BANK OF HOPE LPGA MATCH-PLAY

May 26, 2023

Leona Maguire

Shadow Creek

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, Leona, a decisive victory, 5 & 3. You are moving out of your pod into the weekend. Just what was today like for you?

LEONA MAGUIRE: Yeah, probably played the best I've played the last few days today. Drove the ball really solid and, yeah, executed well on my targets. Kept it pretty steady. Didn't really make a whole lot of mistakes out there.

Yeah, pretty solid day.

Q. Narin An got up early. You were kind of able to settle yourself down and get it back. What was happening on the first couple holes?

LEONA MAGUIRE: She made a really nice birdie on the first so, not a whole lot I could do about that. Yeah, got it back on the third, which was nice.

And then birdied 4. Had like a horseshoe chip-in, lip-out on 4 for eagle, which would've been nice.

But birdie 4 and 5 and I think I was even par from there on. Just steady.

Had a few chances but didn't really need to do anything special, so just sort of played steady. Hopefully bring that momentum into tomorrow.

Q. First one to finish today and first one to move on. How does it feel to get to the single elimination?

LEONA MAGUIRE: Yeah, it's nice. Played here two years ago and didn't get out of my group, so nice to go a bit further this year.

This week is a marathon, not a sprint. I'm used to knock-out matches, so the group play is definitely a little different. But we had a really good group, a really balanced group, so, yeah, just to get out of the group is good.

Go out there and try to do it again tomorrow.

Q. Are you prepared now to play 72 holes over the next two days if you have to?

LEONA MAGUIRE: Yeah, I mean, take every match as it comes. We'll take tomorrow morning, start off. But, yeah, it's hot. It's nice to get a win a little bit early today I guess to get a little bit of an extra break; have the afternoon off this afternoon.

So try and conserve as much energy as possible over the next couple days. Ultimately you can't be thinking 72 holes at this point. It's 18, and we'll take it from there.

Q. How do you conserve energy? Do you reduce the amount of time you spend at the course before and after? Are you done for the day?

LEONA MAGUIRE: Yeah. I might take a couple of putts, but nothing major this afternoon. Have a bit of lunch. The lunch is really good this week. This is the first time I'm getting lunch, so take advantage of that.

Yeah, just get back to the room and do a bit of recovery back there and get a good night's sleep tonight and be good.

Q. You'll be able to put your name on the whole shebang and see who you face, but what's the mentality? Is it just win at all costs?

LEONA MAGUIRE: Yeah, I don't think it matters who it is. I've been just trying to play the golf course the last few days, and I think stick to that same plan. Try to hit good shots and we'll see what happens.