PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

May 19, 2022

Rickie Fowler

Southern Hills Country Club

Flash Quotes

Q. Tell me about your round today, what was the most frustrating or difficult or what went well today?

RICKIE FOWLER: I mean, I knew it was going to be tough out there. Started to drive it a little bit better on the back nine, but didn't hit as many fairways as I would have liked to, which then led to not hitting very many greens.

If you hit fairways and greens out here, it's a lot easier. Up until one point, I think I had about four holes left, and I had only hit five greens.

You have to rely on short game a lot. I don't care how good you hit it, you're going to end up missing fairways and greens, and so the short game and putter luckily helped me a little bit today.

I didn't make many putts when I actually did hit greens, but I didn't hit quite that many greens.

Q. The wind factor, it's going to change everything here; how much does it get to you mentally?

RICKIE FOWLER: Yeah, it really just depends where you're at, whether you can kind of play aggressive or if you have to play full defense and just try and be in a decent position where you may be able to get the ball up-and-down.

Yeah, tomorrow morning it's supposed to blow even harder, and yeah, that just makes it tough. You know it's hard going in, so you kind of just -- biggest thing you just focus on trying to execute each shot. You're not going to do it perfect, so hit it, find it and keep going.