WGC DELL TECHNOLOGIES MATCH PLAY

March 23, 2023

Taylor Montgomery

Austin Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. You face Jordan Spieth in Austin, Texas, and beat him. What was the game plan when you started this morning?

TAYLOR MONTGOMERY: Just play as good as I could. My speed with the putter was not good, which is normally my strength, but I hit a lot of good wedge shots and some really good iron shots today, and it was barely enough. I'm still shaking. Was a little nervous coming down the stretch, but I'm glad I finished it off.

Q. How much of a turning point was 13? The start of three wins in a row from you when Jordan hit it into the water?

TAYLOR MONTGOMERY: Yeah, that was a huge point in the match. I wasn't feeling good, obviously, with the putter at all today, and it helped knowing that he was in the water on 13.

But that's match play. Him and I were back and forth all day. He had a lead, I had a lead, and it was a really fun match.

Q. 2 & 1 victory over Jordan Spieth. You ran through Shane Lowry yesterday. What were some of the keys to you playing well today?

TAYLOR MONTGOMERY: I don't know. Match play is hard. It feels like you're trying to finish out a tournament every single hole. I love it because that's what I play back home, and it helps if you make a 6 or a 7 and you just go to the next. But it was a fun day.

Q. Jordan made a couple bogeys coming down 13 and 14. How key was that for you to start to take a little bit of a lead, especially 2-up after you birdied the 15th hole?

TAYLOR MONTGOMERY: Yeah, it was a huge point. Gave me a 2-up lead going into the final three holes. That was kind of when you start thinking, oh, could win this thing. Happy that I birdied the 17th to finish it off.

Q. How much confidence do you build taking down a player like Shane Lowry yesterday, taking down Jordan Spieth, because it was very apparent that he was the crowd favorite following your round today.

TAYLOR MONTGOMERY: Yeah, just hopefully I don't play any more Texan guys like Scottie where I have to hear "hook 'em" the entire round (chuckling).