THE CHEVRON CHAMPIONSHIP

April 22, 2023

Atthaya Thitikul

The Club at Carlton Woods

Quick Quotes

Q. What was maybe different about the round today for you than it has been the past few days?

ATTHAYA THITIKUL: Obviously I think my shot -- I mean, approach shot is better than the first two days, and then my tee shot, it's a little better, too. It gave me a chance to make a birdie more than the first two days.

Q. Do you feel any differently playing in a major championship on the weekend, making it into the weekend and then playing on moving day at a major?

ATTHAYA THITIKUL: Not really much. Like I said before, or like I said every time, I want to keep it the same. I don't want to think it's a big event or I don't want to think about results about the major weeks.

I think every week it's really important for all of us to play, so I just trying to keep it simple.

Q. Looking ahead to tomorrow, what kind of round do you think you'll need to shoot to give yourself a really good chance for a win?

ATTHAYA THITIKUL: I don't know. Like obviously I need to be under par for sure, but I don't know how is the number going to be.

Today the pins was really tough on the back nine, and I think tomorrow going to be a little hard, too, about the pin. Also I don't know how the wind going to pick up tomorrow. Today it's picking up a lot, like front nine, but then on the back nine it's not really much, so that's why we can make it through.

But if it's so windy tomorrow, I don't think the numbers are going to go that low.

Q. Do you ever look at the leaderboard the night before and think about what you need to do, or is that not something you do?

ATTHAYA THITIKUL: Not really. Today I just looking at it but I don't think like oh, I have to shoot like more birdies, I have to do this or I have to do that. Just look at it and saw how they're going and then just keep my set on the position that, okay, just do your best every single shot.

Q. You were talking about how you're hitting it better in your approach shots and your driver, and I know you wanted to talk to your coach. Was there any kind of info that he gave you that gave you a good swing thought?

ATTHAYA THITIKUL: Yeah, he do. I think he gave me a little trick with the swing, and then also, he knows how I'm feeling with not really confident with the approach shots. So he just told me, it's okay, you practiced enough, you just have to trust and see the shots and trust yourself to do it. If it happens, let it happen.

I think like give it 100 percent, it's more just how it feels and just not comfortable to hit the shot.

Q. What was the tidbit?

ATTHAYA THITIKUL: I don't know, he just fixed the swing. He just fixed the swing, and then I think --

Q. Was it your backswing?

ATTHAYA THITIKUL: It's the downswing.