AIG WOMEN'S OPEN

August 23, 2024

Caroline Inglis

Mixed Zone

Q. What a turnaround. What was different for you today?

CAROLINE INGLIS: Honestly, I didn't feel like I played that bad yesterday. It's just no putts dropped. Kind of nothing momentum-wise went my way. The morning-afternoon draw was way worse weather, I think, because we played in -- no, wait. Yeah, morning and then afternoon, just because the winds were so high yesterday afternoon and today.

Anyway, but yeah, I just feel like I made more putts today, honestly, and then I holed out for eagle on 5, so that was a nice little addition on top. But I kind of just stayed patient and I told myself, you don't have anything to lose, might as well just go out there and do your best.

Q. How did you hole out on 5?

CAROLINE INGLIS: I hit a 3-wood down right, down in kind of the dip and pitched it in.

Q. What was the mentality switch in the putting? It's hard to watch putts not drop and then to do it out here in the wind and trust they're going to go in, what switched for you mentally?

CAROLINE INGLIS: Well, I had like 38 putts yesterday, and I looked at my caddie and I was like, that's not right. He's like, yeah, it is. I was pretty -- not upset but frustrated with that. I've been working just on process and routine with my putting, like doing the same thing over and over, and tried to just do that, keep doing that, and I was fortunate to make a good amount of putts today. You don't shoot that round on this golf course in those conditions without making a good amount of putts. It was just nice to see them fall.

Q. You wake up yesterday morning, it's blowing like crazy (indiscernible).

CAROLINE INGLIS: Yeah, it's just such a -- it's been an interesting two weeks because I wasn't in the event and then I played well at Scottish and I got in, and I was like, I'm just happy to be in and it's such an awesome venue, I've just been taking it in, and now to shoot 66, I'm like -- obviously I believed in myself and I believed I could do it, but it's just really cool and I'm just really proud of myself for it.

Q. Any conditions back home in Oregon that prepared you for this?

CAROLINE INGLIS: I don't think so. I don't think -- no. I mean, yesterday was so windy. It was wild. I don't think I've played in anything like that. I played Bandon Dunes a good amount growing up and it's windy and rainy there, but that was some wind.

Q. Was this your first experience with St Andrews?

CAROLINE INGLIS: I've never played it before this week.

Q. You tied the tournament scoring record when this event has been held here.

CAROLINE INGLIS: Really?

Q. To do that, get up this morning, look at your day, go, I need to shoot a number like that to make the cut -- you're playing the weekend at the Old Course. What does that mean to you, not being in and to be out here at the Home of Golf?

CAROLINE INGLIS: Yeah, I was pretty down yesterday after the round, bummed. My husband had to pick me up and tell me to pull my head out of my butt. I was like, it's nice to have him here and kind of keep me on the right track.

But yeah, it's like an honour. Like you said, it's feels amazing. It's really cool. I don't know, I was just playing golf.

Q. How do you build on this going into the next 36 holes?

CAROLINE INGLIS: I think just doing the same thing. I don't know what the weather is going to be like, but you have to just know there's going to be bogeys out there and you're going to hit bad shots, and then there's going to be birdies. You kind of take it as it comes and just do your best, don't change anything.

Q. How many feet of putts do you think you made?

CAROLINE INGLIS: I don't know. I mean, I made a long one on 17 because I was in the front and I made that so that was long. Then I made -- I don't know how many feet, but it was a good amount. The first five holes -- I had zero putts on 5 and then one-putted the first four.