PORTLAND CLASSIC

August 1, 2024

Daniela Darquea

Columbia Edgewater Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, here with Daniela Darquea after her first round here at the Portland Classic. Couple years ago, 2022, you finished second here. You think about that at all today? I know you had a really great round. 7-under today, right?

DANIELA DARQUEA: Yeah, of course I did. Obviously I feel very -- I really like this course. I feel very comfortable on the greens. I enjoy the layout. It's beautiful.

So obviously I was trying to like remember those great tournaments I play, and obviously that one is my best finish in my career, so, yeah.

Q. What was the course like today for you? What were the parts of the round and the course that really helped you succeed today?

DANIELA DARQUEA: Yeah, I started with a bogey so that was not great, but then I made a few long putts and that really helped.

I feel like I really like the greens. I feel like I see the grains and the speed and (plane interference,) so that's good.

Q. What would you say are some of the key moments today, key birdies, key holes out there?

DANIELA DARQUEA: Yeah, like I said, I didn't start very well, and during the front nine I was able to make four birdies. Couple of them they were like kind of long putts.

I really like the birdie on 18. I think that that gave me a lot of momentum to go into the back nine, so that was good.