MASTERS TOURNAMENT

April 10, 2021

Stewart Cink

Quick Quotes

Q. How did it go out there today? You finished still 1-under.

STEWART CINK: Yeah, I was pretty pleased with the way I played. I mean, I didn't exactly take advantage of the benign conditions after the delay, but I think we were just so busy adjusting that we forgot to be aggressive. I mean, it was really a huge difference after that little amount of rain.

Q. Was it mostly the greens or everywhere?

STEWART CINK: No, the greens, yeah.

Q. Just leaving everything short?

STEWART CINK: Yes, definitely leaving putts short. The only thing off the green that's different is that when the grass gets wet you can plan for your skid on your short game shots, and when it's dry you can't do that. It's sticky. But when it's wet it makes it easier around the greens because you can plan for some skid before you grab. I didn't have any short game shots after the rain, but that's really the only difference it makes around other places besides the greens.

Q. How about 18, though, because you had the chip into that?

STEWART CINK: Yeah, well, the rain made that shot a little bit easier because I could fly it up on top without any concern about it bouncing too far. I knew if it bounced too far that was because of that skip and it would still have plenty of spin to come back down the hill. The way that shot came out, it didn't have a ton of spin on it, but it didn't need that much because the conditions were a little softer and it kind of just sat down instead of having any kind of crazy backspin. So it was a very manageable shot, considering a difficult hole and whatever -- the 54th hole of the Masters.

Q. Did it take some of the fire out of the course do you feel like? Today was going to be really a tough day. How did it end up?

STEWART CINK: It definitely did. I think there's a period of adjustment out there that probably doesn't reflect really good scoring, but if we played all day like this, the scoring would be really low for her. It would be. But there's that period of adjustment where you're still kind of feeling things out, and unfortunately for us we ran out of holes.

Q. When you started the day, did you feel like somebody could go low in those conditions or it was going to be a grind?

STEWART CINK: No, it felt like a grind day because the wind was blowing pretty good and the greens were still dry. I still think Thursday was probably the fastest they've been, but the bounce was bouncing pretty nicely and the pins were always hard.

It didn't feel like a day where you could go out there and take it deep, but after the rain I feel like there's -- and tomorrow maybe if the softness stays around it's a little bit more of a scoring kind of day, so we'll see. So that was the rest of the night.

Q. How has the father-son caddie-golfer relationship progressed here since your son has been on the bag?

STEWART CINK: Well, this week -- he's doing a great job caddying, but this week he's actually grown a tremendous amount because the golf course has required him to be a quick study and learn about all the nuances, and he's doing a fabulous job picking up on things that I have picked up on in 19 years playing in the Masters, but I miss out on a couple things still because you've got a lot going on in your mind when this event is going on, so he's been there for me a couple times to catch me and remind me about something maybe on an edge of a green or a wind direction or something like that. He's just been great. So that's a cherry on the top. Having my son alongside for something like this is really cool and an experience that I hope a lot of my friends out here get to experience sometime.

Q. So the good sort of -- you talk about it's been a grind, the first day was rough, today was a grind, but overall having your son on the bag at Augusta National, a place you've played so much, has just been a blast in general?

STEWART CINK: It's a blast, and the grind is part of what makes it a blast. It's fun to come out here and put it together. Every shot has so much involved with planning and thinking and guarding and the kind of shot selection. It's just a really cool experience that's unlike any other in golf, and he loves golf. He's a student of the game, too, like to the nth degree. For him to be able to come here and caddie in the Masters and see the course the way it's been playing this week is so perfect for him and for me.

Q. Does he go to player dining or player family dining or caddie dining?

STEWART CINK: Caddie. So does the player. I've been eating in caddie dining ever since he started caddying for the most part.