HONDA CLASSIC

February 26, 2023

Chris Kirk

PGA National Resort

Quick Quotes

Q. The last two days has been dramatic for you. Talk to me about tapping in that putt and what it means to you and all you've been through.

CHRIS KIRK: Well, I mean, what an unbelievable feeling. I obviously knew that wedge shot was good when I hit it. I felt great about it. But I've obviously got to get a little luck for it to end up six inches like that.

I just fought really, really hard today. I didn't play my absolute best, but I never gave up. I heard Paul Azinger say I watched a highlight of me yesterday, and he said I looked like an emotionless robot, and I loved that. I absolutely loved it. I said today, I'm going to be an emotionless robot and I'm going to go stick to my guns and play aggressive and try to do the best I can.

I was obviously a little closer than I would have liked, but like I said, thank God it worked out.

Q. The robot worked on the 72nd hole, you were a couple feet away from clearing the penalty area there, but you composed yourself. You had a very good shot on the 4th.

CHRIS KIRK: I did, yeah, and a pretty good putt, too. The putt just broke a little bit more than I've remembered. I've had that one before and hit a nice putt. Yeah, I was very determined no matter how high or low anything got at any moment today that I was just going to not react and just go about my business.

Q. The emotion came out when the putt went in. It's been since 2015. You know you believed in yourself, but at some point is it going to happen. Today it happened for you again. Has it sunk in yet that you're a winner again on the PGA TOUR?

CHRIS KIRK: Definitely not. I mean, I think more than the time, just how much my life has changed in that time, getting close to four years of sobriety, and that is the reason why I'm able to play. It's the reason why I have such a great relationship with my family. Everything that I have is because of that. I have to remember that first and foremost, and it'll sink in eventually, but it certainly hasn't right now.