U.S. AMATEUR FOUR-BALL

May 17, 2022

Carter Loflin

Wells Williams

Country Club of Birmingham

Quick Quotes

Q. Another day, two more rounds under your belt. What was working out there for you today?

CARTER LOFLIN: It was kind of the same stuff as the other two days. It was a lot of birdies, but it was mostly just like putting two balls in play again.

WELLS WILLIAMS: We kind of were sticking to our game -- we really have just been sticking to our same game plan, and just trying to run the process I guess you would call it. It's been getting it done.

Q. When is the last time you guys have played 36 in a day?

CARTER LOFLIN: It's been a minute, probably a few years maybe. Or no, no, in tournaments --

WELLS WILLIAMS: I did it last year. At my home course definitely a few years, but in a tournament it's probably been a year.

CARTER LOFLIN: Yeah, it's been a minute for me. During the summer I'll go out and I'll play a lot of holes, but 36 is an all-day thing. You've kind of got to commit to it.

WELLS WILLIAMS: Especially if it's middle of the summer and you've got all the members in the world on it.

CARTER LOFLIN: It's definitely -- I haven't played 36 holes like this before.

Q. You guys have never been this deep in a USGA event before, right? How is that going to feel tomorrow? You've got a chance to play two more matches.

WELLS WILLIAMS: Honestly I don't know how to explain this, but I would say we're not really nervous. We feel really settled. I'm not going to treat it any different than I've been treating all the other ones.

CARTER LOFLIN: We lost last year kind of just because we got super wound up in playing the other people, so this year we've seen it through these first three matches and stroke play, if you just kind of stick to your game plan, then stuff will kind of work out how you want it to.

WELLS WILLIAMS: How many matches have we had, three? I'm pretty sure in each match we were 3-under after the turn?

CARTER LOFLIN: Yeah, I think we were 3-under before the turn even starts.

WELLS WILLIAMS: I think we were the same in both of them and today we shot maybe 6 and yesterday we shot 5 or 6. We've kind of kept it real consistent.

Q. I've watched a lot of golf this week and it seems like you two are as tight as any pairing out here. Do you think you guys feed off each other and that's why you've been going so low?

WELLS WILLIAMS: A hundred percent. We've known each other for as long as I can remember, and I think we probably have as good of a relationship if not anybody else in this field.

CARTER LOFLIN: Yeah, it kind of just goes back to our whole entire deal. When Wells sees me hit first and sees me hit a good shot, I'm sure if you chopped up the percentages on it, he's probably 97 percent chance to hit the same exact shot. I think we just kind of free each other up. We know even if we kind of make a little bit of an iffy swing, then our boy has got our back a little bit.

WELLS WILLIAMS: Yeah, our team chemistry has been real good.

Q. You guys if you win that thing, you know what the bonuses are, right, spot in the Amateur, spot in the Junior?

WELLS WILLIAMS: I don't really think we're thinking about that at the moment and we're definitely not going to be thinking about that while we're playing. But if it happens, it would be nice.

CARTER LOFLIN: It would make some stuff easier. It would be nice.

Q. Are you guys qualified for the junior?

CARTER LOFLIN: He's exempt, I have to qualify for the Junior. We've both got to qualify for the Am, though, I'm pretty sure regardless. So that would be nice.

At the end of the day even if we lose one of the matches tomorrow, you can still walk away from this week with a lot of positives.

WELLS WILLIAMS: We could come out here tomorrow in the championship round or the first round and do the exact same thing we did today where we shoot 5- or 6-under in the first holes and we're just getting beat by four, so you never know. You never know the team we're playing against. You've just got to play your own game.