LIV GOLF INVITATIONAL SERIES: BANGKOK

October 7, 2022

Richard Bland

Eugenio Lopez

Stonehill Golf Club

Press Conference

Q. Can you just talk about the round and how you guys were playing coming into this week and how it translated on to the course?

RICHARD BLAND: Yeah, I've felt like recently I've been sort of playing better than I've been scoring, which is sometimes sort of quite frustrating. Yeah, it was nice to kind of get the most out of the round. You can always say you left a couple out there. Most guys can. But I was kind of just saying, it's great to get off to a good start, and for me that's all it is. There's still a long way to go yet. You've got a world-class field. I've been around long enough, I know all it is right now is a good start.

EUGENIO LOPEZ-CHACARRA: I've been struggling the first four weeks, just turned pro and nervous and all these guys, how good they are, and just trying to learn every week. I feel my game is getting better every week, and today I thought about what I was doing in college the last couple years when I had all the success, and I was just trying to play to not make bogeys. I cannot play with that stride today, and it definitely worked; I didn't make any bogeys. But like I say, these guys are really, really good. I'm trying to learn every week, so happy with my result, but still a long way to go.

Q. Four Aces have obviously won the last four. Is it nice to have some different names up at the top?

RICHARD BLAND: Yeah, definitely. I think we played about four or five holes and they were top again, and you're just going, really, again? But it was good that G-Mac and Laurie kind of backed me up today, so yeah, it's nice to see us at the top of the leaderboard. We're currently bottom of the leaderboard as the year stands, but yeah, there's still a lot to play for going into Miami. Yeah, be great to have a different celebration on Sunday with the team if that's the case.

We're all European lads. We all know each other really well. We're a pretty tight team. Yeah, hopefully can just keep on pressing forward and hopefully have a good chance of it come Sunday.

EUGENIO LOPEZ-CHACARRA: Yeah, for me, helping the team is something great. I'm living the dream. I'm playing with Sergio's team. He's my hero since I was little, and then I got Abraham and Carlos that they are really good friends for me, and they are helping me as much as they can every week, and being able to help them a little that I didn't play very good the first four weeks and I didn't help much, so got to like helping them and giving them the trust they put on me to be on their team, it's something I really, really like and I think what they do for me is something unique.

I love each of them, so hopefully we can keep playing good, all of us, and we can give a run. We know how good the field is, Four Aces, Punts, every other team here, Cleeks, everyone, they're so good, so we just need to play our game and see what happens on Sunday, but it will be definitely really fun to get a trophy with Sergio, Abraham and Carlos.

Q. Your feedback about the golf course today.

EUGENIO LOPEZ-CHACARRA: Yeah, the course is amazing. What these guys did in here, the conditions is unreal.

I've played Augusta National exactly one time, and this is the best conditions I've played since that. How the course is and how good everything is around it is something unique. I really enjoyed it. Obviously I played great and have a good score, but just putting the score away, I think it's a great course, great facility and great conditions.

RICHARD BLAND: Very much the same. I think every course that we've played on LIV this year has been strong courses, great condition, great facilities, and this is kind of right up there with the top. Like you say, the greens are just pure. Just everything about it, you can't fault it. The clubhouse, the locker rooms, everything is just -- it's what we expect of LIV, and LIV delivers.

We just feel so lucky to be a part of the 48. Hopefully it continues.