THE AMUNDI EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

July 28, 2023

Emma Talley

Evian Resort Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, here with Emma Talley, who arguably got into this event because of a hole-out last week at Dow. Hopefully is going to make the cut because of a hole-out today. Tell me about the ace on the 2nd.

EMMA TALLEY: Yeah, might as well have bought a lottery ticket. I've been holing out a lot this year. Yeah, it's like the basic hole, the hole that everyone loves to see, we all posted at the beginning of the week.

I kind of -- I hit a pitching wedge and it was perfect. Soon as I hit it I said, go in the hole and it did. I'm glad my ball is listening to me. I played really well today and hopefully that will help me make the cut.

Q. You broke out the dance moves last week at Dow. Were there dance moves this time?

EMMA TALLEY: There were not. I was a little upset. I had just bogeyed the first hole, so -- the 11th hole, the second hole, and I was just like, finally something is going right.

So, no, no dance moves, but I gave Gaby Lopez some air guns and she gave them back. It was really cool. Yeah, it was a good back nine.

Q. What was the yardage you were playing? We know the hole is straight down the hill.

EMMA TALLEY: Yeah, I was playing it 115. It was downwind today. The hole was 121, so hit a little pitching wedge and it was perfect.

Q. With that ace, CME will make a donation on your behalf to the CME Cares Challenge for St. Jude. What does that mean to you to contribute to something like St. Jude's Children's Hospital with a shot you just hit?

EMMA TALLEY: Yeah, totally, I think we need more of that. I think it's really cool. I had a good friend that was in St. Jude's when she was younger and obviously had a friend that passed away from bone cancer just a few years ago.

So cancer is close to my heart and I think it's awesome that CME does that. I know we all appreciate that. For me it helped me make the cut, but it's doing much bigger things than making the cut and making a little extra money for us.

It's very nice of CME to do that.

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