THE 149TH OPEN

July 15, 2021

C.T. Pan

Mixed Zone

Q. How would you rate your performance today?

C.T. PAN: I feel good about my game. I hit a lot of fairways out there, except 18. I just didn't really make a lot of birdie putts. Greens are a little bit slower than what I'm used to, so I need to work on the putting for sure and hopefully give myself more birdie chances out there tomorrow.

Q. How did you find the course today? How did you find it played?

C.T. PAN: It's playing great, fair. It was windy out there with a 15-mile wind, gusting to maybe 20, 25. There was one shot the wind blew my whole body off of balance, so that's how windy it was out there. It was fair. Greens, you just need to hit a lot of good shots, keep yourself in play, and I see guys out there shooting 4-, 5-under, so it's still doable, you've just got to hit a few shots out there. It's playing really fair.

Q. You had pretty impressive drives today. You hit 11 fairways from 14. How happy were you with that aspect of it, and how do you think that would help you for tomorrow?

C.T. PAN: Yeah, I love the layout, and I really feel comfortable on the tee shots in most cases. Like you said, I hit 11 out of 14, which is I want to say pretty impressive on this course with these windy conditions.

I had some really good birdie opportunities out there, so I just need to make more putts on the greens and then try to play better and score better tomorrow.

Q. You've given yourself an opportunity with those drives. It's the best 18 holes in terms of driving accuracy so far today. You've given yourself the opportunity. You just have to take them now?

C.T. PAN: Yeah, certainly.