WORKDAY CHARITY OPEN

July 10, 2020

Chase Seiffert

Q. Chase, how would you assess your round out there today?

CHASE SEIFFERT: It was good. It was kind of a hard-fought round. Had the two delays there but came back out after both of them and hit the ball nicely and was able to make some putts, which was kind of nice.

Q. You played well early on in Detroit last week. Is this kind of a continuation of some good play there?

CHASE SEIFFERT: It is. I played well the first round in Detroit, but I didn't play well the second round, but I also didn't play that bad, either. So the game was really close, and then I had my instructor here this week and we kind of fine-tuned some things. The difference is I'm actually making a lot more putts this week, which is kind of nice.

Q. Anything in particular with the swing that you fine-tuned?

CHASE SEIFFERT: Just working on some setup things. My setup likes to kind of evolve and change as the week goes on; it kind of works into some different spots. So just kind of helped diagnose that and be able to correct it on the golf course, and I think we've kind of put our thumb on it.

Q. The season has really become packed. Does that put pressure on you to maximize your starts?

CHASE SEIFFERT: It does. I think I only have maybe a handful left to try to get into the Playoffs, but it is nice knowing that the job security for next year already, so kind on a free roll, so to speak. But no, I want to get into the Playoffs really badly, and try to do my best to do that.

Q. You were an alternate starting this week. You've put yourself atop the leaderboard. Getting into this, does it kind of make you feel like, hey, I got in, now I can just kind of take free roll with a start you didn't really have before?

CHASE SEIFFERT: You know, it was likely to get in being first alternate, but you never know, so it was nice. I think we got the call Monday at noon, so it was nice to kind of have Tuesday and Wednesday to not think about it and just go ahead and prepare like this was any other event, and it kind of freed me up a little bit for sure.

Q. It's been a long journey for you to get to this point. Could you just kind of describe your resolve? Were there times where you thought, is this going to happen for me?

CHASE SEIFFERT: There's definitely been those times. You've just got to try to keep getting a little better every day and every year and never give up. This is kind of my dream job, and now here I am. These last two years I've kind of had some good breaks go my way with some hard work in there, as well, and they've flown by, and it's crazy to be here.

Q. You were teammates with Brooks, and he kind of had a -- he didn't go straight to the top, either. Did that provide any kind of motivation, inspiration, seeing his path?

CHASE SEIFFERT: A little bit. Brooks was always a heck of talent, just seeing him back in college. But no, he didn't quite come out as fast as I thought he would have, so definitely told myself to keep at it, keep with it.

Q. What has been the thing that you when you started your pro career you didn't realize you needed to improve and what's that process been like to improve whatever aspect that is?

CHASE SEIFFERT: Kind of total ball-striking really, tee to green. I've always had a pretty good short game, always been a pretty good putter, but I needed to hit one more green a day or one more green a tournament, and that was kind of the difference, and that's slowly just gotten better and better with my ball-striking, and that's kind of what helped me get here.

Q. I think the average person doesn't realize the fine line between success and failure. How fine is that line?

CHASE SEIFFERT: It is. I mean, it can -- almost half a shot a tournament or half a shot a day equals a shot a tournament, and it's a fine line between making a cut and missing a cut, and it's razor thin, it really is.

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