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Q&A with Mary Lou Mulflur Ahead of Monday's First Round at NCAA Regionals
May 06, 2018 | Women's Golf
The Huskies are in Tallahasse this week for the 2018 NCAA Regionals and will tee off at 5 a.m. PT against Wake Forest and Vanderbilt. On Sunday, Washington along with the other 17 teams were able to get out on the Don Veller Seminole Golf Course and play a full practice round. Here's what head coach Mary Lou Mulflur had to say after the round about both the course and how the team feels heading into Monday's first 18 holes.
So to someone that doesn't know anything about this course after seeing it today how would you describe it?
It is a pretty straightforward course like everyone had told us. Everything is in front of you which is what you get, so you know you don't want to overthink it. We got a long look at it today during our practice around and got to see how the grass was different than we're used to and how the greens were going to play so that was helpful, but overall it's a course we just can't overthink.
When you talk about the grass, this course features Bermuda – what is different about that kind of grass than what we've seen mostly?
I describe Bermuda as being gnarly and it just can wrap around your ball quickly, making it harder to hit out of, as opposed to the flat back grass that we typically see that can kind of just bend backwards when you hit your shot.
After having a practice round out there today, what aspect of this course do you see that may favor our team?
It's an open course that we'll need to play well on and really just make sure we are making the right decisions. We just can't force it out there and hope for the best. We'll have to make sure we play just play to our abilities and be smart.
How do you think the team responded to being on the course for the first time?
I think they responded really well. I think having the extra day in town, since we got in yesterday, and getting the chance to have a little more time to adjust to the three-hour time difference also helped. We were able to get out on the range and practice greens yesterday as well for a short while to help us start to see how the grass and course was going to play. The other thing outside of the time zone is just adjusting to the humidity and heat. It wasn't too hot during our practice round today and we actually had a little cloud cover this morning which helped. We tee off at 8 a.m. ET, so that's almost an hour earlier than we teed off today so we will see, the biggest thing is just staying hydrated and if we do that we'll be fine.
So to someone that doesn't know anything about this course after seeing it today how would you describe it?
It is a pretty straightforward course like everyone had told us. Everything is in front of you which is what you get, so you know you don't want to overthink it. We got a long look at it today during our practice around and got to see how the grass was different than we're used to and how the greens were going to play so that was helpful, but overall it's a course we just can't overthink.
When you talk about the grass, this course features Bermuda – what is different about that kind of grass than what we've seen mostly?
I describe Bermuda as being gnarly and it just can wrap around your ball quickly, making it harder to hit out of, as opposed to the flat back grass that we typically see that can kind of just bend backwards when you hit your shot.
After having a practice round out there today, what aspect of this course do you see that may favor our team?
It's an open course that we'll need to play well on and really just make sure we are making the right decisions. We just can't force it out there and hope for the best. We'll have to make sure we play just play to our abilities and be smart.
How do you think the team responded to being on the course for the first time?
I think they responded really well. I think having the extra day in town, since we got in yesterday, and getting the chance to have a little more time to adjust to the three-hour time difference also helped. We were able to get out on the range and practice greens yesterday as well for a short while to help us start to see how the grass and course was going to play. The other thing outside of the time zone is just adjusting to the humidity and heat. It wasn't too hot during our practice round today and we actually had a little cloud cover this morning which helped. We tee off at 8 a.m. ET, so that's almost an hour earlier than we teed off today so we will see, the biggest thing is just staying hydrated and if we do that we'll be fine.
42 for Mary Lou ☔️💜
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