LOTTE CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY HOAKALEI

April 13, 2023

Linnea Strom

Hoakalei Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Here with Linnea Strom. That's a heck of a round out there today. Just tell me about your day and how it went out there?

LINNEA STROM: Thank you. I'm very happy with my day. I mean, it's tough in the wind. Some of the shorter holes in the downwind, it's tricky because you need to be able to control the ball when it lands on the green.

But I think I putted very well today, so that kind of helped me out and got some momentum going. I holed some longer putts which was nice, because sometimes when it's windy it's tough to get close enough to the pin to have short birdie putts.

But I'm just very happy with how I handle myself in the wind and I just was patient and just took one hole at a time.

Q. What did you learn about yourself going back to Epson last year, getting through again? You seem a lot calmer out here now.

LINNEA STROM: I am a lot calmer. I'm back to being my happy self again, which I'm very happy about.

But I think it was just kind of nice to have a year on the Epson, just take some pressure off myself and just finding my game again and trusting it, getting some confidence back.

And I think I did that for sure, so I'm just very excited about having a full season on the LPGA ahead of me and just continue to work on the things that I can improve on.

So I'm just very happy about being here.