ISPS HANDA WORLD INVITATIONAL

August 17, 2023

Gabriella Cowley

Galgorm Castle & Massereene Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Okay, here with Gabriella Cowley. Take me through your round today. Lots of good birdies. Maybe one in particular that stood out?

GABRIELLA COWLEY: Yeah, I mean, I birdied 10. It was playing quite tough, into the wind. I hit a really good drive and had -- I can't remember the exact yardage, but hit 5-iron and it was just perfect; holed a good putt.

Made a few birdies today which was nice. Yeah, it was good.

Q. What was maybe the most difficult part of the course today and how did you sort of manage that?

GABRIELLA COWLEY: Yeah, I think obviously being like a links course it was windy this afternoon, so just trying to manage the ball flight and the kind of shots that we're trying to hit.

I just think the course was playing tough, but I think obviously a few par-5s that we can reach which was good for us.

Q. Do you like links golf? Do you like this sort of course out here?

GABRIELLA COWLEY: Links isn't my favorite, but it might change after today.

Q. With Galgorm tomorrow are you more excited to play there? Think you're going to handle that course better?

GABRIELLA COWLEY: Yeah, I like Galgorm. I played there the last few years, so looking forward to tomorrow, yeah.

Q. What's going to be the strategy there tomorrow?

GABRIELLA COWLEY: I think similar to today. Just trust what I'm doing and hitting the shots that I need to hit.

Just playing good golf, yeah.

Q. What sort of different challenges do you expect from Galgorm than from here?

GABRIELLA COWLEY: Obviously completely different course, completely different style. It's not so much managing like how much it runs out and how much the wind will affect it.

It's just about picking a good number and committing to it, to be honest.

Q. I know you had a pretty good season. Where would you say your game is right now, and happy to see your name up the leaderboard?

GABRIELLA COWLEY: Yeah, been playing pretty well. I've had like an up and down last few weeks, so to come here and play as well as I did, I was obviously really happy about that.

I've been swinging it pretty nice, so just got to keep doing what I'm doing, yeah.