WGC DELL TECHNOLOGIES MATCH PLAY

March 23, 2022

Lucas Herbert

Austin Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. You never trailed in the match; you played some good golf today.

LUCAS HERBERT: Yeah, I got off to a hot start there obviously which was I think good to put the pressure on early, and then yeah, I just think I hit a couple of bad shots that I got a little lucky with and Tony hit a couple bad shots and just got punished. Unfortunately that was the story of the day. Nice to be finishing here on the 15th green, but I was happy with how I played.

Q. We saw you win at Bermuda. What's your history with match play because you looked pretty comfortable today.

LUCAS HERBERT: Yeah, we played a lot of match play in Australia growing up, whether it be playing golf in Melbourne for Commonwealth or whether it was amateur events where we were getting into match play format or we played interstate series games, as well. We did play a lot of match play as juniors. It's just quite a different format.

It was interesting early on in the round just getting used to targets just became a little more aggressive when the timing was right, and then targets became very defensive when the timing was right, as well. Just interesting how the game changes.

Q. It's windy in Australia, obviously, very windy in Bermuda when you won. You must like the breeze because the breeze is up to like 25 miles per hour today.

LUCAS HERBERT: Yeah, I just feel comfortable when it gets windy. I feel like my game just goes into a different kind of state that I just feel like I've got a lot of control over my golf ball in the wind. I think that's how I (indiscernible) in the wind, just so stable and formed so well. I'm kind of licking my lips when I see it. They had it below 20 in the forecast. You've got some tricky pins out here like you do at Austin Country Club.