DIO IMPLANT LA OPEN

March 30, 2023

Jessica Korda

Palos Verdes Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Here with Jessica Korda. Off to a good start, 3-under. I know your back has been bothering you a little bit. What was the mindset today? It's obviously cool. Good to have an afternoon tee time, but mentally where were you going into today?

JESSICA KORDA: Yeah, I mean, just trying to put one foot in front of the other. I haven't been playing that much golf since October so just trying to put some reps in and see where I end up.

Q. That's great. Going into tomorrow, obviously you played well today. Do you feel like you step on the pedal a little bit? You're going to have smooth greens and maybe the same mindset? Tell us a little bit about that.

JESSICA KORDA: I think tomorrow is going to be important to stay warm. We're teeing off in the morning so it's going to be really cold, so for me definitely try and stay warm and do the same thing we did today. Not sure how far the ball will fly that early in the morning, but I'm sure we'll adjust like we did.

Q. Walk me through the birdies on the front nine.

JESSICA KORDA: First one I hit it pretty close with a wedge in. (Wind) so you never know really how that was going to go. Then I actually spun a wedge back to almost two feet. Hannah and I were dancing around the cup on that one. That was pretty cool. Then 4-iron, two-putted, and then I actually made a really nice putt, maybe like 18 feet on 8 just below the hole, so...