ZURICH CLASSIC OF NEW ORLEANS

April 23, 2022

Branden Grace

Garrick Higgo

TPC Louisiana

Quick Quotes

Q. Gracey, this is your fourth partner in this event.

BRANDEN GRACE: Yeah, I think so.

Q. Why do you think you're clicking so well with Garrick?

BRANDEN GRACE: Well, he hasn't fired me yet.

No, it's been good. You know, we chatted about it. It was actually -- he wasn't going to play, I wasn't going to play. It was my son's birthday today, so I was going to be home. We thought, listen, let's go and play some golf, and hopefully we find something. We've both been playing I want to say better than what the scores have been the last few months.

But it's great. We know each other well. I thought with him being a lefty, some of these holes would suit him really well and some of the other holes would suit me really well, the opposites, and it's been good. We've played well so far and we've had a really good time out there.

Q. What holes did you think fit him as a lefty?

BRANDEN GRACE: A little bit more of the tougher holes, the par-3s on the back side. I thought with the water being on the left and the side where most of them, if he stands up and hits not a bad shot but something that would go towards the water, at least you can get up there, you can still have a chance at par or still make a bogey at worst. With me, with my type of ball flight left to right, I would have to start the ball over the water and things like that. If with the wind and things if I ended up left we've had to re-hit from the tee. Just things like that where you can keep the damage small if something like that happens.

Q. Garrick, how much had you played alternate-shot before this team?

GARRICK HIGGO: Yeah, we played it quite a bit as juniors and amateurs, like interprovincial stuff where you'd play five days of 36 holes and one of them is foursomes. We played it quite a lot growing up, but it's been -- I think the last time I played it would be 2017. So it's not that long ago, but it's a while.

But I've always enjoyed it. Yeah, I think our games fit each other.

Q. I was going to ask about your left wrist. Is it your left wrist or just your arm?

GARRICK HIGGO: Yeah, there's like a little bone that just gets pinched, but it's nothing serious. It's just preventative.

Q. Just to ask, given how far back you are, how much of that is mitigated by the format and the wind and everything that goes into a Sunday?

BRANDEN GRACE: Yeah, listen, everything could change in one hole tomorrow. You know what it's like. We've played well. Obviously yesterday which was nice, so you have that confidence going into tomorrow. I know they've done it, as well.

But just have to kind of get off to a very solid start and then kind of play yourself into the day. You can't get overaggressive, just try to give yourself some chances on every hole, and we're bound to make a few.