JUTANUGARN: Well, like everything. Putting, swing, you know, just in general like everything.