ABERDEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS SCOTTISH OPEN

July 10, 2021

Lucas Herbert

The Renaissance Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Today you must be pretty pleased?

LUCAS HERBERT: Yeah, it was a funny one, I didn't feel like there was much going on out there. I felt like I was almost cruising in third gear and couldn't quite get things to happen and I was watching the boards and everyone seems to be making a bit of a mood, and then finish birdie, birdie, right in the tournament and pretty pleasing to finish like that.

Q. You won last week, continuing that form, how pleased are you? That must have been quite draining last week.

LUCAS HERBERT: Last week was brutal, just trying to sleep and function off the golf course with the lead and once you get on the course it was another beast. I didn't really do a hell of a lot Monday, Tuesday. Took it very, very easy, and it would have been pretty easy to kind of look at that and feel like I was under prepared, but then I think it was the perfect preparation for me. I feel like the last two days I've been cruising out there and not sort of racking off the tee like it would be very easy to do, especially this is my third week on the road.

So yeah, it's nice to feel like I made the right decision earlier in the week and it's nice to get back up near the lead.

Q. When you're up there, the conditions are kind but how inventive do you have to be? Do you enjoy that, the invention you might need on a links golf?

LUCAS HERBERT: Yeah, I love it. I think it's one of the most enjoyable parts and best parts is being creative and having to figure out how to hit a shot here or there. You know, just picking different lies and everything like that, like that's what makes links golf so much fun.

So yeah, the conditions are somewhat benign out there for sure but I think this is the third year here now at Renaissance Club and they figured out where the tricky spots are to put pins and where the spots they can put it. Really helps with local knowledge to know that you can bank it off this slope or work it in from this side or anything like that. It's a good test out there today and yeah, it was thighs to finish like that.