HSBC WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

February 29, 2024

Lilia Vu

Sentosa Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Your first round of the HSBC Women's World Championship. Solid round today, top of the leaderboard. Can you talk about your round and what you saw out there?

LILIA VU: Yeah, the course is playing way more difficult than last year, and I knew that coming into today. Just trying to birdie where I can and take the par when you can.

Q. Just adding on to the point about challenging conditions, you mentioned how you have a game plan of not attacking pins and all that, but can you elaborate more about the differences between this year and last year and the humidity?

LILIA VU: I think the humidity is around the same. I think maybe last year, since there was more rain and less wind, so we could go for pins and know that it's going to stick there. But this year, the greens are playing firmer. Still a little sandy but you just have to play your way around. You can't hit to tucked pins. You have to take your medicine and just have a 20-footer to try and make a birdie.

Q. Are you surprised to be on the top of the leaderboard after a 3-under round?

LILIA VU: Yeah, I think I was surprised that the scores were so high. I always expect at least 6-under to be the leader. But yeah, it shows how tough the course is playing and it's a good challenge.

Q. And knowing that the conditions are tougher for this week, would you adjust your game play?

LILIA VU: No, I don't think so. I play pretty well at difficult courses. I feel like I'm just playing normal.

Q. Can you just take us back to last week and talk about how it was to defend in Thailand?

LILIA VU: Yeah, that was my first tournament defending. I kind of felt a little bit of pressure the first round but kind of glad that I got it over with and was more in the moment throughout the week and just playing that tournament than thinking about, oh, you're defending a tournament. I don't really know what it means because I'm just trying to win another tournament.

So I know I'm proud of how I performed last week, though.

Q. And you'll probably have a few more times to do that this year. Anything else you took away from that experience that you're hoping to use for the next three times this year?

LILIA VU: I think just trusting my game. I think pressure isn't too real. The only pressure that I have is from my own self; so just be nice to myself and go out there and have fun.