ZURICH CLASSIC OF NEW ORLEANS

April 22, 2022

Cameron Tringale

Wyndham Clark

TPC Louisiana

Quick Quotes

Q. Do you guys plan on going to the Pelicans game tonight?

WYNDHAM CLARK: We were but we didn't get tickets. That was in the plans but didn't work out.

Q. A lot of the guys have been talking about the wind playing a factor earlier this morning. How do you feel like you played through that?

CAMERON TRINGALE: We just took it one hole at a time, and yeah, the wind is tough out there, and we mentioned earlier just when you're not hitting shots all the time, it's tough to understand, but our caddies talked a lot, where did you play the wind on there, okay, we'll play it -- so we had good communication and just managed it the best we could.

Q. How do you approach alternate-shot?

WYNDHAM CLARK: I mean, really the key is just trying to keep it in front of you and trying to hit a lot of fairways and greens. It's obviously hard to shoot under par, but we had a good rhythm today, and your mindset changes a little bit to where we're like, hey, we're making birdies and we're hitting good shots, and might as well just keep it going.

Really we told each other no apologies, don't feel bad about anything. I wanted to say sorry one time and kind of tried -- bit my tongue. But it's more just about getting into a good rhythm.

Q. I think I heard Jason Day say on a day like this with the conditions to shoot even would be great. They shoot 7-under, you shoot 5-under. How do you feel shooting 5-under on a day like this?

CAMERON TRINGALE: It's a good score. I think you just take what you get in the day, and we were lucky to make some putts, and Wyndham drove the ball great so set me up on quite a few holes. Yeah, we did the right things today.

Q. What experience did you guys have with alternate-shot?

WYNDHAM CLARK: Other than this event, maybe a couple of -- played the Palmer Cup in college, a couple of other team events. Other than in this event in the U.S., you really don't play it that often. I think in Europe they play it a lot more.

It's a lot like regular golf. You've just got to treat it that way, that it's your own round and this is how you would play it. I guess the only difference is sometimes you want to leave certain things -- like if someone is not good at chipping or putting you want to make sure you leave them -- there's little things you think about, but really I try to treat it like normal golf, where would I want to leave it in different spots, and Cameron and our games complement each other very well. He putts it great and hits it great, and his short game is fantastic. When I'm hitting into a green I feel confident that if I do hit a bad shot he's going to chip it close.

Q. How did the team come about?

CAMERON TRINGALE: I think we were just both kind of looking last minute. Wyndham had other plans. I wasn't sure if I was going to play. Some schedules worked out to where we both decided to play and it kind of happened that way.

To answer your question, I've only played the Shark Shootout and I guess the Walker Cup as alternate-shot, so not a whole lot.

Q. When did the team actually come about? You said kind of last minute?

CAMERON TRINGALE: I think I signed up last week.

WYNDHAM CLARK: Our caddies are really good friends and both went to University of Oregon, both our caddies. They kind of teed it up and were like, hey, it would be fun if we were out there together, and he didn't know if he was going to play and I signed up just because I love this event, and about a week ago or 10 days ago, he's like, let's go.