LIV GOLF ORLANDO

April 2, 2023

Mito Pereira

Joaquin Niemann

Sebastian Munoz

David Puig

Orange County National

Torque GC

Press Conference

THE MODERATOR: Welcome Team Torque GC, the winners of team championship of LIV Golf Orlando. I love seeing you guys up here. Joaco, how does it feel getting your very first team win?

JOAQUIN NIEMANN: Yeah, it's pretty awesome. Being back to play team events with all these guys is pretty awesome. We all group up playing for a team, so being up here as a team, celebrating together, it makes it even more special.

Q. Seb, Mito, you guys played lights out today. It was awesome to watch that leaderboard move around. Can you tell us a little bit about your day and how you felt out there?

MITO PEREIRA: Yeah, it was a solid day. It started really hot today, so it was a good start, and then didn't play my best coming through, but hopefully -- it was a good thing that I made birdie on 17 and parred 18. It was playing really tough, so really happy to see that Torque logo on top of the leaderboard.

SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ: Yeah, it was a great day. I started good. I played really solid the whole day. I struggled a little bit on the par-5s coming in, but I saw that Team Torque was first and I couldn't check the scores who was playing great or not, but I just knew that I had Brooks against me, and I couldn't let him beat me just because I wanted Torque to stay on top.

Q. Were you guys all today, was your primary goal for Torque to take home the team win?

JOAQUIN NIEMANN: Obviously.

Q. David, tell us a little bit about your day and what leaderboard you were watching today.

DAVID PUIG: Yeah, I was watching the team leaderboard all day. I have a lot of trust in these guys, and they've had a lot of good tournaments in their careers, but today's round was very important, I think, for all of us. They did great, and I think I played pretty good, as well. It feels awesome to be here.

Q. Does this give you a little bit more motivation and confidence going into Augusta?

JOAQUIN NIEMANN: Yeah, definitely. Celebrating as a team winner, it's always special to grab a trophy, so yeah, try to get used to it and get some momentum for next week.

MITO PEREIRA: Yeah, same. It's great to get a win right before going to Augusta and just keep the momentum going.

Q. You guys all stayed together this week, right?

JOAQUIN NIEMANN: No, he stayed separate, Mito stayed separate.

Q. Do you feel like that team camaraderie helped you push through to get that W this week?

SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ: Yeah, we get to talk about things, vent a little bit between each other, talk about the round, talk about other things, realize it's another day, another golf. But you know, it paid off.

Q. Joaco, obviously this is only the third event that this lineup have played together. Are you impressed how quickly you guys found success and are able to build chemistry it seemed like immediately?

JOAQUIN NIEMANN: I mean, not really. The chemistry between the four of us is pretty good since day one. All the practice rounds, the games we do, it's pretty easy for the four of us to hang out together, and yeah, I think we knew we could have win since the first week, and I think we -- yeah, it just came a little bit later than we thought, actually.

Q. Mito and Seb, in terms of joining LIV, is this kind of what you expected this team component would be when you guys decided to make the move?

MITO PEREIRA: Yeah, for sure. I mean, this team aspect makes it different and the really exciting for us. Even more if you have four guys that we're pretty close to each other, so we just compete as a friend, and winning with friends is always special.

SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ: Yeah, that was the goal. Ever since we talked about joining LIV and what's the difference between individual trophies to team trophies, this is what we expected. We know we have a great group. We know we're young and we're hungry. It's a pretty interesting mix to go play out here.

Q. Seb, how do you weight the team victory versus not getting the individual win? Are you even thinking about that or does it even cross your mind?

SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ: Yeah, I had a moment right now when we were taking pictures I had a trophy in my hand but I finished second. It threw me off. But I'm really proud of what we achieved as a team, and I feel like it's even tougher to win as a team. Really proud of the way we fought, I fought, and we're here, and catch us if you can, no?

Q. How does it feel, you guys just won a shit-ton of money?

JOAQUIN NIEMANN: Well, Sebastian won a lot of money. Yeah, obviously that's important, but I think having this team thing together and celebrate together, spray the champagne, I think that's the more important thing.

Q. Mito and Joaquin, you guys got to behave until after next week, but how will you celebrate tonight, David and Sebastian?

SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ: Probably just going to hang out with some friends. I have some friends that live here in town, and a little bit of that, a little bit of taking it easy, flying home tomorrow. Just 30-year-old things now. I'm the oldest of the group, so party comes a little tougher.

Q. Also out of all four of you, who is the biggest partier?

SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ: David.

Q. That's what Arizona State education does, huh?

DAVID PUIG: Probably. I'm only 21 so I didn't party a lot in ASU, but I did in Spain for sure.

Q. Sebastian, you kind of touched on it that it was weird to hold a trophy and finish second, and maybe along the same lines, at some point do you start to question or kick yourself for those two bunker shots on the back nine?

SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ: Yeah, you know, it was unfortunate. I felt like besides those two shots, or three, if you count the one on 15, I played really great golf. So I'm really proud of the way I fought today. I need to practice my 30-yard bunker shot, definitely. I would love to feel more comfortable in those.

Just something -- golf is like that. You've got to work always on something, trying to get better.

Q. You made up for one of them with that chip-in on 16.

SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ: Yeah, yeah. Chipping felt great. I also made a good up-and-down on 9. Just the long bunker play today was an issue. I mean, having your first.

JOAQUIN NIEMANN: It's an issue for anybody.

SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ: It was a really tough shot on 14 and once you thin it a little and you don't want to be a coward and chunk the next one, and that's what I did on 17, and I paid the price.