PORTLAND CLASSIC

August 2, 2024

Dewi Weber

Columbia Edgewater Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Okay, I'm here with Dewi Weber after her second round of the Portland Classic. Another really good round. Did it feel really good out there when you were playing?

DEWI WEBER: Yeah, yesterday I said my start was really bad. And it was. I promise you, it really model was.

No, it was good today. I played well. Everything was solid. I made very few mistakes. The mistakes that I made ended up like okay.

So I, yeah, played solid.

Q. You had seven birdies in a row today and yesterday. Do you know what your longest stretch is?

DEWI WEBER: I think now it's seven.

Q. Now it's seven, yeah.

DEWI WEBER: I think after yesterday it was seven.

Q. What does it feel like to go on a stretch like that, and especially two days in a row?

DEWI WEBER: I mean, the feeling you get from it is obviously great. For me it was more like playing shot by shot, just trying to make good swings, good strokes, put the best roll on the ball I could.

Today for me feeling it was a bit easier than yesterday. Yesterday I hit poorer shots that ended up in good places and I made my putts.

Today I hit good drives, hit good iron shots, and then I just finished it off with a putt. It felt easy. I mean, obviously it did because like it's weird if you make seven birdies in a row and feels hard.

No, I just tried to hit good putts, committed to my lines, and that was it.

Q. A lot of players have been having really great rounds out here. What is it about this course that feels scorable and good to you?

DEWI WEBER: It's bit of combination of A, the greens are pretty receptive. I think in the afternoon they're maybe a little bit firmer than in the morning, or at least they were a bit firmer this afternoon than yesterday morning.

They're still really receptive. That paired with, like I said yesterday, like the conditions of this course, like the greens are pure, the fairways are pure, everything is just pure.

That makes it a lot easier I think to like read the greens and like adapt to the speed and whatnot, because everything is so consistent out here. Big props to the maintenance crew and superintendant. This course is so good right now.

Q. How much was not playing at the Olympics on your mind at the start of this week?

DEWI WEBER: Not much.

Q. Not much?

DEWI WEBER: Like I can tell you that, yeah, I'm trying to make a statement here.

Not much. I'm just trying to play golf. Just trying to play an LPGA event and place as well as I can.

For me nothing is really on my mind but this tournament right now and making good strokes, good swings, all of that.

Q. What kind of motivation was there this week from the Netherlands not letting you play at this Olympics?

DEWI WEBER: It's the same answer. I'm disappointed obviously, but it's a chapter that for me I've closed. Listen, if I win on Sunday, like I think that would make a statement obviously, but it's not as if I'm trying to play here to make a point.

The point I'm trying to make is that I'm a good golfer and good enough to be on the LPGA Tour, because I've been on Epson this entire year.

So that's more the point I'm trying to make I guess for myself, than, see, look, I should've been at the Olympics.

Q. Speaking of that Epson Tour experience, how have those playing repetitions out there on the Epson Tour prepared you for the couple LPGA starts you've had this year?

DEWI WEBER: I mean, it's competitive. Again, still really good players. I still haven't won out there, so they're really, really good players.

Q. Yeah.

DEWI WEBER: And, yes, I played ShopRite, but after ShopRite I was kind of just like, I should play out there and try and get my card back, which maybe makes it a little bit easier for me this week because I'm just trying to play this tournament, trying to play competitive golf.

Yeah, I think it prepares you well. The competition is great out there. It's really deep. Getting those competitive reps no matter where you play is obviously super helpful to get in the rhythm of things.

Q. Teeing off so late with the heat, any extra challenge or are you kind of used to that?

DEWI WEBER: No, I think we're all pretty well-prepared out here for the heat. Like we do this pretty often. To be honest I think my tee time was probably one of the better ones, it being the hottest here around like 4:00 or 5:00 pm probably.

Like I just finished and it's like 5:00 probably. So, no, it's hot. I want something different than water right now. It's not like it tires me out that much that I would say that that's like really a limiting factor.

Q. How much do you want a Diet Coke right now? We heard that on the Golf Channel broadcast.

DEWI WEBER: I would do a lot of things for a Diet Coke. From McDonald's specifically. Yes.