Q: New problem for the gamers this week. What do you make of the check of Walton Heath?

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, I performed within the Professional-Am yesterday, I performed the again 9 immediately after which I performed the entrance 9 Monday. It’s very smooth, particularly yesterday. I imply, fully totally different golf course from yesterday immediately.

But it surely performs fairly lengthy, and it’s going to be a great problem relying on what the climate goes to be like, if the golf course goes to agency up by the tip of the week it might play fully totally different to the apply rounds.

Q. You’ve had a High-10 within the Championship earlier than. Seeking to enhance in your file right here maybe?

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, hopefully. That’s the objective.

Q. You talked about it’s fairly smooth for the time being, and we’ve had lots of rain. Do you suppose that provides you a bonus given your size?

NELLY KORDA: I really feel like each single time I’ve talked about perhaps having a bonus due to size at golf course, you truly form of see extra of the shorter hitters enjoying nicely. I believe it’s nearly getting the ball within the gap. I imply, they’re used to hitting hybrids into the greens.

I imply, on the finish of the day, everybody simply has to play their very own sport and preserve it in play. In case you are not hitting the fairways, it will get fairly robust out right here with chip photographs out. I might say the greens are fairly sluggish. There’s lots of refined breaks to them however I additionally suppose they’ve gotten lots of rain up to now two weeks, so it’s performed fully totally different to what it performed perhaps a month in the past.

However I do see that that’s going to be good climate all through the remainder of the week, so we’ll see if it corporations up. However proper now it’s going to be a great problem.

Q. Is there one explicit a part of the sport that you simply suppose is especially necessary round this course?

NELLY KORDA: I might say off the tee is essential.

Q. Since you’ve received three majors in America, one right here and one in France, if you happen to had been explaining to individuals again house that didn’t know concerning the two on this facet of the Atlantic, how would you describe the British Open, a girls’s one, that’s.

NELLY KORDA: To an American?

Q. To an viewers.

NELLY KORDA: I might say it’s a very totally different type of golf. I might say relying on the climate and elegance of golf course, you need to have lots of creativity out right here. You must hit photographs you usually wouldn’t on different golf programs. Sometimes with golf programs within the US, it’s very tight off — and you need to hit it excessive into the greens, and right here you truly can chase it up. I imply, right here you need to hit low bullets out right here so the wind doesn’t have an effect on it.

So I believe British-style golf programs, you need to use much more creativity.

Q. And do you retailer these additional photographs you want in a cabinet till they’re wanted once more?

NELLY KORDA: No, if I would like to make use of, it really feel I’m not robotic golfer. I visualise it and I hit it, so I form of like one of these golf.

Q. Are your loved ones all the identical having the ability to visualise photographs, whether or not it’s golf or tennis, and simply keep it up, or do the others perhaps want extra instinct than you?

NELLY KORDA: No, I believe all of us are just about the identical. My brother is by far the perfect with regards to creativity. I believe he’s up there with my dad. However I believe we’re all very visible and we prefer to form of play with it slightly bit. We’ve by no means been robots. We weren’t raised that means. We had been raised to form of see the shot and hit it. Discover it once more, see the shot, hit it.

Q. Are there another features of the programs setup which have taken your consideration?

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, I might say No. 2 could be very attention-grabbing for an extended hitter. Driver will get into that bunker in the midst of the golf green, and presumably if it’s downwind, it’s 3-wood. And my 7-wood lays fairly far again as a result of it’s a fairly excessive, spiny membership. So I truly hit 3-wood, 3-wood into that inexperienced yesterday.

So I might say a number of the holes simply position-wise, it’s simply higher to put again and have an extended membership in and simply take your par as an alternative of risking attempting to hit a driver in a fairly tight space and ultimately being within the bunker.

Q. Have you ever tried any photographs out of the heathland but?

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, nearly broke my wrist immediately. It’s not straightforward. It’s actually bouncy. If you happen to get a great lie, then perhaps however I might say 95 per cent of the time you can be pitching out with a 58 diploma simply to attempt to get it again into play. It’s actually robust to get out of that.

Q. We now have seen plenty of first-time main winners this 12 months. Are you able to converse concerning the depth on the Tour for the time being and the way robust it’s to win one in every of these occasions with so many good gamers?

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, I believe it’s throughout any tour, any sport. The gamers are simply getting higher. Athletes are simply getting higher. They’ve extra data. They extra instruments to work with, and everyone seems to be far more skilled, I really feel like, than perhaps they had been ten-plus years in the past.

I might say as an entire, clearly there have been just a few that had been very skilled however I might say everybody takes it very significantly now. So yeah, I might say that, you realize, it’s robust to win out right here. Yearly, the ladies are getting higher. Yearly there’s youthful women popping out dominating. Rose got here out, profitable her first occasion. It’s getting robust. So everytime you win, it feels actually good.

Q. You’ve received a latest win on this a part of the world. Is that one thing that provides you an additional consolation degree this week?

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, hopefully. I don’t suppose — it’s a very totally different form of golf course. However that week was a lot enjoyable. The wind was brutal and the climate was simply terrible, and the shot-shaping and the low photographs that I received to hit was lots of enjoyable. I believe I’m okay doing that a few times a 12 months. I wouldn’t need to do it each week, to play in that climate, however it’s lots of enjoyable.

Q. We had Charley in right here yesterday, when she discovered that you simply had been enjoying along with her, she was very complimentary of you as a participant and an individual. I’ll flip it round to you: As an individual. What do you make of her, particularly as a house favorite?

NELLY KORDA: I like Charley she’s a lot enjoyable to be round. I like enjoying along with her. I’ve performed a pair practise rounds along with her. We’re fairly pleasant.

Yeah, she’s a quick participant, I take pleasure in that, and he or she has a extremely good character. She’s enjoyable to be round and he or she’s a tremendous golfer. Her placing is ridiculous. Yeah, she’s going to be a fan favorite right here, so we’ll have lots of people cheering for her.

Q. And the way a lot does it assist your sport enjoying alongside her and Lydia Ko, two of the perfect gamers in girls’s golf? How a lot does that convey the perfect out of you?

NELLY KORDA: I imply, each week is slightly totally different. Each week you are feeling slightly totally different. Some weeks perhaps the course doesn’t fit your eye however having a great crowd out is sweet. You need to carry out your finest for them in addition to for your self.

I simply have a extremely good group with Lyds and Charley the following two days. They’re each very nice women that I’ve gotten to know over time. They’ve actually nice personalities, so it will likely be mild and enjoyable.

Q. Whenever you shot 64 on the Amundi a pair week the in the past, we observed a driver change. Are you able to clarify why, and is {that a} change that’s going to stay this week as nicely?

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, so after I first began testing with TaylorMade, they reassured me that they need me to play what I’ll play finest with, so I’ve been attempting to form of determine the driving force out, and on the finish of the day, they need me to carry out my finest, they usually have been a tremendous companion.

They’ve supported me by means of the whole course of, however proper now I’m simply going to play with what I performed finest with and hopefully, you realize, they’ve some thrilling issues within the work and I’m actually excited for the long run.

Q. Chris talked about the win you had just a few weeks in the past and also you’re additionally a serious champion up to now. How are you going to use that have coming down the stretch on Sunday?

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, I really feel like each single time you’re in competition, you form of study extra about your self and find out how to hand the state of affairs. I imply, I’ve a extremely good assist system round me, my caddie and I’ve been collectively for six years, we all know one another very well.

So having somebody you can lean on for these occasions is de facto necessary as nicely and simply realizing your sport, realizing the way you reply when you might have slightly bit extra adrenaline than regular and to calm your self.

Q. You talked about that relationship together with your caddie who has been over time. How good is it that you’ve got each good and dangerous recollections you can lean on while you’re out on the course?

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, I believe he’s been very essential to my profession. I’ve all my wins with him truthfully, truly, all my skilled — oh, I’ve one which’s not with him however I’ve nearly all of my wins with him. He’s somebody I can belief and somebody I can lean on. He’s essentially the most optimistic particular person on the planet which aggravates me typically however no, he’s nice. He’s a tremendous teammate and I’m very fortunate to have him by my facet.

Q. You talked about Charley Hull is a quick participant.

NELLY KORDA: Yeah.

Q. So are you.

NELLY KORDA: Yeah.

Q. Being a quick participant, I’m wondering if I can hear your tackle the state of affairs in Evian the opposite week the place a participant received penalised.

NELLY KORDA: Yeah, I believe on the finish of the day, The Guidelines of Golf are The Guidelines of Golf and they need to be enforced. I actually like Carlotta. She’s an excellent particular person. I take pleasure in enjoying along with her. I’m a quick participant, however I might say on the finish of the day The Guidelines of Golf are The Guidelines of Golf, and it’s good that it’s being enforced.

Q. Typically, what do you concentrate on sluggish play?

NELLY KORDA: Sluggish play? I believe it must be monitored. I imply, if I’m being sincere, if I used to be a spectator and I used to be out right here for five 1/2 hours to six hours, you realize, it’s robust to look at, proper. You need to watch a sport that’s repeatedly transferring and never repeatedly stalling. I might say I believe it’s actually necessary for the principles officers to implement The Guidelines of Golf.

Q. Allowing for the state of affairs as it’s for the time being that there are individuals which might be sluggish on tour, how do you cope with the time when you find yourself having to hold round? Do you might have a particular coverage that you simply use on a regular basis?

NELLY KORDA: I simply form of decelerate, as nicely. I stroll slightly slower and I simply attempt to adapt to the tempo of my group.

Q. And would you flip off your focus or joust preserve it alive?

NELLY KORDA: I might say that typically it does throw off your rhythm as a golfer to play with somebody that’s slightly slower. However you simply form of need to adapt and play your finest with the state of affairs at hand. My caddie and I do a extremely good job with it, and I haven’t run into any actual points.

Q. What would you suggest to the common golfer who’s enjoying in a 3 or a 4 the place the others are sluggish and would most likely simply curse them? What would they be higher off doing?

NELLY KORDA: Hit the ball. No, I imply, on the finish of the day, if you happen to’re only a common golfer and simply you’re going out together with your buddies, exit and revel in your spherical of golf. However the very last thing you need to be doing is being behind a threesome or a sluggish foursome. I might say be respectful to the individuals round you as nicely.