FORD CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY WILD HORSE PASS

March 28, 2025

Jeeno Thitikul

Whirlwind Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Okay, here with Jeeno. Incredible round today to be at the top of the leaderboard. Just talk through your round for us.

JEENO THITIKUL: Yeah, I have no idea what's happened on like kind of starting. You know, I didn't have like a good confidence before coming here with my putter much, but like I think for this two round I putted really well, which is like grind a lot of confident with my putter, because I think this is kind of short course where we can play low score though.

Q. Is that what you think kind of helped you get off to a hot start like that, your putting?

JEENO THITIKUL: Yes, yes. It's all about my putting. Because it's kind of hard to get close to the hole but it's so like firm and bouncing.

Q. Are you just seeing the lines really well? Do you just have the speed kind of down with your putting right now?

JEENO THITIKUL: I think the speed went really well, too, and then the line, I think it's kind of -- it's just the course that's not really slopey, so we are not like giving and had to visualizing balls that like far from the holes.

Q. You've been obviously playing such great golf and I know you take everything a day at a time. For you mentally when you tee it up, what's going through your head as far as trying to score, or are you just staying in the present?

JEENO THITIKUL: I just trying to stay in the present, whatever it's just happened. I just like commit to every shot that I hit should be the best that I can do. I can't control the result it's going to be. My job is just hit the ball, committed to it, and that's all. If it's well, it's great. If it's not, you still have a lot of shots to go.

Q. 36 more to go. Got off to a really hot start here. How do you keep it rolling?

JEENO THITIKUL: Just trying to calculate the yardage really well here, because I think the green is so firm, and then just give you like a chance to make a birdie. Good position should be really good for the next 36 holes.

Q. You might play with Nelly again tomorrow. Do you like playing with her and do you guys feed off the energy of each other and the rhythm and the flow of the round?

JEENO THITIKUL: Definitely. She's the No. 1 in the world, and one fact that is good is she's fast playing, which is good. She's always playing good, and then also like it's just keep me like keep motivating me to play some good golf as well.