U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN

May 30, 2024

Nelly Korda

Lancaster Country Club

Flash Interview

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THE MODERATOR: Welcome back to the interview area. We're joined by World No. 1 Nelly Korda. We'll open it up to questions.

Q. (No microphone.)

NELLY KORDA: I mean, not a lot of positive thoughts, honestly. Just honestly, I just didn't play well today. I didn't hit it good. I found myself in the rough a lot. Making a 10 on a par-3 will definitely not do you any good at a U.S. Open.

I started off really poorly but played pretty well on the back nine. But overall, yeah, just a bad day in the office.

Q. Could you take us through your club selection on the 12th hole, and was it difficult trying to figure out what to hit?

NELLY KORDA: Yeah. We waited for like 25 to 30 minutes on that tee, too. I was in between a 7-iron and a 6-iron. I just didn't really know what to hit. Sometimes it's not really good seeing the girls play in front of you because two of them -- Gaby came up short of the water, and I think Ingrid went into the water. It was just a tough day.

I kind of teed it up behind the tee box a little one club length back. I hit a 6-iron and it just kind of penetrated through the wind and it went into the back bunker.

I kind of had a leaf under my ball, so when I hit it kind of rocketed through. Couldn't really do anything about that. Yeah, just hit some really bad chips over and over again.

Q. When you came off 12, was there any part of you that tried to maybe either reset or set a goal for the rest of the 15 holes you were going to play and have an objective?

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, I just didn't really want to shoot 80, and I just kept making bogeys. My last two rounds in the U.S. Women's Open have not been good. I ended Sunday at Pebble I think shooting 81, and then today I shot 80.

I'm human. I'm going to have bad days. I played some really solid golf up to this point. Today was just a bad day. That's all I can say.