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Sunday, July 31st, 2016

NOTABLE QUOTES: RICOH WOMEN’S BRITISH OPEN – SUNDAY’S FINAL ROUND – JUTANUGARN WINS FIRST MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP AT 16-UNDER PAR

NBC Notable Quotes
RICOH Women’s British Open
Final Round
Sunday, July 31, 2016
Woburn Golf Club, Woburn, England

On Ariya Jutanugarn, 2016 RICOH Women’s British Open Champion at 16-under par (even par 72 on Sunday)
Judy Rankin – “She is some kind of player. You just have to stand in admiration.”
Rankin – “She is not even a grown up young woman yet. I can’t imagine if all things stay the same, what kind of a player she can be when she gets to be 24 or 25.”
Rich Lerner – “She smiled from start to finish this week.”
Lerner – “We may be witnessing the arrival of another young superstar.”
Jerry Foltz – “She is Laura Davies with the putter, she is Lydia Ko with length and Michelle Wie without a swing thought. She is the whole package.”
Rankin – “Ariya has done a lot of work trying to learn just exactly how to handle a pressure situation like this and try to keep performing.”
Rankin – “It is one thing to win and win again. It is another thing to have to learn how to win. This young player at a very young age, as a teenager, has had some really bitter losses. So, you have to have a little more respect for somebody who has seen it go all wrong and learns how to make it go all right.”
Lerner – “Exciting time for the women’s game with the arrival of Ariya Jutanugarn as a major champion.”

On Mirim Lee, T2 at 13-under par (1-over 73 on Sunday)
Lerner – “Smiling to the end.”

On Mo Martin, T2 at 13-under par (2-under par 70 on Sunday)
Rankin –“She just didn’t make a few of the putts that she needed to make today.”
Lerner – “One of the game’s most likeable and spirited competitors.”

On Stacy Lewis, third place at 11-under par (2-under par 70 on Sunday)
Rankin – “She has had some struggles with the putter. Last year she had struggles with the golf swing. Maybe she will put it all together and win a gold medal.”
Lerner – “Playing with all she has, right to the finish.”

On Leona Maguire, T25 at 4-under par and low amateur (3-over 75 on Sunday)
Rankin – “Really good tournament for Leona Maguire.”

-NBC Sports Group-