THE CHEVRON CHAMPIONSHIP

April 19, 2024

Lauren Coughlin

The Club at Carlton Woods

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, here with Lauren cog Linn following her second round to the The Chevron Championship. Just saying it was a little bit of a trickier day out there today. What was the difference between your first and second round?

LAUREN COUGHLIN: Yeah, I would say I didn't quite hit it as good as I did yesterday for sure. I still kind of missed in some good spots and lipped out about a six-footer on my second hole. Other than that, I played really solid still.

Yesterday I hit just some tap-ins, but did make eagle on 8 which was really solid. I hit it to like three feet. Other than that, yeah, just wasn't quite my day.

Q. When you say you weren't hitting as good of shots, which shots are you talking about? Off the tee? Approach?

LAUREN COUGHLIN: Yeah, approach shots. Just missing some -- missing them just a hair; whereas yesterday I was hitting my spots all day pretty much. Today I wasn't quite as on I would say.

So I wouldn't say I was good with numbers either. Like you're playing for a lot of roll-out a lot times, and so sometimes I'd hit it right on the fringe; whereas like if it lands on the green it's probably really good.

But when it lands on the fringe it doesn't quite release, so had some really long putts from the fringe instead of having like a 20-footer like I did yesterday.

Q. Got it. Stephanie Meadow yesterday said when you're on in your approach game you're going to hit it within two feet every time. That's what she said. What are your thoughts on that? What is the key to your approach game?

LAUREN COUGHLIN: Yeah, I think I just control my distances really well and I can generally -- when I get off is when I'm trying to be too good and try to be too perfect; whereas if I just let it kind of happen that's just what my feel is.

And I think I maybe fell into that a little bit today. Overall, I was just -- didn't have quite a good of numbers yesterday. There are just some tough pins where it's like, man, I just can't miss long. I have to take, oh, if it doesn't get there it doesn't get there, but that's better than if I hit the other one a little too good and short side myself.

Q. Still a good day. Still in a solid position. I know you had a couple bogeys out there. What were you and your husband talking about to sort of make sure you stayed in a good position on the leaderboard going into tomorrow?

LAUREN COUGHLIN: Yeah, he thought I might have been rushing my process a little bit at times today. Yesterday was obviously very fun and everybody and their brother was texting me after the round. It was like, that was only one day. There are still three more days. So just trying to get past that was kind of the big thing.

But, yeah, I think just trying to keep me slow and -- not slow, but just in a rhythm instead of trying to be too quick to make any type of decision.

Q. What does it do for your mental confidence to pull out a 1-over round when you don't feel like you have your best stuff?

LAUREN COUGHLIN: Yeah, it's really good. I wish I could have played a little bit better today, but I'm still in the golf tournament, which is a really cool feeling as well.

Being first round solo leader is one the first time that's ever happened, so that was really fun and really exciting. But there is still two more days left, and so, yeah, just going to keep trying to fire at some stuff.

I think I maybe -- I don't know if just the greens were a hair slower towards the end or if I was a little tentative. Just try to get the speed back.

Q. Also going to shore up some of those little details as you look to make a run?

LAUREN COUGHLIN: Yeah, going to probably go do my speed drill here shortly and be done for the day and go get it tomorrow.

A LIM KIM: What can I do? Can you teach me?

LAUREN COUGHLIN: A Lim, can you teach me to make birdies?

A LIM KIM: Yes, read green.

LAUREN COUGHLIN: Yes, read greens. Can you read greens for me?

A LIM KIM: No. Teach me. I asked you.

LAUREN COUGHLIN: Just keep working strong.

A LIM KIM: Today only strong. Good luck tomorrow.