FORD CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY KCC

March 26, 2024

Lindsey Weaver-Wright

Seville Golf and Country Club

Press Conference

THE MODERATOR: All right, I'm here with Lindsey Weaver-Wright, new LPGA mom; first tournament back since becoming a mom. First of all, congratulations.

LINDSEY WEAVER-WRIGHT: Thank you.

Q. What has life been like since we last saw you hole-out at Ascendent?

LINDSEY WEAVER-WRIGHT: Yeah, feels like that wasn't too long ago. Yeah, Crew is three months old now. Had him a week and a half early. He came just before Christmas. Big adjustment period obviously.

It's honestly been really good. I expected it to be like way more chaotic than it is. Didn't really know what to expect. Obviously I haven't spent a ton of time around babies myself.

Yeah, we got really lucky with him. He sleeps 12 hours at night, he is a big eater, doesn't cry very much. On the plane ride over here no crying. He's honestly a dream.

Q. That's awesome to hear. You recently ran a half marathon, too, correct?

LINDSEY WEAVER-WRIGHT: Yes.

Q. What was that experience like? How did it come about? Were you planning to do it?

LINDSEY WEAVER-WRIGHT: Yeah, I got the clearance -- I was waiting for the clearance from my doctor at the six-week checkup.

It was always something I wanted to do. Just didn't know whether I could do it to the extent or the level that I wanted to. Like I wanted to be able to it without stopping.

Yeah, it was just something that I always had in my mind that I wanted to do eventually. Just didn't know like when the right time would be or -- yeah, but I just thought it would it would be a nice way to get back into working out.

I always loved running so it was just a way to get back into things and just like kind of a milestone reach. I knew I could do it. It actually -- with my training it was very difficult with Crew. He doesn't nap very much during the day because he sleeps so much at night, so trying to train in between nap times or like on the weekends I would try to go on a long run when my husband was home for an hour.

The weekend before the race I went on a -- tried to go on a long and I was feeling good, and then I got these terrible blisters on my feet and I didn't know if I would be able to like get through it not stopping.

I said to my husband, I think I'm going to be in a lot of pain by the end of it. Like I'm going to try to just like get through it. I'll have the adrenaline.

Then I tried to go on another run Tuesday; same thing, bad blisters. My dad gave me some advice for socks. He's done a lot of races. So got some good advice from him. I finished in like two hours and four minutes. My goal was like 2:15. I felt really good the whole time. No blisters. I was feeling really good.

So I don't know how, but it all worked out and Crew was there at the finish line with my husband. Yeah, it was just a cool experience. Just always wanted to do it.

Q. It was very impressive to. Emma Talley hyped you up on her social media, brought it to our attention.

LINDSEY WEAVER-WRIGHT: Thank you.

Q. Just to go back to being a mom, you mentioned an adjustment period. What has been the hardest part for you so far getting back into the swing of things kind of?

LINDSEY WEAVER-WRIGHT: Yeah, I think it's obviously -- there is getting your strength back and distances, and I don't think -- I'm like within five yards, so I think I was expecting like a lot worse. I was excepting to be hitting it a lot shorter, because that was something that I battled also throughout pregnancy.

And I've heard mixed reviews from other girls whether they ever get back the distance or core strength they had. I think that's been difficult.

But it's also just like trying to practice is kind of a juggling act. He's not in daycare so he's been at the golf course with me every day. I'm practicing and playing and I'm like tending to him.

So that was a little bit of an adjustment at first. Sometimes he would get upset. The first day that I took him with me and I practiced for a little bit, he kept like crying and he doesn't cry very much.

I was like, what is wrong with him? He really hates this. I realized he had his first blow-out. So that was the first time we went to the golf course. I was there for like a half hour and I realized it. I'm like, okay, it's time to go home. We'll try again tomorrow.

And so since then he's been really good. If I just put a bottle in his mouth when we get there he's fine the rest of the time. He'll just fall asleep.

Q. You mentioned talking to other moms maybe out here for some advice. What was the best piece of advice you received from other LPGA moms out here?

LINDSEY WEAVER-WRIGHT: Yeah, I asked Gerina for a lot of advice. She lives close to me in Dallas. She's just so kind, and very supportive. She came over a couple weeks after I gave birth and gave us a meal for like three days it lasted us.

She's great. I asked her before I came out here, any advice for traveling, plane rides? She just a gave me some pieces here and there, just like bath time and bring the camera just for like your own sanity.

So it's been nice to just be able to ask her what she does. My doctor also said for the plane ride, bottle on the way up, bottle on the way down, so I did that and he was totally fine the whole plane ride.

Just little things I'm hearing from people. Talking to Paula yesterday and she was giving me some advice. My husband came with me. He wasn't supposed to come with me, but it was sort of a last minute thing.

So we flew out and he was with me, and I don't know how I would've done it without him. So it's kind of like -- it was a good trial run to like have him so I was successful to do it by myself.

So I was just asking Paula like how does she take everything with her? She gave me some good advice about bringing a big back pack. I'm like, this diaper bag is so small. I can't bring all my stuff in this. She gave me some good advice there, too.

Q. How much does motherhood affect your perspective when it comes to all of this, the life of a professional golfer?

LINDSEY WEAVER-WRIGHT: Yeah, like my husband has told me like for just me as like a personality, I'm not high strung, but I'm like just a little more intense than he is. He's very laid back and chill.

He has said to me he's very surprised. He can't believe how chill I am with Crew. I also like didn't really expect to be like that. It's just like having a lot of patience which I don't really have much in general, but I have a lot with Crew. It's like he's just a baby.

So I mean, he's just trying to figure it out and I'm just trying to help him figure it out, do whatever I can for like him.

So I guess that's kind of changed. I think I chilled out a little bit more, if anything. Things just happen and it kind of just is what it is.

You learn to take it as it comes and just adapt and adjust. That's kind of just what it all is, especially being out here.

Q. There is really cool group of you right now, too, entering this stage of your life. How much fun is it to maybe do it with some of the girls you played golf with for forever? Now you're on the first tee as moms now.

LINDSEY WEAVER-WRIGHT: Yeah, it's definitely interesting. I never thought I would be out here with a baby. I think that's always like a hurdle you have to cross when you get there. I didn't want playing golf to hold me back from having a family.

Now that I -- I don't know, I just never -- when I dreamt of being on the LPGA and my career and how would it pan out, I never foresaw having Crew out here with me honestly. It's kind of an unexpected treat.

Q. What went into the name? I love Crew. It's such a unique name.

LINDSEY WEAVER-WRIGHT: I don't know. It was just something that we really liked. When I was first pregnant it was just name that came about that we just both liked and my husband is like very picky, and we had some suggestions from one of our good friends and so we were going to do that as his middle name.

So we ended up doing that as the middle name. His middle name is Callan. Our friend gave us -- he said he really liked Carter, so I said, oh, I really like that, too. But I wanted to say if we had another boy. I knew I wanted his name to be Crew. Maybe next child will be Carter in some respects.

Q. Just a few more questions about the golf this week. So you were a University of Arizona player. What's it like to be back here in Arizona playing golf in Arizona? Anything in particular you like about Arizona golf?

LINDSEY WEAVER-WRIGHT: Yeah. That was kind of why I wanted to start here. Obviously I lived here for quite a while. My husband is from here.

Yeah, so I always like competing in Arizona, and, yeah, obviously lived here for a long time. Arizona golf is just very different than any other golf that we play throughout the year. So it's nice to come back and play on golf courses like this and play desert golf. It's so rare that we get to do that.

It's nice to be back here and close to family.