WOMEN'S OLYMPIC GOLF COMPETITION

August 8, 2024

Nelly Korda

Le Golf National

Quick Quotes

Q. Are you playing well enough that you think you can make this up over two days?

NELLY KORDA: I mean, we'll see. Like I'm going to try. I'm going to always try my hardest and I'm going to -- if I'm hitting it well off the tee which I was today and I was hitting good shots in and I was giving myself opportunities, yes. If I'm hitting it bad, then no, it's tough to do that out here.

It's all about, you know, if I can get my whole game together for the next two days, and if I would have done this on the last day or let's say the third day, then I would be extremely hard broken.

But I still have 36 more holes and anything can happen. I'm trying to see the positive in this. You know, Scottie came back, shot 9-under and he won.

So you know, if you're hitting your shots, then you're staying present, and I think anything can happen.

Q. For one hole, looked like you had a lot of control of everything you were doing?

NELLY KORDA: I played 16 holes of really, really solid golf. I was 6-under to that point. I was 6-under to that point, and I just hit my shot a little out right and a little heely. I was a little hesitant being in between clubs. Just hit a really poor wedge shot and I was plugged in the bunker. Those bunkers are really firm and when I tried to be a little aggressive with, it my ball just shot to the back of the green.

Just a series of unfortunate events happened in a row, but I ended on a birdie and made a wonder put after leaving myself in not the easiest of positions on the right side of the green having to go through almost through the sprinklerheads. Overall, I still shot under par. I'm going to try and take the positive.

Q. How do you manage the aggressiveness with conservativeness in terms of how you can score here or not score?

NELLY KORDA: Just depends on what clubs you have into greens. When you have shorter clubs and the greens are a little bit more receptive, then you can be aggressive. If you have longer clubs and you're out of the rough, you're just playing defensive golf.

Q. What clubs were you in between on 16?

NELLY KORDA: Pitching wedge and 9-iron. I went with a chippy 9 and just came out a little heely.

Q. Curious, 14, what did you have out of the rough?

NELLY KORDA: The par 5, I was also like this, on top of the hill. So I had to -- I did not have a way I could go for that even with my stance. The lie was not that bad in the rough but the stance was really bad. It was like a baseball stance.