LOTTE CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY HOAKALEI

April 13, 2023

Pernilla Lindberg

Linnea Strom

Hoakalei Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Here with Linnea Strom and Pernilla Lindberg. Getting to go play with Swedes is fun.

Linnea, start with you. Had a great round out there today. How much fun was it getting to play with Pernilla?

LINNEA STROM: It was super fun. Today and yesterday I really enjoyed it out on the course. It's just fun to be able to speak Swedish and have a good shoutout there. It's even more fun when we both play well.

I think especially today, I holed some putts early on and hopefully I got the whole group going a little bit.

So, yeah, it was overall a very fun to play together.

Q. Pernilla, you're a veteran out here. To play with Linnea I know has been out here before, but back this season, how fun was that for you?

PERNILLA LINDBERG: Oh, I'm very happy to have her back on tour this year, absolutely. Yeah, soon as I saw our pairing this week I know we both said we were very happy with that.

It's just nice to see her back out here playing good again.

Q. And Pernilla, did she get you going today?

PERNILLA LINDBERG: Yeah, we were joking at the start. It was like two holes where she holed it first and then both me and Su holed the birdie putts after. We said Linnea a kept opening up the hole for us.

Q. Linnea, obviously Pernilla, major champion. Seeing her win that major a few years ago and watching what Swedish golf has done, how motivated are you to come out here this year and make an impact?

LINNEA STROM: It's been very motivating. It was actually I think the first year I turned pro, was the year when she won her major, which is super exciting and I remember watching it. Just very happy for her.

I mean, ever since I turned pro I think we became pretty good friends. She's been someone that I've been looking up to when I was younger as well, so it's just very fun to be on tour and have Pernilla.

Q. What does it mean to be a mentor for some of the younger Swedes?

PERNILLA LINDBERG: Makes me feel like I'm old and I don't feel old. No, it's really cool to be able to just help out all the younger girls, whatever questions they have, if it's on the golf course, off the golf course questions. Because I've been out here long enough that I have answers to hopefully most of the questions.

But, no, I think we have a great system in Sweden so we have so many young girls coming out. I'm just happy to be part of that and hopefully help inspire the next generation and help the girls that made it out here now.