U.S. SENIOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

July 11, 2021

Kevin Sutherland

Omaha Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. You had three birdie on your front nine. And it looked like you were about to make a move. Can you describe your approach to that front nine today?

KEVIN SUTHERLAND: You know, well we had this conversation about having to get off to a fast start and I did the opposite. I had a wedge into the first green, fatted it and made bogey. And then bogeyed 3 and 4. So I got way behind again, like I've been kind of doing all day and I just kind of battled back from there. Had a double on 10, but for the most part I just kind of got it around. I didn't really hit it all that great but chipped and putted well and got it in the hole.

Q. Did that double on 10 impact your game play for the rest of the day?

KEVIN SUTHERLAND: You know, I just kind of kept doing my thing. It obviously set me back, but as it looks like Jim's going to obviously he has a nice kind of lead right now and so it wasn't going to catch him today. The double didn't really help, I needed to get off to a better start before I made the double. That's the way it goes.

Q. Finished strong on 13 and 17. You had birdies on those two.

KEVIN SUTHERLAND: Yeah, 13 and 16 I both birdied both 13 and 16. 16 had a tap-in on 16, hit it up by the green, I hit a bunker shot close. And then hit about a 3-footer on 13. I hit it close again. So and then I just kind of parred everything else. Just, I just -- I chipped and putted it, it was kind of done with smoke and mirrors a little bit, but under par, it's a good tournament.

Q. Can you describe how this weekend was overall with all the weather and all the changes that they had going on?

KEVIN SUTHERLAND: It was great. I mean, first time I've been here actually and the people are super nice and unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate for the whole week, but that's the way it goes, that's tournament golf is a lot of times you have to deal with a bit of weather and so yesterday was a long day, but I'm looking forward to a few days of rest after walking this course.