SHRINERS CHILDREN'S OPEN

October 18, 2024

Taylor Pendrith

TPC Summerlin

Quick Quotes

Q. Taylor, you got through six holes before the darkness hit. I think you were even for those six holes. What was the morning like for you and the rest of the day before you got started?

TAYLOR PENDRITH: Yeah, just a lot of sitting around at our hotel this morning and took a small nap, which was knew. Yeah, I got out here and the conditions were really tricky. Couple of the holes were playing different.

Like hit driver on 1 and driver on 4 just like just short of the green. Just the wedge shots I thought were going to be tough to get to that pin anyway, so try and hit it as close as I could to the green.

Definitely played different and more challenging for sure. I think it's going to be similar winds tomorrow; not quite as high. It will be tricky in the morning.

Q. Did pay attention to the television or scores this morning before you came out?

TAYLOR PENDRITH: Yeah, I watched a little bit just to see how was it playing. Looked like the pins were whipping out there and looked really challenging.

I think it died down a little bit for us, but still some really strong gusts that you kind of had to time your putts. Putting is really tough in the wind I thought.

Yeah, overall really hard day, and I know those guys in the morning had it a little harder.

Q. Can you recall a day like this, not that you played in the worst of the wind, but can you recall a day when you played in some really strong winds recently?

TAYLOR PENDRITH: Not recently. Feels like I haven't really played in super strong winds. I guess I'm thinking back to Bermuda two or three years ago when it was blowing 60 and it was brutally tough. I think the wave difference was quite high.

I'm sure it's going to be similar this week. We had zero wind yesterday. Yeah, haven't played much in the wind. Coming off two weeks off there was some shots I was definitely uncomfortable.

Q. And a quick turnaround. Back here at 7:15 and you got 12 and another 18 to play, 30 holes tomorrow. How will you manage that?

TAYLOR PENDRITH: Yeah, luckily it gets dark earlier here so we will actually get home at a decent time and get some dinner and go to bed.

Yeah, just come out here and get ready, do my normal routine, and go finish off the last 12 strong and see what happens.

It's going to be probably playing pretty tricky still in the morning and might be a little cooler, but, yeah, just prepare like I would play a full 18-hole round in the morning and get going.

Q. Speaking of preparing, you've got an 85-yard pitch shot I believe on 7. When you come back to practice and get warmed up, is that a shot that you focus on before you go out there?

TAYLOR PENDRITH: Yeah, for sure. I'll hit a couple -- my last few shots on the range will be trying to feel that 85-yard shot. We're going to go through our routine and try and figure out the wind direction and that shot will be playing.

Hit a few of those before we get in the carts and go to the hole.