BUICK LPGA SHANGHAI

October 14, 2023

Ariya Jutanugarn

Qizhong Garden Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, what a way to close out today's round, the last three birdies coming in. Walk me through the last couple holes.

ARIYA JUTANUGARN: I would say like after my 14, I made like two bogey in the row, just feel a bit stupid because like one of the easiest hole. They move the tee up so I feel, oh, this a good hole, and I make bogey.

So other that bogey, and next one I still have bogey, and I'm like, oh you know what, it's okay. I just going to play golf, have good commit, and not thinking about the score anymore.

So I start to like roll my putter pretty good, make the putt. And 17 is par-5, so I have second shot -- I have chance to go in the green and make birdie.

Last hole is one of the hardest one, like hardest hole on the golf course, and not expect to make birdie. I feel, oh, par is good enough for this hole. Hit it pretty close, like six feet, and make the putt.

Q. What was that first birdie putt, the length on that long putt that got it rolling, the one on 16?

ARIYA JUTANUGARN: 16? 16 is not long putt. It's like ten feet, yeah.

Q. And then being able to go for it on No. 17, that par-5, how important is it to take advantage of those par-5s that you can reach?

ARIYA JUTANUGARN: That hole is quite hard because like you kind of have to decide what you going to do. You have to go to the right fairway or the left one. You want to hit longer club off the tee or shorter club. It's quite hard, this one.

I hit really good tee shot, so soon as I saw my tee shot, oh, this is really good chance to make birdie.

Q. The first 15 holes, a little bit up and down. What do you say to yourself when the putts are going in but sometimes there is just mistakes?

ARIYA JUTANUGARN: I would say I have three-putt one hole, like and I miss like really short putt. After that I just kind of like close the door. You know what, I been rolling my putter pretty good all week, so don't give anything like meaning about like that miss the short putt.

So after that it's just like start to rolling my putter better.

Q. At the end of yesterday and saw that you would be playing alongside your sister, were both of you excited to get to tee it up once again together?

ARIYA JUTANUGARN: Honestly, we not talk about that at all. We stay same room and it's kind of like a bit weird. I stay with her. I woke up at the same time, we use the bathroom at the same time, and then we went to have breakfast together, and it's kind of like, you know what, see you on the tee. That's all I say.

Q. Going into tomorrow, what will you focus on?

ARIYA JUTANUGARN: I would say I've been having so much fun, because when I play without expectation I feel I can perform my best and I can have fun during the round. So I hope I can keep doing this tomorrow, because final round is going to be so much thing going on. So I don't know what going to happen, but I hope I can keep doing this.

Q. How does it feel to have that feeling with your golf and not have to really focus on the results or what's happening, but to feel more relaxed out on the course?

ARIYA JUTANUGARN: It feel great. I feel like I want to keep doing this even more and more because I know it's help me. I'm not feel comfortable about my game at all, but I can score it when you're not thinking about the outcome. So I think I have -- it's really challenge for me to keep doing this and I'm learning to like how I'm going to be able to do this more and more.