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ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT SCOTTISH OPENJuly 8, 2016Eddie PepperellInverness, Scotland Q. Thoughts on your position on this leaderboard? EDDIE PEPPERELL: Obviously I'm pleased. I didn't play half as well as I've played the last two days for the most part this season, so pleased to find myself in with a shout over the weekend. Yeah, pretty pleased generally with the whole thing. Q. What is it you've done over these two days that have differed from other weeks? EDDIE PEPPERELL: Well, I've driven the ball better. I changed coach three, four weeks ago and we've been working hard on that. My driving had to get better. I feel like for a while, since I've been out here, it's been the main thing that's held me back from winning and felt I needed to address it, especially this year as it just got uncontrollably bad. Driving has improve and keep the ball in play; I've put it in play on every hole for the first two days, and generally when I do that, then I score fairly well, what I would consider my strength. Pleased with that side of things. I've seen a guy in America, not met him much, just doing it online. Quite a change from the way I've been doing it the last few years. There's been a couple of pretty fundamental things that I've done poorly if I'm honest. There's been a lot of things I've done well over the last few years but there's a couple of really standout issues that I've had to address and I'm addressing. So not perfect, but the good thing is, I can see where I'm going and I can feel like I'm improving and there's a process to it, and I feel like I'm the kind of guy that needs that. Q. There's a lovely story about you helping out with the youngsters. Fill us in. EDDIE PEPPERELL: I decided to give my sponsorship money back to Frilford Health. They helped me when I needed it when I turned pro and had no money, so I thought it was the least I could do. They have been great. So I thought I would give it back and try and use it in a way or an initiative that would help kids get into the game. So all the sponsorship money has gone back into the memberships, and a junior open we're going to do that I'm going to support more this year and make it a great day for kids to get involved. It's great to have 50 new memberships go out. I met the kids a few months ago when they enrolled, if you like. I've had a few parents come up to me saying they are enjoying it. If 30 or 40 of them go through to join the club full-time and take up golf as a living, or even part-time, I feel like I've contributed to the game. It's a nice feeling for me. It's not really about that but it's about kids playing the game the way I did when I was younger. Q. And it's a huge number; and obviously they have never lifted a club before. EDDIE PEPPERELL: There's a whole range of kids that have never played golf. We weren't expecting 50, but fortunately the money covered that and that's great there's 50 new juniors playing golf. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports   |
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