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July 2, 2023

Gunner Wiebe

The Belfry Hotel & Resort

Quick Quotes

Q. What a cracking round of golf that was in blustery conditions. You must be feeling happy right now?

GUNNER WIEBE: Yeah, I'm really proud of myself. I knew I had really good stuff this week and didn't quite put it together the first three, but obviously today, I'm really happy with my score. But I'm happy with how I played for sure.

Q. Watching on TV, looks like it's tough conditions out there, quite blustery. You are the leader in the clubhouse right now. Give us an idea of how difficult the course is playing today?

GUNNER WIEBE: I think this course has so many crosswinds that it makes it exceptionally difficult to bring it down on the line that you want.

So I was fortunate today, I like to curve it both ways already, and I had either a perfect drive -- it one of those days, I had perfect yardages, putted really well with a new putter which was kind of fun. But I got to shape the ball which I think I had probably gotten too far away from in the past few weeks. Nice to shape it again, and I think that's when I'm at my best.

Q. You've had a very interesting career, you've had time way from playing altogether because of injury, amongst other things, and now here you are back on the DP World Tour, currently leader in the clubhouse at the Betfred British Masters and potentially secured a ticket to The Open Championship at Hoylake. How much would it mean to you to get a ticket to that event?

GUNNER WIEBE: That one in particular would be quite special. It's the major that I've adored since I was a kid. It was on at 6.00 when I woke up in the morning. I'd watch till 2.30 when the coverage ended, and I would go try to hit shots that I saw on TV.

And it's also the last major that my dad played was 2014 at the same course. That was his 500th career start and it was his final major.

So I knew what I was playing for this week for sure. If I could somehow stay where I am, and get to where he kind of sort of ended his career in a way, that's pretty special.