MASTERS TOURNAMENT

April 12, 2024

Adam Hadwin

Quick Quotes

Q. How would you describe the last couple days?

ADAM HADWIN: Probably more stressful than it should have been. I felt like I was playing some pretty good golf. I didn't putt great yesterday, and then missing a couple shorter ones coming in was a bit of a sour note. I was happy to be done. Yeah, this place is a grind on a good day.

So to kind of battle through the winds -- I fought the driver a little bit yesterday, drove it better today. The double on 15 really stung, but hopefully we'll have two more days. We'll see what happens.

Q. You're talking about a grind. Was it more of a mental grind out there?

ADAM HADWIN: Yes and no. I think that, like I said, I've been kind of fighting the driver a little bit these last two days, and that's not a great way to start this golf course.

I do believe it's a second shot golf course, but when I'm having to play under trees for half the holes, it makes it very difficult.

I played some of the harder holes well and kind of gave a few back on some of the easier ones. Like I said, hopefully at this point we have two more days.

Q. Just generally with the conditions out there today with the winds, was it gusting different directions, was it hard to guess? How would you assess the actual conditions?

ADAM HADWIN: I think we were 90 degrees difference from yesterday, kind of straight west, which made 13 and 15 a little bit harder, kind of more into.

It's just hard. These greens, pin locations are set into areas that you've got to be precise into. So you're standing over the golf ball basically guessing half the time.

Again, I think we did a really good job of picking a number and sticking to it and hoping for the best.

Q. Not waffling?

ADAM HADWIN: Exactly. It's difficult. I stood there on the 18th fairway, and that wind kind of went back and forth from left to right to straight down. So trying to pick a club is difficult.

You just have to do the best you can and hope it works out.