The winds flipped, Royal Troon’s entrance 9 packed an uncommon punch and a few of the finest gamers on the planet couldn’t regulate. Different, in fact, did, together with Justin Thomas, the clubhouse chief for a lot of the day.
Listed below are a few of the finest quotes from Thursday at The Open:
Justin Thomas (-3)
“I really feel like the whole lot has been turning the best manner, and I’ve been engaged on the best issues. Identical to I mentioned, I haven’t actually had a lot to point out for it. That’s simply how this recreation works typically. However I do know that I’m shut the best way it’s, and I’m simply going to maintain taking part in and never play for outcomes, simply play for my recreation, and it’ll handle itself.”
Justin Rose (-2)
“I believe while you come within the first couple of instances you play The Open, you’re soaking within the expertise. Now you sort of are available in, you understand what to anticipate. It’s not like you may simply are available in 20 years later and go, oh, ought to be a superb week and we’ll simply be taught from it. It’s somewhat little bit of a ticking clock there simply to get the job executed sooner or later. … It’s apparent, isn’t it. 44 quickly. Historical past would counsel. However I believe The Open affords you that chance perhaps greater than a few of the different majors. Yeah, nonetheless really feel very sort of assured in myself that I can really nonetheless enhance tomorrow versus right this moment. So long as that’s the case, I’ll hold sort of believing for positive.”
Adam Scott (-1)
“My recreation is lastly in some respectable form the place I really feel like I’m controlling the ball properly. That’s what you’ll want to do out right here, particularly when you’re going to offer your self a number of probabilities. It’s typically straightforward to scrap it across the hyperlinks, however you’re not going to gap a number of 40-footers. So sooner or later you’re going to want to hit some actually high quality iron pictures from the green to get it in near some tucked pins and provides your self extra life like probabilities. They’re the fellows who’re going to be up there on the finish of the week.”
Matt Wallace (-1)
“I believe I get in my very own manner typically mentally, so I cease myself from permitting my recreation to come back by way of as a result of I do know it’s ok, and I’ve proven that. I believe everybody can see that. However I believe everybody would additionally agree that they see me not getting the complete potential out of my recreation, so I have to determine that out. I’ve been on that for a couple of years, and it was simply at the moment, it was only a irritating factor and an trustworthy factor to say in that scenario. … I really feel I could be competing for large tournaments. That’s what I really feel I can do. I haven’t executed that in a very long time, so if I can begin competing, I’ll be very completely satisfied.”
Min Woo Lee (E)
“I attempted to sleep at 8 [p.m.]. Went to mattress at 8:30. It was early. I can’t complain. I wasn’t even the primary group. I used to be first group in the future like a pair years in the past at St. Andrews, and that was like a 3 [a.m.] wakeup. I don’t know, it feels unlawful.”
Bob MacIntyre (+1)
“The wind, I believe a number of guys had recreation plans to only ship driver the primary few holes and to pitch up there right this moment. When it’s straight again into the wind it sort of switches you again into preventing, and it’s troublesome. I’m hoping it doesn’t die off in a while.”
Jon Rahm (+2)
“I actually wished that final putt. It’s not straightforward. It’s very troublesome on the market. Eight out of these first 9 holes, all of them are in off the best, taking part in lengthy, troublesome holes. Simply while you suppose it’d get somewhat simpler downwind, it actually isn’t. The again 9 has a number of tooth, and people par-3s are very, very troublesome. There’s not a simple golf course on the market. I believe I performed okay. What I used to be in a position to do was make a number of good par putts that saved the spherical going, however I didn’t put myself in place sufficient to perhaps make a few birdies and shoot someplace even par, and even 1 underneath, which might have been a incredible spherical.”
Brian Harman (+2)
“It’s sort of like I discovered it how I left it final yr sort of. It’s brutal. Laborious golf course.”
Tyrrell Hatton (+2)
“My ball putting day was fairly terrible. It’s one of many worst rounds I believe I’ve had this yr, by way of how I believe I’ve hit the golf ball. It wasn’t a enjoyable expertise. Yeah, we’ll try to do higher tomorrow.”
Bryson DeChambeau (+5)
“Shoot, man, I may have thrown within the towel after 9 and will have been like, I’m going house. However no, I’ve received an opportunity tomorrow. I’m excited for the problem. If I’ve some putts go in and hit some pictures the best way I understand how to and determine this gear stuff, I’ll be good.”
Henrik Stenson (+6)
“I used to be coming in right here sadly with fairly low power, and I didn’t even really feel like I received that upset.”
