DANA OPEN PRESENTED BY MARATHON

July 14, 2023

Linn Grant

Highland Meadows Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Here with Linn Grant. Linn, to be 9-under overall after these past two days, how are you feeling with the weekend ahead of us?

LINN GRANT: I'm excited. I feel like my game is there, even though it didn't really come through today. Just, yeah, I'm really just excited to go out and play full on and not hold back really.

Q. First two bogeys on the week on your front nine. What did you do to kind of rebound after your front nine today?

LINN GRANT: I felt like I didn't (laughing.) I don't know, I just felt like my timing was so good yesterday in terms of swing. So when I kind of got those bogeys, I just came out of it a little bit. I had a really hard time finding it again. So, I'm just going to hit the range and try to find that good feeling I had yesterday again.

Q. What were some of the differences to you between maybe your game yesterday as opposed to this and when did it kind of, when did you start to feel those differences?

LINN GRANT: I think I was really well off in the beginning, I was 3-under after the first six holes. Then I just had a bad run on 7. But mentally I just never got back from that. I just felt not as confident as yesterday when I was swinging it. So I tried to go back and forth with finding something out there. It felt like it was just getting worse and worse for every hole that I played. So I'm just really happy I'm in and I'm happy I'm going to the range.

Q. When you go to the range what will you be focusing on? You talked about getting that swing thought back.

LINN GRANT: So usually like whenever my swing's off it's usually because I release my right arm too soon. So I'm just trying to be more compact with my swing and swing more with my body than my arms.

Q. We're seeing a nice little leaderboard up in here with the potential to go even lower these next two days. What are you focusing on, especially with the weather that is predicted for tomorrow?

LINN GRANT: Like, again, just trying to get back to what I was doing yesterday. If I can get confident with my shots, I'm putting really well, so just try to get closer to the pin and give myself a lot of birdie opportunities. Because there are a lot of them out there. So, that's my plan.

Q. I know this is your first time at this course, first time at this event. You said to me yesterday that you feel like you're having as much fun as a regular almost Ladies European Tour event. Are you still feeling that kind of, I know may not have been the day exactly you were looking for, but are you still feeling that kind of fun energy?

LINN GRANT: Yeah, I do. Because I feel like every hole is a birdie opportunity and I think that's really fun. It gives you like just a clearer mind. I feel like you don't have to hold back really. I feel like that's sort of usually the vibe, like when you can go out and play aggressive and it's usually really fun to play and you have a lot of opportunities. So I'm just going to stay in that mindset for tomorrow.