LOTTE CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY HOAKALEI

April 14, 2023

Nasa Hataoka

Hoakalei Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Here with Nasa Hataoka who ground it out today. Maybe not your best stuff, but got it under par. Tell me about your day out there.

NASA HATAOKA: To be honest I feel like I was striking the ball really well today, so just a little disappointed how I putted today.

That's how I played today.

Q. How do you stay patient whether or not you're not really scoring like you feel like you should?

NASA HATAOKA: You know, I was checking the scoreboard couple times, and I kind of noticed leaderboards haven't really changed much and I felt on a tough condition like today, I think the patience is the key to play well.

I feel like I was able to do that.

Q. I was talking to Grace. It died yesterday in the afternoon; picked up again today. How are adjusting with the back and forth conditions with the wind?

NASA HATAOKA: Yeah, it's definitely one of the toughest condition. Right before I hit the ball the wind kind of started to like -- there was like a sudden gusty wind that made me kind of uncomfortable.

But I think I was able to play patiently.

Q. Mindset heading into tomorrow?

NASA HATAOKA: I feel like the last birdie putt, birdie on 18, was good momentum for me so hopefully I can keep that momentum for tomorrow.