AT&T PEBBLE BEACH PRO-AM

February 3, 2022

Austin Smotherman

Pebble Beach Golf Links

Quick Quotes

Q. Great playing today, 7-under. What was kind of the key to your round out there today?

AUSTIN SMOTHERMAN: Smiling and having some family here. I mean, coming back here, super comfortable. I really, I only played the front nine this week, so the back nine at Pebble is my first time seeing it and so first time playing 18 at all this week. And to make a 35-footer there for eagle there was huge. But I putted so well, I would say that was the key.

Q. You came here as a 15-year-old amateur obviously and you love coming here, you know it well, is that part of the good vibe?

AUSTIN SMOTHERMAN: Yeah, good vibes, I just felt like just on the tail end of the four-week stretch could give myself a little bit of additional rest early in the week. Just knowing how long this week is, playing three different courses. And then it's not like they're real easy walks. And you got jackets and it's really cold out so -- it's beautiful weather, but it's cool out, it's chilly.

Q. Who all is here with you?

AUSTIN SMOTHERMAN: Oh, I got my mom, my grandpa, I got four or five friends from Sacramento that drove down, as well as my wife and her mom and her husband. So that's just the start, there will probably be more by the end of the week.