MASTERS TOURNAMENT

April 11, 2024

Byeong Hun An

Quick Quotes

Q. Four years later, not a bad round to start here.

BYEONG HUN AN: Yeah, not bad. It was gusty out there. It wasn't easy. I feel like I played great today, missed some short putts, but obviously it's very gusty out there. It's not easy to hit shots but also make some putts on slick greens like this. 2-under is not bad. I think it could have been a lot worse, but I also feel like it could have been a lot better. Hopefully the next three days, I'll be playing a lot better than this.

Q. The most challenging hole for you today?

BYEONG HUN AN: Challenging, I'd say 16 because we saw three different winds standing on the tee box. I saw when Lucas hit, it was slightly in. When Harris hit, it was straight downwind about 25 miles. When I hit, it was a little bit into the wind. That got me a little confused and hit it in the water, but I'd say apart from that hole, it was kind of steady, pretty strong wind.

But the 16th was very tricky. 12 went easy on us. It was very calm and nice. Other holes are all the same. Blowing quite a bit. Very steady, but just on 16 it was gusting back and forth. But other than that, it's just tough out there you can see by the scores.

Q. Did you realize you have not a big advantage but the advantage of finishing now? The wind is going to get harder and harder and then some guys will have to finish tomorrow morning. That puts you in a good position.

BYEONG HUN AN: Yeah, good to finish it today. That's big. It looks quite windy tomorrow, as well, I think, but I don't think it'll be as strong as this. We'll see what it does this afternoon. But I think definitely I got one of the better draws than the worse. This is all the luck you need to get, right?