HILTON GRAND VACATIONS TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS

January 20, 2024

Evan Geiselman

Lake Nona Golf & Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Thanks for joining us. We have Evan Geiselman with us today. He played in the first group and played a great round. Shot 77, I believe, but you were talking about it was a little cold this morning. Talk about your round.

EVAN GEISELMAN: Yeah, that front nine, been playing like relatively I guess okay coming in, and I think was in 15th to start the day. Had the first tee time and I was like, okay, I want to play with Mike really bad. Mike is my homie hoe and just really, really like the dude.

Yeah, it was just cold this morning. Wasn't the best front nine; shot 41. On the back got it together and shot even. Had a good day. Yeah, 31 points and I think puts me in a good spot going into tomorrow.

Q. Yeah, currently fifth place in the celebrity division. Am I correct this is your first year playing this?

EVAN GEISELMAN: This is my third. Yeah, so I played the last two years and then I got the up two days before to play this one. So someone dropped out and I kind of got back in. Yeah, it's been fun.

Q. Okay. Talk about this event then a little bit, the uniqueness of it, playing with the LPGA players, just the uniqueness of playing with a pro.

EVAN GEISELMAN: It's funny, I talked with all the girls the last three days. The biggest joy for me is traveling and getting great waves. This is up there -- probably the top two weeks of my whole year, maybe the top one.

I love golf. I have a passion for it. Being out here means the world to me, and I enjoy playing with the celebs and women. So fun to watch them. They're pros so it's fun. Just pick their brains a little bit and I'm very grateful to be here.

Q. That's great. And you're from New Smyrna Beach?

EVAN GEISELMAN: Yeah, so I live like an hour and 20 from here, very close, and get to play Nona here and there. Yeah, it's kind of a home course for me.

Q. How much do you get to come over here and play?

EVAN GEISELMAN: I get to play out here -- I mean, I don't play it much, but probably between four to ten times a year out here. Yeah, I know the course well from the last two years, so, yeah, it's not a foreign track, but from the tees we're playing definitely make it a little bit challenging and get it tournament ready.

Q. I suppose you travel the majority of the year for surfing.

EVAN GEISELMAN: Yes.

Q. How much golf do you get to play?

EVAN GEISELMAN: I go through seasons. This will be my last week for a little bit. I got to lock in and do what do I best and go surf for the next week. Then I got to go to Puerto Rico. Yeah, it starts to click into gear. I kind of go through seasons. My season winds down end of October, and I've been playing a lot of golf the last two months leading into this, so it's perfect time for this event.

Q. After this you're off traveling?

EVAN GEISELMAN: Yeah, I will start locking back into some surfing and doing some stuff for the company I ride for, Free Fly. Yeah, we have a lot of good plans coming up.