LPGA Q-SERIES

December 5, 2023

Robyn Choi

Magnolia Grove

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, Robyn, fifth round. Started the day with a double and then rallied back. First bogey you made in quite a while. Kind of walk me through what happened there and then what was the mentality to get those shots back?

ROBYN CHOI: I mean, I think the first one, first hole was a little bit of a hiccup I get. I was a little nervous going into the fifth round with the lead, but, I mean, didn't really like affect me too much. But, yeah, I just four putted; kind of embarrassing.

No, like I had a three-foot downhill and it was kind of quick. Missed that and missed the one coming back. Just kind of horseshoed at me and came straight back at me.

Apart from that, I think wasn't too bad of a round I would say. I knew I had to kind of get it back going pretty quick, but luckily on the second hole I got the birdie back, which kind of helped me with the momentum going.

Q. And mentioned the nerves a little bit. Got that first hole out of the way. Did the nerves die down after that a little bit?

ROBYN CHOI: Not really. I mean, it kind of died after maybe the third hole, because like the first hole I wasn't really hitting -- I hit the my driver pretty well, but I wasn't hitting my second shot -- it was just average.

And then the second hole I hit a good shot but it wasn't -- it was just one shot where it like didn't really -- it wasn't a, what do you call it? Like it didn't really like tell me that it was what I had today.

Then after the third shot I hit a good -- third hole I hit a pretty good shot into the green which kind of got any confidence going out there, knowing I can strike the ball pretty good today.

So I think that's what happened, yeah.

Q. Five rounds in, one to go. Been a long week and a half. Has it sunk in there is only 18 holes left to play now?

ROBYN CHOI: I'm kind of glad we only have 18 holes left. It was quite long, especially with that one day delay, so it's technically seven days we've been playing.

I mean, we've kind of all been working for this week, and just to show that I had that this week was pretty good.

I just want to quickly wrap it up pretty solid. Hopefully I can wrap it up good and we'll be done.

Q. I saw your mom was out there with you. What does it mean that she's here supporting you through all this?

ROBYN CHOI: It means a lot. She's been out with me on the Epson Tour. I was kind of deciding whether to go with my mom or dad this week, but I mean, I've been playing pretty good on the Epson Tour with my mom, so I was like, let's just go with the Epson Tour vibe and see how it goes.

No, it went pretty well. She's always there trying to feed me and out there supporting me. When I birdie she's happier than I am, so, yeah, that's good.

Q. How did dad take the news that mom is going to be on the bag?

ROBYN CHOI: He took it okay. I don't know, like after the first day I think I shot 2-under. It's like, okay. He was like, yeah, maybe just keep mom on the bag. It was dad approved that mom is on the bag.

Q. Like I said, 18 more holes. Any new game plan going into tomorrow or just keep it as it is?

ROBYN CHOI: No, I think I am just going to keep it as it is. For me right now sitting atop the leaderboard, so I don't have as much pressure as some of the girls do out here.

I think I'm just going to play my game and just let things roll and, you know, just see how it goes.