ZURICH CLASSIC OF NEW ORLEANS

April 21, 2023

Keith Mitchell

Sungjae Im

TPC Louisiana

Quick Quotes

Q. 5-under 67. Can you just talk about the highlights from today.

KEITH MITCHELL: My drive on 6 was a highlight of the negativity out there. Other than that, we played great. If I hit it in the fairway on 6, Sungjae probably is going to hit it really close and we're going to have a birdie or a par chance.

Outside of that, I felt like we played really solid throughout the day. Sungjae hit a lot of good iron shots, I made a couple long putts, and it was almost -- what's the word? How do you say perfect again? That's what he taught me today.

Q. This feels like golf's newest budding bromance. It looked like you were having fun out there again. How has it been through two days?

KEITH MITCHELL: Fun?

SUNGJAE IM: Very fun.

KEITH MITCHELL: Sungjae, like I said yesterday, he hits it right down the middle and high fives and smiles. It's hard not to have fun when you do that.

Golf is always fun when you're playing well. It doesn't matter who you're playing with, it doesn't matter where you are. When you love the game like we do and have been practicing our whole lives, when you play well, it's fun no matter what.

Q. You guys put yourself right in contention the first two days. Feel like it takes a repeat of what you just did the last two days to put yourself in there?

KEITH MITCHELL: I think if Sungjae plays like he's playing and I can continue to make a couple long putts and keep the one or two bad swings out for the weekend, I think we'll have a good chance.

Q. Any difficulty kind of having the round pushed back a little bit because of rain or had you guys warmed up at that point, and how did that affect everything?

KEITH MITCHELL: It wasn't a big deal. There was a little bit of wind in the beginning of the round, but other than that, it was pretty easy.

Q. Sungjae, could you describe Keith's game, what your favorite parts of his game?

SUNGJAE IM: (In Korean.)

KEITH MITCHELL: I heard "driver," I didn't hear "water," but I also don't know what water means in Korean. I heard "irons." I definitely hit a bad iron shot on 15 today, so he hit a good chip. And I don't know, that's all I got.