ISPS HANDA WORLD INVITATIONAL

August 19, 2023

Esther Henseleit

Galgorm Castle & Massereene Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, here with Esther Henseleit after your third round here at Galgorm. What were some of the biggest challenges for you out there today?

ESTHER HENSELEIT: Well, in the beginning it was still crazy windy, so that definitely was a challenge.

And, yeah, the front nine, the tee shots are trickier than on the back I would say.

So, yeah, I was struggling a bit off the tee there so I had to make quite a few up and downs for par. But I made most of them other than one, so it was good.

Kept it together in the beginning, and then, yeah, got some birdies on the back nine.

Q. How important is it with the challenges of this course to just make pars? Is par a good score out here?

ESTHER HENSELEIT: Yeah, I mean, most holes par is a great score. Just keep high numbers off the card. Sometimes even a bogey can be a decent score.

And, yeah, just try to stay on the right side of the pin, and, yeah, have a long putt, make a two-putt, and go on to the next.

Q. Of your four birdies, what was maybe the highlight today? Any of them stand out to you?

ESTHER HENSELEIT: Not really. I mean, the first two were on kind of reachable par-5s, so just made up and down for birdie.

And then hit a few irons close on the back nine coming in, and, yeah, they were like -- one was maybe like a five-footer on the par-3, 12th; maybe like an eight-footer on 15.

So they were good chances, so it was good to take advantage of that.

Q. Now just a couple strokes out of the lead heading into the last day. Are you excited about that challenge? Do you like to be in the chase?

ESTHER HENSELEIT: Yeah, I think it's a great position to be in. I feel really confident on the golf course at the moment, and I'm looking forward to the challenge tomorrow.

Yeah, hope it goes well.

Q. Is this a course you think you'll be able to be aggressive on, catch a lot of birdies tomorrow?

ESTHER HENSELEIT: It really depends on the setup tomorrow. I don't really know what the forecast is doing either. Today they moved quite a few tee boxes up, especially on the back nine, so it was a bit more gettable.

Yeah, we will see how it plays tomorrow.