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May 6, 2022

Hurly Long

The Belfry

Quick Quotes

Q. 68, completely clean front nine, bunch of birdies on the back nine. You must be feeling happy?

HURLY LONG: It was good. I thought the conditions were quite a bit more difficult today with the wind and it's a bit cooler and there's a lot of tough holes out here but despite not driving it my best, the irons were really good again and so I did give myself some opportunities and yeah, took them when I could. So yeah, I'm happy.

Q. This is your first full season on the DP World Tour but clearly you feel very comfortable here. You're already 28th in the rankings and you've had two top five finishes this season alone. Would it be fair to say that you're feeling comfortable and at home and happy out here?

HURLY LONG: Yeah, the game is good, and I know that if I play the way I can play, that I can compete out here. So I'm certainly not scared to do well. I think that's something I've learned over time and I'm just enjoying it. It's awesome. We play great courses and great guys out here, so it's been great.

Q. Am I right in thinking you have a slightly unique pre-shot routine?

HURLY LONG: I do.

Q. Can you share that with us?

HURLY LONG: Yeah, for me when I turned pro, I wanted to figure out how I can get a competitive advantage over other people, and I just figured I knew that there are certain ways, sometimes you're in a mental situation where you feel really comfortable and good and get the best out of yourself and I tried to figure out, what is that for me. It's a variety of things but what it comes down to is a deep level of focus combined with like slow heart rates, slow breathing, so I close my eyes and there's a few things going on in my head. All I'm trying to achieve, I wouldn't say like a meditational situation but when you have a putt for the win, you're in deep focus. It's usually a good thing and I try to replicate that as good as I can.