DANA OPEN PRESENTED BY MARATHON

July 16, 2023

Stephanie Kyriacou

Highland Meadows Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. I think a career best finish for you out here on the LPGA Tour. Just, overall, what has these four days been like for you?

STEPHANIE KYRIACOU: Pretty cool, actually. I played a lot of good golf. I found at the start of the year I kind of put myself good position heading into the weekend and kind of just couldn't finish it out or have a couple good rounds on the weekend. This was kind of the first week I did. I learned a whole lot about the mental side of golf. How to deal with nerves and all that stuff. So a lot of things to take away from this week, even though one wasn't a trophy.

Q. Being in that final group, you talk about the nerves, you talk about the mentality. What did you draw from heading into today?

STEPHANIE KYRIACOU: Yeah, I said before the adrenaline I found plays a big part. Usually when I get nervous it's kind of the first couple holes you hit it a bit further. But today the whole day I was just hitting everything so much further. And I think it was hard to accept that I'm actually hitting it further. So that was probably the biggest thing I learned.

I mean, yeah, I really enjoyed it. I enjoyed the crowd, so it was good.

Q. You've got next week off and then looking ahead to this European swing. Just, overall, what do you take away from a week like this as you head into some majors coming up as well?

STEPHANIE KYRIACOU: Yeah, lots of positives about the game. I do know there's a few things I have to tweak. So I think a week off is going to help that. But, yeah, I got a new putter, I have some new irons waiting for me. So a lot of exciting stuff next week. But, yeah, I'm excited to get to Europe.