CPKC WOMEN'S OPEN

July 28, 2024

Maude-Aimee Leblanc

Earl Grey Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Pretty happy how you played on the weekend?

MAUDE-AIMÉE LEBLANC: Yeah, funny enough, I feel like I hit the ball better yesterday. Gave myself more chances, but the score is better today.

So that's just the way golf is. Yeah, overall happy with the game.

Q. Yeah. And sort of I think tied 19 right now. In Priddis you finished tied 14. Alberta has been good to you.

MAUDE-AIMÉE LEBLANC: Yeah, I hope we come back here soon.

Q. I know you had a bogey and then you followed up with an eagle.

MAUDE-AIMÉE LEBLANC: Yeah, 14 is tricky because if you miss the fairway, again, it's really hard to just make par.

Yeah, it was. I'm happy with also not making any doubles this week. I kept high numbers out of the card. So, yeah, I came back with a nice eagle on the next hole, chip in, so that kept the momentum going for the rest of round.

Q. Yeah, and then you got some only pretty good reactions from the crowd, too.

MAUDE-AIMÉE LEBLANC: Yeah, it's always great to play in front of a home crowd.

Q. Flying under the Canadian flag, being here this week, talk about this week as a whole and the support you felt. We've talked every day it feels like. Just comment on the opportunity you get this week to play.

MAUDE-AIMÉE LEBLANC: Yeah, it's amazing. I think every single hole I hear people cheer for me. It's not something I get to hear every week. It's nice to have here.

That makes the event a lot more special and that's why it's my favorite event of the year.

Q. Are you going Portland?

MAUDE-AIMÉE LEBLANC: Yes.

Q. Might be a good chance to do pretty well there.

MAUDE-AIMÉE LEBLANC: Yeah, I think so. Yeah, again, my game feels pretty good right now so just got to ride the momentum and see what happens.

Q. All right, all finished through four rounds. How would you sum up your week?

MAUDE-AIMÉE LEBLANC: A lot of positives from this week. The course was tough. The rough was really high. Me and my caddie joked all week that it was a U.S. Open rough.

My ball striking was really good. I feel like I could have made more putts out there, but overall, yeah, great. A lot of positives, yeah, for next week.

Q. When you come into a test like this, how tough is it to try and score when, as you say, basically everything is so close, the margins between making a good shot and a bad shot is very narrow.

MAUDE-AIMÉE LEBLANC: Yeah, exactly because you can miss the fairway by a foot and have zero shot on your next shot even if it wasn't a bad drive, so you need a lot of patience. My patience was tested to the max in week.

But overall, yeah, I'm happy with the way I played.

Q. As you move forward now into the season, you can use this to propel yourself into better things. Do you see better things ahead now?

MAUDE-AIMÉE LEBLANC: Yeah, absolutely. I feel like I made a lot of good changes the last few weeks, and it's nice to see it paying off.

Q. You mentioned to me on the 17th hole you were getting some good cheers and some funny ones as well. Can you tell us about that?

MAUDE-AIMÉE LEBLANC: Yeah, I didn't think I would hear people scream (indiscernible) today, but apparently that's a thing.

Q. Doesn't it make you feel nice to be home?

MAUDE-AIMÉE LEBLANC: Absolutely, yeah. This is always my favorite tournament. Yeah, so, yeah, special.