U.S SENIOR WOMEN'S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

August 1, 2024

JoAnne Carner

Fox Chapel Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Most people are excited about shooting their age. Are you happy with shooting your age today?

JOANNE CARNER: No, it was terrible. I played really bad on the back. I didn't putt well. Then I lost my swing temporarily. I hit a couple shots that I thought were good, but not having played the course but one time, I ended up in trouble, in one of those bunkers, and you just have to hit it out.

Q. How did the course play today, and what do you think of it?

JOANNE CARNER: Well, it's one that you really need to play two or three times to know where to hit it. The greens I just was having trouble. I've been putting well but down in Florida where they're flat greens. You're not playing the rolls here.

Totally different. I'd underread and then overread. One I had about a 20-foot downhill side hill on a par-3 and hit it -- barely touched it and it went off the green. The pin was on 19 yards, so I was putting back from the fringe and four-putted.

Q. Most of the players talked about how fast the greens got as the day wore along. Did you see the same thing?

JOANNE CARNER: Yes. They're very tricky greens in that you have some that just dive when they take a break, and others you're waiting for it to turn and it won't turn. You're underreading and overreading.

Q. You've played in all of these Senior Women's Opens. Why do you keep coming back?

JOANNE CARNER: Well, this will do me in, this one.

Q. Too much?

JOANNE CARNER: Well, when you start to lose distance, you have to go -- well, I got into real bad swing habits. I've had to work extra hard to even get close to hitting it. It's just too much work for me now.

Q. Is it fun to come back and see this group that you've basically competed with most of your life?

JOANNE CARNER: Oh, yeah. Always fun. Played with them today.

Q. Sit around and tell war stories maybe?

JOANNE CARNER: Well, most of us are too tired. At least I am. I go back and cool down, take a shower and sit and have a nice cocktail.