March 9, 2024
Hainan Island, Republic of China
Jian Lake Blue Bay Golf Course
TV
Q. What pleasure to be here with Savannah Grewal. 64; congratulations. It's a new tournament record.
SAVANNAH GREWAL: Thank you. Feels really good. Honestly I didn't even know it was a tournament record until after the round when my brother told me.
Exciting.
Q. And in spite of a double bogey, you finish so brilliantly with three birdies. Did you realize at that point, hey, I've shot a cheeky 64 here?
SAVANNAH GREWAL: No. Honestly I had kind of lost track of what I was shooting. I started off good with two birdies and then had that little hiccup with the double and then bounced back. Yeah, honestly, just tried to stay present and stay in the moment.
Q. What this means, Savannah, is that you are right in the hunt with 18 holes remaining, and it's your rookie year as really.
SAVANNAH GREWAL: Yeah, no, it's really exciting. It's always the goal to try to be in contention. As a rookie, just trying to come in and soak everything in and take a lot of learning experiences and just stay in the moment. I am excited to be where I am hope I can learn a lot from it.
Q. You have a very decent guy on the bag. It's your brother Jordan. Tell us a little bit about him. I know he plays golf, but he also plays a fair bit of table tennis.
SAVANNAH GREWAL: Yeah, so he actually represented Korea -- or he was playing in Korea, representing Canada, two week ago in the world championships; flew home for five days and came and caddied for me here in China; then he's going to go home and try to qualify for the Olympics and represent Canada for that.
So we have a fun time. It's his first time caddying but he's doing great.
Q. He certainly is. Mom and dad must be very proud. Not only doing it brilliantly on the LPGA, but having your brother.
SAVANNAH GREWAL: Yeah, I hope so. It's always the goal, try to make mom and dad proud. I hope they're watching back home or maybe sleeping right now. We'll see.
Q. What's it going to take tomorrow? What's the mindset? Just going to enjoy it with your brother Jordan on the bag?
SAVANNAH GREWAL: Yeah, I think just enjoy it. I mean, it's my second LPGA event as a pro, so just enjoy the moment and enjoy being in the hunt and take it one shot at a time.
Q. (Indiscernible) can you believe it?
SAVANNAH GREWAL: Yeah, no, it feels surreal right now, but I'm excited to see where it goes.
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