THE CHEVRON CHAMPIONSHIP

April 20, 2024

Brooke Henderson

The Club at Carlton Woods

Quick Quotes

Q. Before this delay, before this stoppage, what a round out of you already. What were some of the biggest differences between today and the other two days that you saw out there, and what was the mindset you had getting ready for this moving day?

BROOKE HENDERSON: You know, I've been hitting it really well all week. I just wasn't really capitalizing on some of the opportunities. I was just playing really steady, really solid. Today I was able to make a few putts. Made a clutch par save on 6, birdie on 7 and then a long one on 8 for eagle, so I kind of just really felt a lot of great momentum with my putter and was able to keep it pretty hot throughout the back nine.

A little disappointed I dropped the one shot on 16, but I have 18 left tomorrow morning early, so hopefully go out and post a good score and then go into tomorrow with a lot of confidence and a lot of momentum.

Q. A lot of string of -- like you said, birdie-birdie-eagle. When did you feel the putter click out there for you today?

BROOKE HENDERSON: Honestly I think it was on 6 like when I made that par save. It really kept my round alive, and then from there I was able to get things going. It was really fun to kind of get on a bit of a run. I feel like this year I've just played pretty solid, but I haven't really seen that run and kind of had that excitement. That was really fun for me today, and hopefully just do something similar tomorrow. It's going to be really interesting tomorrow. There's a lot of people really bunched up, so it's going to be a lot of fun.

Q. A lot of one-putts out there, as well. I know that's something you're always working on. We were able to count nine, ten for you out there. Was that something you had in the back of your mind, and how satisfied are you even with stoppage of play, even with conditions ripening as the day went on?

BROOKE HENDERSON: Yeah, anytime my putter gets to working I'm pretty happy because ball-striking is usually a strength of mine. This week I've been hitting it really well, so when I've been able to make a few putts, it feels really good, and hopefully keep it hot tomorrow.

Q. Did you notice how you were going or are you kind of a leaderboard watcher or were you just letting -- you were still in the present with every single shot?

BROOKE HENDERSON: I was trying to, one shot at a time, stay in the present moment, but at the same time push and try to be a little bit better. There weren't that many leaderboards, so every time there was a leaderboard I was trying to look, but I was a little bit blind out there for a little while. But I like to keep an eye on it when I can.

Q. Did you make any changes to your putting going into today? Was there any specifics that you focused on when it came to your putter?

BROOKE HENDERSON: No, I think the last like month and a half, two months I've been working with my putter trying to get comfortable, just trying to be a little bit more confident. It's been -- I've seen progress every week, which I think is really good, and earlier this week I was feeling really comfortable, just wasn't really making anything, but today started to make some stuff, so hopefully this is a good sign for what the future will hold.

Q. Being firmly in the mix at the first major of the season, especially after the run you went on today, despite the stoppage of play, what does that mean to you?

BROOKE HENDERSON: It was just really fun to be in contention at a major championship, especially on the weekend. I think that's what we all dream of is being close to those final groups, being in contention, seeing your name on the leaderboard. There's a lot of us really bunched up, like I said, so it's going to be really fun, really interesting day, with a lot of holes left still to play.

Q. Definitely some waiting game here. They called it officially at 5:30. What did you do in the last two hours you've been here?

BROOKE HENDERSON: I was really hungry when we stopped, so it was kind of good timing. Kind of got a little bit of lunch. Then I just hung out in the locker room, tried to stay present in case we had to go back out and tried to rest as much as I could because it's going to be an early morning and a long day tomorrow.

Q. What's it like when you still have to be in that competitive mindset but also you don't know if it's going to be called or not? What do you do to get in that mindset?

BROOKE HENDERSON: Yeah, it's tough because you don't know if you're going to have to be like game face ready or if you can just go rest and relax at your hotel. It's kind of interesting, I feel like I handle it differently all the time, but today was really nice, I feel really relaxed and watched a bunch of shows, so I'm happy.

Q. What shows?

BROOKE HENDERSON: It's a secret.

Q. Overall going into tomorrow, you've got one hole left to play in your final round. What's the strategy there, and how do you take on Sunday?

BROOKE HENDERSON: Well, 18 is a birdie hole, so hopefully go out early tomorrow morning, hit some solid shots and at least give myself an opportunity to try to make birdie. That's definitely the goal.

Then Sunday just keep doing what we're doing, keep hitting it in good spots and just trying to give myself a lot of good looks and see what happens.