THE NORTHERN TRUST

August 20, 2021

Alex Noren

Liberty National Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q. How would you assess the round?

ALEX NOREN: I hit some wedges close and made some birdies early and got it going. Overall, I played better than yesterday. I know the wind was a lot less but I played better, hit more greens and hit more fairways and putted good, yeah.

Q. How do you think your game has progressed through the year? Fourth at Rocket Mortgage, and then a couple missed cuts before the Olympics. How do you think your game is?

ALEX NOREN: Overall, I felt more comfortable over the ball and I played better. Maybe not had the results like around that tied-fourth, but overall, it's a lot better and my coach thinks so, too. The things that we've been working on is getting better, especially wedges. I think I got 4 quite easy birdies from the wedges today, and I've struggled with that when they tuck the pins in the corner, especially left pins.

So I've been better on that, yeah.

Q. We've talked about this before, just trying to get that first win over here in America. Does it weigh on you or do you just go pay your game and see where the outcome comes?

ALEX NOREN: The older I get, the more you understand you just have to put the whole game together to win. If I can get my short game and putting like it was today, I've got a good chance. It hasn't really been there most of this season, and if I can get that back and kind of get the confidence going and kind of get if the flow like I did today, I see everything as a possibility. That's all I have to do.