THE ANNIKA DRIVEN BY GAINBRIDGE AT PELICAN

November 10, 2023

Rachel Kuehn

Pelican Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Okay, I'm here with Rachel after the second round of The ANNIKA. Solid past two rounds. Talk us through how it's been for you so far.

RACHEL KUEHN: Yeah, I've had a great experience so far. Everyone has been really friendly and I'm excited for any opportunity I can to tee it up with professionals, which I think is really cool.

My game has been a little bit of a rollercoaster. I wasn't super happy with how I was hitting it to start the week. I've kind of managed. I've put some wedges close. Got a hot putter a little bit the past two days, so I'm happy with that.

Yeah, hoping to carry a little bit of that into the weekend.

Q. You did start off hot in your debut here, 4-under through 6. What was going through your mind after that sixth hole? Were you like slow down, speed up?

RACHEL KUEHN: Yeah, I don't know. Just I had some wedges and put them close, was rolling them in. We have a joke at school that whenever golf is like that, we call it video games, because it's like you're hitting it right where you're looking. I was lucky to have that for a couple holes and cooled off a little bit.

Yeah, was happy with how I started and kind of took the pressure off a little bit I think.

Q. As a sponsor's invite this year, you played a few LPGA events, first cut made you told me. What does that mean to you to see yourself within that cut line?

RACHEL KUEHN: Yeah, I think it's been a little bit of -- it's definitely been a goal of mine, and to kind of do it here just takes a little weight of the shoulders.

Can go out and just enjoy some weekend golf and see if I can throw some good numbers up and climb up the leaderboard. But incredibly happy and thankful for the opportunity to be here and glad this can be my first cut made.

Q. Any thoughts headed into the weekend?

RACHEL KUEHN: Go figure out my irons and hopefully keep the hot putter.