Wichanee Meechai: Feel 'pretty good' after Round 3 | Live From the U.S. Women's Open | Golf Channel

BUNKER. CAME ALL THE WAY DOWN THE SLOPE, PRETTY MUCH ATTACKING EAGLE FOR MINJEE. >> AND WE JUST MENTIONED HOW IMPRESSIVE IT WAS TO SEE WHAT THOSE FINAL TWO GROUPS WERE ABLE TO DO. WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU FROM JUST OF COURSE MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE OF THIS IS THE THIRD ROUND OF A U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN. >> WELL, AGAIN, YOU GO BACK AND THINK WHERE ARE THE STRESSFUL MOMENTS GOING TO COME. SHE'S THE 158th RANKED PLAYER IN THE WORLD. SHE SAID SHE COULD SHOOT 80 IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. SHE WAS SURPRISED BY WHO SHOWED UP. YOU THOUGHT, OKAY, SHE'S GOING TO BE ON THE FIRST TEE. ONE OF THE HARDEST FAIRWAYS TO HIT. ALL ALONE IN A HOUSE WHERE THERE'S A GHOST RUNNING AROUND. >> A FRIENDLY GHOST. >> SO YOU GO TO THE FIRST TEE. WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT FIRST TEE SHOT. SHE JUST STEPPED UP, RIFLED IT RIGHT DOWN THE FAIRWAY. I THINK THAT SET THE TONE AND THE TIMBER FOR THE DAY. >> AND SHE'S ABLE TO REIGN IN THOSE NERVES. EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMED LIKE SHE DID GET A LITTLE QUICK ON THAT BACK NINE BUT STILL WAS ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A VERY IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE. SHE'S STANDING BY WITH OUR VERY OWN AMY ROGER. >> WE SAW SO MANY CRITICAL SAVES FROM YOU, SOME REALLY CREATIVE SHOTS TO MAINTAIN YOUR SPOT ATOP THE LEADER BOARD. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE ROUND OVERALL TODAY? >> I GET VERY EXCITED THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF THE CROWD. A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF SPECTATORS, A LOT OF CHEERING SOUND. MY GAME, I'M PRETTY, I FEEL PRETTY GOOD WITH MY GAME RIGHT NOW. I GET EXCITED, BUT I CAN GET ALONG WITH IT PRETTY GOOD TODAY. SO IT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD DAY TO ME. >> YOU TOLD ME LAST NIGHT THAT YOU WERE PRETTY NERVOUS THROUGHOUT THE SECOND ROUND. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE EMOTION THROUGHOUT THE ROUND TODAY? >> IT WAS -- I COULDN'T -- I'M NOT SLEEP PRETTY WELL LAST NIGHT. I WOKE UP AT 3:00 SOMETHING AND TRYING TO GO INTO BED BECAUSE I'M -- I DREAM ABOUT THE U.S. OPEN. AND I THINK IT'S IN MY MIND -- IT'S IN VERY DEEP THERE, AND I DON'T THINK I CAN GET RID OF IT. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET ALONG WITH IT LIKE I'M TRYING SO HARD RIGHT NOW TO GET ALONG WITH THE EXCITEMENT AND THE NERVOUS. AND I HOPE IT WORKS. >> WHAT DID YOU DREAM ABOUT? >> LIKE I DIDN'T SIGN THE SCORE CARD. IT'S IN MY MIND RIGHT NOW. SO EVERY TIME THAT I SIGN THE SCORE CARD, I'M LIKE, IS IT TWO SIGNATURES, DOING THAT LIKE ALL THE TIME. I THINK IT'S IN VERY DEEP IN MY BRAIN RIGHT NOW. >> YOU KNOW NOW YOU'LL MAKE SURE TO ABSOLUTELY SIGN THAT SCORE CARD EVERY TIME. WE TALKED YESTERDAY HOW YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN THIS POSITION BEFORE, BUT NOW YOU HAVE. YOU'VE SLEPT ON IT, EVEN MAYBE JUST A LITTLE BIT LAST NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCE TODAY THAT CAN HELP YOU HERE TOMORROW? >> IT'S NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF. LIKE THE GOLF COURSE IS RIGHT THERE, EVERYTHING -- EVERYONE JUST HAS THE SAME THING. SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER ROUND OF THE TOURNAMENT. JUST GO WITH IT AND HAVE FUN ON THE COURSE. YEAH. >> THANK YOU FOR ALL THE FANTASTIC INCITES, BEING SO OPEN AND HONEST WITH YOU. BEST OF LUCK TOMORROW. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> WELL, THAT'S SOME PRETTY RELATABLE STUFF FROM MEECHAI THERE. KIND OF THE STUFF OF NIGHTMARES TO WAKE UP AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING LIKE DID I SIGN MY SCORE CARD, AND SHE ALSO HAS TO GET IT TOGETHER TO COMPETE IN A U.S. OPEN. MEL, YOU SAID THIS THE OTHER DAY, THE NERVES ARE GOING TO BE THERE NO MATTER WHAT. THE FEAR IS GOING TO BE THERE NO MATTER WHAT, AND YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SIT WITH IT. >> WE DID HAVE ONE DRAMA THIS WEEK, BUT WE DON'T WANT THE CHAMPION NOT SIGNING THE SCORE CARD. LISTEN, AGAIN, A VERY HONEST, A VERY RAW INTERVIEW. I THINK TODAY WAS A HUGE DAY FOR HER. YOU GET THESE FEELINGS AND THEY CAN BE VERY OVERWHELMING. SHE WOKE UP AT 3:00 A.M., THAT'S JUST NATURAL. WE'RE HUMAN BEINGS. THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. WE'VE BEEN DREAMING OF BIG EVENTS LIKE THIS SINCE WE EVER TOOK UP A GOLF CLUB. WE HIT THOUSANDS OF SIX-FOOT PUTTS WANTING TO WIN THE U.S. OPEN. YOU HAVE TO LET THE FEELINGS BE THERE. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO AWAY. WE'RE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, WE WANT THIS MORE THAN ANYTHING. YOU HAVE TO FEEL THEM AND GO STRAIGHT INTO THEM AND LET THEM BE PRESENT WITH YOU AND BE OPEN TO LISTENING TO THESE THOUGHTS. THE MORE YOU LISTEN TO THEM, THE MORE THEY DON'T BECOME REAL. >> WELL, THE NIGHTMARES ARE RELATABLE FOR SURE. WHAT'S NOT RELATABLE IS THAT SOMEBODY WHO HAD SO MUCH ANGST AND WAS DEALING WITH SO MANY NIGHTMARES WAS 158th RANKED PLAYER IN THE WORLD WHO'S NEVER BEEN IN THIS SPOT TO GO OUT AND LOOK LIKE IT WAS A WALK IN THE PARK. AGAIN, I'LL GO BACK TO THAT FIRST TEE SHOT WHERE SHE WAS LEADING THE FIELD IN DRIVING ACCURACY. YOU GET IN THERE, AND THIS CAN SET THE TIMBER AND THE TONE FOR THE DAY. SECOND HARDEST FAIRWAY TO HIT. IT'S IMPERATIVE TO HIT IT TO SORT OF CALM THE NERVES A LITTLE BIT AND SAY, OKAY, EVERYTHING'S IN ORDER. THERE'S NO MUTE ME TODAY. MY LIMBS ARE DOING WHAT THEY WERE DOING YESTERDAY. EVERYONE'S FINE FROM HERE. FROM THERE, SHE WOULD HIT IT ABOUT 20 FEET AND MAKE IT FOR BIRDIE. SHE WAS TESTED AT THE FOURTH. THIS IS A NERVING MOMENT. RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE WATER. IT COULD'VE GONE INTO THE WATER. BAD LIE, BAD BALANCE, BUT SHE KEPT HER WITTS ABOUT HER TO THE LEFT PIN. DID A NICE JOB THERE OF GETTING IT ON TO THE GREEN. SORT OF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOST SHOT OR TWO, MANAGED TO SAVE PAR. ANOTHER, I THINK, INTENTIONALLY STRESSFUL MOMENT HERE AT THE SEVENTH. THEY MOVED THE TEE UP. WATER TO THE RIGHT, GREEN TO THE LEFT. BUT THIS IS JUST A REALLY PRECISE WONDERFUL SHOT. GOOD TIME TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A GOOD SCORING OPPORTUNITY. WITH THE BIRDIE AT THE FIRST, SHE TURNS IN TWO UNDER PAR AT THE 12th. SHE'S A LITTLE TANGLED UP. SHE DIDN'T HIT A PARTICULARLY GOOD SHOT. MISSED IT LONG TO THE LEFT. SOME 10 FEET DOWN THAT HILL. BIG BREAKING PUTT. IT WAS VERY FAST. AT THE 13th, AWKWARD SHOT. IT WAS IMPRESSIVE HOW QUICKLY SHE GOT INTO IT AND PULLED THE TRIGGER. WASN'T LIKE SHE GAVE IT A WHOLE LOT OF THOUGHT AT ALL. SHE GOT IN THERE, TRAP HOOKED A LITTLE WEDGE RIGHT UP THERE ABOUT 3 FEET AND MADE IT. UP HERE AT THE 16th, AGAIN, TANGLED UP, NO ANGLE. THE BEST SHE COULD DO HERE GIVEN THESE GREENS ARE SO HARD IS HOPE TO GET IT SOMEWHERE ON THE BACK OF THAT GREEN SOME 40-50 FEET AWAY. AFTER RUNNING IT DOWN THERE SOME 10-12 FEET, BACK UP THE HILL. JUST A GORGEOUS PUTT HERE TO SAVE PAR. FOR ALL OF HER WORRIES AND NIGHTMARES AND HONESTY, SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE HAD BEEN THERE TODAY AND PLAYED LIKE SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY IN THE MOMENT. 33 OUT, 36 IN, 69 SETTING THE POLL POSITION TO START THE DAY, AND SHE'S IN THE POLL POSITION AGAIN. >> SHE'S IN THE POLL POSITION TIED AT THE TOP WITH TWO OTHERS. REMINDER TO THE