NW ARKANSAS CHAMPIONSHIP

October 1, 2023

Bianca Pagdanganan

Pinnacle Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, here with Bianca Pagdanganan after her last round of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. Great round.

BIANCA PAGDANGANAN: Thank you.

Q. Two eagles. Can you walk us through the back nine especially.

BIANCA PAGDANGANAN: I don't know, like things just turned around. Like I knew I was hitting it good this week and hitting really, really great putts, but hole No. 10 they moved the tees up, so I hit a 3-wood off the tee and stuck it to five, six feet and made the eagle.

I just kind of tried to keep the momentum going.

I made a bogey on 12. It was just a series of bad shots I would say. I'm glad to save the bogey, but I don't know. I guess I just kept the mindset of there is so many more holes to go, so many birdies I can make. I just kind of stayed patient throughout the rest of the back nine.

Q. And you mentioned listening to music as you came out.

BIANCA PAGDANGANAN: Yeah.

Q. Maybe it was a little calming.

BIANCA PAGDANGANAN: It was.

Q. (Indiscernible.)

BIANCA PAGDANGANAN: Not really. I felt like -- I just felt like everything was moving so slow. I felt like I was making all these putts and how am I so stuck. That's what I thought.

So I was just talking to my caddie, listening to the music I hear on the course trying to figure out which song it was after they played the first note.

I think it was good that I had that I guess just to help myself stay present and just focus on what I had to do.

Q. Absolutely. And this is a great finish so far. Wait here to see where everything ends up, but what do you think this does for your confidence?

BIANCA PAGDANGANAN: Definitely a confidence booster. I feel like I've been putting in so much work the past couple weeks. Obviously it's really frustrating when you don't see good results.

So seeing how I played this week, it helps a lot. Just I think I can tell myself that my hard work is paying off and I'm hitting the shots I wanted and making all these putts.

It's just nice to see your hard work pay off for sure.