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KELLY THESIER:\u00a0 Good afternoon, everyone.\u00a0 We’d like to welcome in our current leader, Brittany Lincicome.\u00a0 Brittany, 1?under par 71 today, leading by one shot entering the final round.\u00a0 Were you nervous at all today?\u00a0 I heard there might have been only a banana I think you ate?<\/p>\n
BRITTANY LINCICOME:\u00a0 Yeah.\u00a0 Nervous was probably an understatement.\u00a0 I was fine all morning.\u00a0 I got my 10 hours of sleep.\u00a0 I watched “Puss In Boots” was on TV.\u00a0 I watched kids’ movies, was doing fine, and then when it came time to kind of eat lunch, it just wasn’t happening, and then on the course like I took some stuff to calm my belly.\u00a0 I did have a banana, a few bananas actually.<\/p>\n
And yeah, I think because I haven’t been in this position in a while, it just kind of all caught up with me.\u00a0 Just tried to take multiple deep breaths out there.\u00a0 I don’t think I calmed down until really the Back 9 probably.\u00a0 Hopefully going into tomorrow it’s kind of out of my system, I kind of know what it feels like to kind of be in this position and I will kind of dominate again.<\/p>\n
KELLY THESIER:\u00a0 You talked about on the Back 9, we saw some impressive shots, especially I guess 16 really when you look at the up?and?down you were able to make.\u00a0 How kind of were you able to calm those nerves and be able to go out there and produce those types of shots?<\/p>\n
BRITTANY LINCICOME:\u00a0 That’s a good question.\u00a0 It’s actually two days in a row I’ve done that.\u00a0 I’ve made a long putt on that hole to save par.\u00a0 It’s not an easy.\u00a0 It’s right in between clubs, 5?iron doesn’t get to the green and it rolls back four yards or 4?iron flies the green.\u00a0 So it’s kind of you pick your poison, and then I just missed it altogether and I ended up in the bunker.<\/p>\n
But those last three holes, especially 16, are very tough.\u00a0 You don’t want to be down to make birdies.\u00a0 You’ve definitely gotta skin on the field because they’re really tough.<\/p>\n
I kind of knew at 16 that if I bogeyed it, it was going to be okay.\u00a0 I had already kind of had that in my mind.\u00a0 But it’s not an easy hole, and I’m in between clubs and there’s nothing I can do about it.\u00a0 It was nice to make the par, though.<\/p>\n
KELLY THESIER:\u00a0 We just had Inbee Park in here and she was talking about watching you on the par?5s and how much of an advantage you have.\u00a0 But you’ve been able to take advantage of that.\u00a0 You are now 11?under on the par?5s this week, birdieing three of the four today.\u00a0 How much of a mentality is that for you every time you step on the par?5 knowing that they’re birdieable holes for you?<\/p>\n
BRITTANY LINCICOME:\u00a0 I hate talking about it because I feel like I’m going to jinx myself.\u00a0 But yeah, today, you know, I had a 5?iron into one of them, I think I had a 7?iron into one of them, I actually close to reaching 9 today, which hasn’t been possible.\u00a0 I hit 3?wood to two inches off the front of the green.\u00a0 So I still feel like today was not as good as yesterday considering I don’t feel like I hit the greens as many times, especially with ?? I hit the green with the 7?iron, but the 5?iron I missed way right and got it up?and?down.<\/p>\n
Definitely if I can hit it in the fairway and obviously hit it on the green and two?putt or one?putt even to be able to be stress free kind of helps your round obviously if you can two?putt and make birdie and go to the next hole.<\/p>\n
KELLY THESIER:\u00a0 We’ll open it up for questions.<\/p>\n
Q.\u00a0 You were cracking me up today because you reminded of me out there on the golf course.\u00a0 It looked like five, six, seven times you hit a shot and you were just pissed, but it ended up being solid followthrough and you hooked through this and the ball would end up 20 feet from the pin.\u00a0 Is that just the way you follow through?\u00a0 It looked like you were unhappy, what, about five, six, seven shots and they all ended up pretty good.<\/p>\n
BRITTANY LINCICOME:\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 I’m going to have to work on that tomorrow.<\/p>\n
No, I’m not really sure what my face was doing.\u00a0 I know a lot of clubs today we were in between, so maybe I felt like they should have been further or maybe I hit it too far and needed to come back, especially like the second hole, I hit whatever club I hit in there it went way past and I was obviously frustrated with ?? you know, obviously hitting the green is good, but you still don’t want 20, 30?footers trying to two?putt and save your par.<\/p>\n
So overall I felt like I drove it really well, and second shots were okay.\u00a0 Didn’t really have too many opportunities for birdies unless it was a par?5.<\/p>\n
Q.\u00a0 So when the nerves are cranking, is there a certain part of your game where you really feel it?<\/p>\n
BRITTANY LINCICOME:\u00a0 Probably putting.\u00a0 Putting I feel like I take a few more deep breaths and kind of let all the oxygen out and just kind of try to make a nice, smooth tempo.\u00a0 It could happen with driver, too, but I feel like my tempo the last couple days has been really, really good.\u00a0 And that’s kind of my swing thought when I step into it, my caddie even says swing 70 percent and it’s going pretty good.<\/p>\n
Q.\u00a0 So were there any putts today where you felt like nerves got the better of you?<\/p>\n
BRITTANY LINCICOME:\u00a0 Oh, yeah.\u00a0 Like probably all of them on the Front 9.\u00a0 They were all not hit in the middle of the club face.\u00a0 Distance control was not very good.\u00a0 I left most things short.<\/p>\n
My caddie and I kind of talked about that tomorrow, she’s like, it’s not life or death.\u00a0 You’re going to still be breathing after the round.\u00a0 We’re going to be more aggressive.\u00a0 You know, we were doing a lot of good things off the tee and hitting the approach shots into the green being really smart, and just the putting I was leaving everything short.\u00a0 I was not aggressive, and it was kind of a wimpy kind of stroke I guess.<\/p>\n
Q.\u00a0 And then there are a couple of girls behind you who have been in this position a lot.\u00a0 Are you going to be paying attention to the leaderboard at all tomorrow or how are you going to approach your chasers?<\/p>\n
BRITTANY LINCICOME:\u00a0 No.\u00a0 I will hopefully not look at a leaderboard all day, which is good\u00a0?? I feel like for me that’s how I’ve always played.\u00a0 I’ve never looked at a leaderboard.\u00a0 I feel more comfortable that way.\u00a0 Obviously I know I need to birdie as many holes are out there.\u00a0 I know which holes I can birdie andwhich holes are par holes, so kind of stick to the same game plan I’ve had all week, but Nancy Lopez told me like two years ago in Phoenix that I need to look at the leaderboard.\u00a0 She’s like, you need to know where you are, which from a Hall of Fame member I should probably listen to her, but it hasn’t quite caught on yet.<\/p>\n
Q.\u00a0 I think she told Lizette the same thing.\u00a0 I also noticed on the first tee, first of all, you looked very calm on the first tee, but you also had your headphones on right until literally 30 seconds before you put the tee in the ground.\u00a0 Is that normal and just a way for you to stay calm?<\/p>\n
BRITTANY LINCICOME:\u00a0 Yeah.\u00a0 Very normal.\u00a0 Normally I’m either texting somebody or listening to one of my favorite songs before I go so it’s in my head for the whole round.<\/p>\n
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Q.\u00a0 So it is music being played?<\/p>\n
BRITTANY LINCICOME:\u00a0 Music, yeah.\u00a0 Country or whatever I’m feeling at the time.\u00a0 I think it was country.<\/p>\n
KELLY THESIER:\u00a0 Do you remember what the song was today?<\/p>\n
BRITTANY LINCICOME:\u00a0 What’s the song that you just downloaded?\u00a0 (Inaudible).\u00a0 I couldn’t sing it for you.\u00a0 But my caddie likes to sing, though, so whatever she’s singing we kind of sing it together.<\/p>\n
Q.\u00a0 Brittany, what does this mean to you to put yourself back in this position to give yourself this chance?<\/p>\n
BRITTANY LINCICOME:\u00a0 Yeah, I mean I feel like I’ve been working really hard and doing a lot of the right things, and for it to finally come together this week, obviously the week of a major, but more importantly, just for the people in the Rochester area, it was so great to come out, the fans are so supportive, and they’re all out there.<\/p>\n
I can hear them cheering for me, and it’s just great to be back in this area.\u00a0 And obviously we’re going to miss it, and hopefully we can come back here soon, but I think it’s just great to\u00a0?? I think it’s just the vibe, the golf course sets up great for my game, and the fans and spectators and everybody out there are really welcoming, and it just means a lot actually.\u00a0 It’s great.\u00a0 To have my boyfriend and dad here, too, it’s nice.<\/p>\n
Q.\u00a0 Could you just bore us and give us the details with the birdies, just the clubs?<\/p>\n
KELLY THESIER:\u00a0 She warned me that she might not be able to remember all of them.<\/p>\n
Q.\u00a0 Whatever you can do.<\/p>\n
BRITTANY LINCICOME:\u00a0 7.\u00a0 Oh, yeah.\u00a0 I hit a sand wedge, maybe a lob wedge.\u00a0 Sand wedge or lob wedge to like a foot and a half, two feet.\u00a0 And then 9 I hit 3?wood just like two inches short of the green and putted it up to three feet and made it.<\/p>\n
12 is a par?5.\u00a0 12 I hit right in the middle of the fairway, had 5?iron into the green and hit it right and then chipped it up to six or so feet.\u00a0 Is 14 another par?5?\u00a0 Knocked it on the green with a 7?iron and two?putted.\u00a0 That wasn’t too bad.<\/p>\n
KELLY THESIER:\u00a0 You remembered that pretty well.\u00a0 Any other questions for Brittany.<\/p>\n
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Q.\u00a0 Brittany, I know yesterday you mentioned you’d rather almost be a shot behind coming into today?<\/p>\n
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Q.\u00a0 Safe to say you’re comfortable with signing up for having a shot lead going into the final round?<\/p>\n
BRITTANY LINCICOME:\u00a0 Yeah, maybe it’s a different mentality now that I’m getting older and more mature, maybe one ahead is where I need to be.<\/p>\n
You know, I’m still just going to play it the same way I’ve been playing it, just fairways and greens and take the birdies when I can and hopefully nobody shoots 65 tomorrow, which I’m sure somebody will.\u00a0 Hopefully it’s me though.<\/p>\n
KELLY THESIER:\u00a0 Any more questions for Brittany?\u00a0 Well, thank you very much, and wishing you the best of luck tomorrow.\u00a0 And hopefully you can eat a little bit more than a banana before you come out.<\/p>\n
BRITTANY LINCICOME:\u00a0 I hope so.<\/p>\n
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