PORTLAND CLASSIC

August 3, 2024

Ruixin Liu

Columbia Edgewater Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. All right, here after the third round of the perfection. Just talk about your round today. You had a huge fist pump on 18th green to give you momentum. How did the day go as a whole for you?

RUIXIN LIU: You know, it's a fairly easy course so I wasn't able to get anything going, especially putting.

The last putt on the 18th, a very hard hole location, and I finally roll something in that feels really good.

Q. You mentioned you were a little frustrated today. Things weren't dropping as much as you wanted. How did you persevere through out the round?

RUIXIN LIU: I didn't really put myself in an easy position on the green. Always have downhill putts, so that's why a little tentative when I putted up was very frustrated to always leave things short.

John told me to just stay calm and be positive. There is still a lot of holes left.

Q. Just talk about what suits your eye about this course. A lot of people have talked about the trees, how beautiful it is out here, soft greens. What about you?

RUIXIN LIU: Well, you know, this course always has a challenge for me as my allergy. Always have bad allergy out here.

The course is fairly short. We have guaranteed two par-5 that we can reach in two. I think that helps a lot.

We have a lot of short wedges in to approach the greens, so I think that's a huge advantage.

Q. Talk about tomorrow. Anything you're going to work on this afternoon to get ready for tomorrow, hopefully get your second top 10 of the season?

RUIXIN LIU: Yeah, I think I'm going to work a little on the downhill putts a little bit in case I leave myself hanging there tomorrow.