JM EAGLE LA CHAMPIONSHIP

April 25, 2024

Bianca Pagdanganan

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, here with Bianca Pagdanganan after her first round at the JM Eagle LA Championship.

Really good round for you today, your opening round here at Wilshire Country Club. Take us through the ups and downs of today.

BIANCA PAGDANGANAN: I had a lot of ups for sure. I feel like I was striking the ball really well. These fairways are pretty narrow. For me as least. That's what I think.

It was so important to hit the fairway. I really only had one mishap. I feel like I had a lot of good breaks throughout the round. My only bogey was really because I pulled my tee shot left into the bunker, yeah, just kind of wasn't able to save the par.

I was giving myself pretty good looks for birdies. I was hitting it close, so that really helped, especially putting on these greens. They can get pretty bumpy. So giving yourself good looks for birdies, it's really good out here.

Q. I know I remember from last season you had a good finish to the season last year; decent start to this season. How would you say the season has so far and how your game has been?

BIANCA PAGDANGANAN: I feel like it's been okay. Just okay. I feel like nothing has really clicked. I've had days where ball striking was just amazing but I couldn't get anything to drop. Or vice versa, like I was hitting really good putts but couldn't get myself on the green.

But some days like today, they really click together, and you really have to take advantage of those days. You really want to tap-in all the time, but you get good breaks, bad breaks, and you have to deal with whatever it handed to you.

Q. How do you build off a round like that going into the next couple days?

BIANCA PAGDANGANAN: Honestly, the mindset just coming into today I was so chill. I have no idea why I felt so relaxed. Sure enough, turned into a pretty good day.

Hopefully I can keep the same mood, vibe, mindset heading into tomorrow. Like I just felt good getting up at 4:00 a.m. this morning, which isn't pretty -- like doesn't happen all the time. But really just taking everything shot by shot. I think it's really, really important to stay present out here.

I had pretty good saves, so I think it's more of just celebrating the good and just brushing off the bad shots and knowing that you can still save it from there. Basically for me, recently it's just been new week is a new opportunity to play well.

If I start good, hopefully I can ride that momentum.

Q. Anything particular you like about this course that you felt suited your game today?

BIANCA PAGDANGANAN: Honestly ball striking really saved me. I was hitting my iron shots really good. I had a couple -- like the first hole I had a tap-in for birdie basically. I think that's what really helped me. The greens are so small over here so that was definitely a plus for me today.