BARRACUDA CHAMPIONSHIP

August 6, 2021

Scott Harrington

Tahoe Mountain Club

Quick Quotes

Q. 12 points today. Really nice finish the last six. Just give comments on your day.

SCOTT HARRINGTON: I played well today. The main thing was I had to stay patient. I felt I played okay on the first nine. I made a couple of early birdies, but I was in a little bit of, I don't know, a standstill, didn't get much going. Made a couple of bogeys. And so I think I only turned it two points. But I felt I was hitting pretty good shots. I knew there were plenty of good chances on the front nine for me to make some. Fortunately I did. Kind of missed a short putt on 2 for birdie. But on 3, I made a 20-footer that kind of kickstarted me. Yeah, birdied five of the next six right there, which was really nice. And, yeah, I'm happy. Driving it really well. And just kind of keeping it, hitting a lot of greens. Pretty low stress.

Q. A lot to deal with today. Cold this morning, then it warms up, and also the smoke. Did that affect you any?

SCOTT HARRINGTON: Well, the smoke is a little bit -- yeah, we started to notice it definitely there late. Just kind of breathing it in. But I think the hardest thing is really just having to adapt to the distances the ball is traveling. Obviously we're high elevation. And the thing is, when it's so cold, it wasn't really going much farther. But then progressively throughout the day, being able to adapt. Because the ball definitely started to travel a little more every hour. Seemed like it would go a little farther. So that was probably the hardest part that everybody's really had to deal with this morning. You have 40 degrees, definitely going to fly shorter than 70. So, yeah, just have to keep an eye on that throughout the day. A little tricky.

Q. How excited are you for the weekend?

SCOTT HARRINGTON: Absolutely. This is obviously -- it's great being -- I'm assuming I'm probably around the lead, somewhere close. And it's what you play for. And I really enjoy this golf course. It's really pretty. I love being up here. And it fits my eye pretty well. And I'm excited to have a good crack at it this weekend.