OPEN DE FRANCE

October 13, 2024

Dan Bradbury

Le Golf National

Quick Quotes (2)

Q. An incredible victory and a lot to unpack but first of all, sum up the round, a 66 out there?

DAN BRADBURY: Yeah, obviously a very, very solid day. Lots of chances. Felt a little frustrated there kind of at the start of the back nine. Missed good chances on 12 and 13. To be honest I thought that was -- I was going to drop a few back there. Knowing that those holes are easier, like coming into the last four, never know what's going to happen. Luckily finished well but overall a very, very solid day.

Q. You had a great birdie on 1. Didn't get the next one until you made the turn. But on that back nine, you were one of 11 guys at one point in time for the lead. Were you aware of that?

DAN BRADBURY: Yeah, on 12, I always look at leaderboards, so I know that Gunner and Joe who I was playing with, two shots behind, they were like 15th, and I was in like second or third at the time. So I knew that it was pretty bunched up at that point.

So yeah, it was more of just stay in it, and see what happens coming in.

Q. Since the first win in Joburg, you've not been content with your game. It looks like the big difference has been the putter.

DAN BRADBURY: Yeah, I made that switch about two months ago, three months, and that's really paid off obviously.

It's been a rough year, a very rough year. After the highs of last year and finishing so well, I wanted to push on this year and see what I could do, and luckily now I can do that. But up to this point it's been a struggle.

Q. What's the emotions for you? There would have been times recently where you would have been wondering if you're going to be fighting for your card, and now you're going to be there in Dubai.

DAN BRADBURY: Well, I mean, when I teed up at Wentworth, I was 100th in the rankings with a few Back Nine events coming up, lots of points available, I was far from safe. Luckily I had a decent week in Madrid and played okay at St Andrews and the Dunhill so I kind of obviously didn't have the result there. But built a little bit of momentum up and yeah, took that into this week and played four solid rounds.

Q. An awful lot of history in this tournament and some incredible names on that trophy. What does it mean to add your name?

DAN BRADBURY: It's amazing. I sat chatting with Stormy last night, and we were laughing, saying how nice the trophy was. And then you see on the first tee, it's one of the ones you want, yeah.

Q. Do you have a place for it?

DAN BRADBURY: I'll find one.