MASTERS TOURNAMENT

April 9, 2023

Seamus Power

Quick Quotes

Q. Very strong finish with the three birdies coming in. Got to make you feel a little better.

SEAMUS POWER: Interesting morning. A couple of sloppy mistakes on 1 and 3. Then 4 and 5 were just playing tough. Yeah, lovely finish. Acutally lipped out on 7 as well, or it would have been a really good finish. Still gets me back in some reasonable shape for a good round to make a bit of a difference.

Q. What are you looking at at this stage?

SEAMUS POWER: If I can definitely -- I'd love to finish in the red figures. It depends. I think this breeze is probably going to stay up, so I imagine it will play tough again. Getting into red figures and maybe pick up a couple late or something like that.

We'll see. The game still feels in decent shape, putting really nicely. Might cut out some of these sloppy mistakes.

Q. It was obviously very hard yesterday out there. You had to play nine holes in all of that. Just how difficult was it?

SEAMUS POWER: It was tough yesterday. The ball was just going -- I mean, I think their drives up 18 went like 250, and it was just you're standing there 210 uphill, wondering if it's 5-wood or 4-iron. It's unusual. It's tough, and obviously you don't have a lot of leeway with your approaches. So it was tough.

There was better chances today. Ball was going further again. The greens even after all the rain are still perfect. You can still make a lot of putts. That's always encouraging. Hopefully I can knock in a few this afternoon.

Q. Do you see yourself here at 63 knocking a run, making the cut like your playing partner?

SEAMUS POWER: I mean, that's pretty impressive. I'd say the conditions going toward the end of the day hurt him a lot obviously. He still hits it lovely. He still has that same beautiful rhythm, and he knows how to play.

I said it a couple times, sometimes it didn't look like he hit great shots, but then you get up there and he's actually in a much better spot than you realize.

It's his 24th cut made. That's amazing. It was great to play with him. Lovely guy. Really enjoyable round.

Q. Little course management to learn there?

SEAMUS POWER: Definitely. You don't play that well for that long without learning a few things, and it was fun to watch him get around.