LIV GOLF GREENBRIER

August 4, 2023

Matt Wolff

The Old White

Smash GC

Press Conference

THE MODERATOR: Let's welcome Matt Wolff from Smash GC. You are the clubhouse leader, shot 9-under today. Congratulations. Tell us a little bit about your round.

MATT WOLFF: Yeah, it was really solid. I felt like I was super locked in from the start, and I just stuck to my process. Did what I know how to do, and been working hard, so just went out there, tried to shoot the best score that I can, and I guess today was one of those days that I went low.

It's just golf, and just because I shot low today doesn't mean -- it might not go the same tomorrow. I'm really happy with where I'm at and the hard work that I've put in, and I'm just going to go out there and do my thing.

Q. Can you tell us a little bit about what you've changed in your practice or routines or anything? Has it just been extra time out there?

MATT WOLFF: No, nothing has changed. I just go out here and I give it my best every single day. It's golf. It's a roller coaster, and I'm learning to accept the good and the bad as they come and roll with it. I haven't changed anything.

Q. Any special plans for tonight to keep the good vibes going?

MATT WOLFF: Absolutely. I'm going to let my agent pay for my dinner, so it's going to be great.

Q. Was there a hole that give you particular difficulty today?

MATT WOLFF: I guess the one that I bogeyed, the par-3. 3 I think it was.

I actually hit a lot of good shots, I just kind of misread a putt.

It's a really good golf course. I think it suits really well for me. I like to hit a fade off the tee, and a lot of shots you have to work it that way.

I'm really happy with where my game is at right now, but I really like the way the course sets up for me. It's really lush and pure.

I played the Big 12 championship here in 2019, as well, so some good memories.

Q. Can you just kind of talk about how you were able to just kind of turn things around today after obviously -- the scores haven't been that great the last three tournaments.

MATT WOLFF: Yeah, I can't give you an answer. That's just golf. To be honest, it's a lot of ups and downs.

Like I've said a thousand times, or feels like, I'm just learning to accept the good and the bad as they come. I don't really feel like I've done anything different. I'm working hard, ticking the boxes and doing what I can, going out there and trying to play as well as I can.

Q. Was there something coming into this week that you thought, all right, this is going to be the week? Anything that kind of clicked? Anything you've been working on?

MATT WOLFF: No, not really. I definitely -- I went to go see my coach, George, over the off time, but just for a day. He really liked where I was at, and he said everything looked good really.

I just have been doing my thing really. There's not much that's changed. I go out there and play golf, and everyone goes through slumps, everyone goes through bad times, and I'm lucky mine only lasted a few tournaments.

I started off the year really good, and I'm looking to end it really good.

Q. Do you feel like you're at where you were at the beginning of the year in terms of just the way -- like you say, you started off well.

MATT WOLFF: Yeah, I don't really like to compare. I think it's just day by day. I could come out here tomorrow and not feel good. At the end of the day, I feel like I go out there and try to shoot the lowest score I can every single day, and continue to just work hard and tick the boxes.

Q. Your first seven holes you were 6-under; when you were walking to 8, was 59 in your head at all?

MATT WOLFF: No, not for one point out there, to be honest. I felt like I was really in a good mental space out there. I just felt like I was kind of like flowing and in the zone and stuff and enjoying myself.

I love having my caddie out there, Nick, with me. He's my best friend, and my trainer out there, Andy, was following me around a little bit, which was nice to see.

I didn't see my agent at all, but he's working.

Q. Such an impressive round today; was this like a statement round for you, to say, hey, I can still play; I'm really good?

MATT WOLFF: I mean, I didn't really feel like I needed to prove anything to anyone. Just to myself really.

But at the end of the day, it's just golf. I mean, you play bad and then you play good. Like I said, I'm accepting the fact that just because I played well today, it might not go the same tomorrow or might go just as well.

At the end of the day, I'm doing what I can and trying to shoot the lowest score I can every day. I promise, I'm trying.