ABU DHABI HSBC GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

January 20, 2023

George Coetzee

Yas Links

Quick Quotes

Q. George, 11 birdies, an excellent total over two rounds and a total of 8-under. What's been the strength of your game so far?

GEORGE COETZEE: I think kind of just keeping it in play and make something good putts. Played decent yesterday and then I came off the course and my caddie was like, putted really well. I didn't really realise it. I was just trying to keep the ball in play and make as many putts as I could. I guess it's just staying in the moment and playing some golf.

Q. How did the course compare today to yesterday afternoon?

GEORGE COETZEE: Today the water next to the golf course was flat, flat, flat. There's not a ripple on the water, so we were quite lucky today. Windless day. It was tricky for the caddie to get where the wind was from because there wasn't much to really look at.

Q. Terrific form for you in the second half, couple wins on the Sunshine Tour and third in France. What did you do over the break to try and maintain that, or did you just chill out?

GEORGE COETZEE: Yeah, kind of switched off. I didn't think about golf much. I put in some work the last kind of ten days and started thinking a lot more about golf but not doing too much, but trying to do some quality stuff when I do work on it.