SHRINERS CHILDREN'S OPEN

October 19, 2024

JT Poston

TPC Summerlin

Quick Quotes

Q. JT, pretty happy to be in; 13-under. Leading right now; could be leading at the end of the second round. Great finish to your round obviously. That must have been a highlight for you.

JT POSTON: Yeah, I mean, that back nine you can kind of make some birdies, and with the direction the wind was blowing it definitely helps that, too.

So it was nice to take advantage of those gettable holes. Made a couple nice putts on 16 and 17. Especially 17; that was just a bonus.

But, yeah, happy to be where I am. Obviously two more rounds to go. I think the conditions will get a little easier so be a lot more birdies. Just have to keep the pedal down.

Q. You haven't played since the BMW Championship. What did you do in the time off to kind of reset?

JT POSTON: Exactly that. Just sort of reset. Put the clubs away for several weeks, which was nice. That's the benefit of having that much time off. I can kind of put them away and get the rest that I need and then have plenty of time to gear up for this week.

We spent some time with some family. Did a nice long vacation in the mountains. Yeah, just honestly spent a lot of time at home. We've got a six-month old at home so just been chasing her around.

Q. Life is different.

JT POSTON: Yeah.

Q. Having had this time off and coming here, knowing that I think you finished third maybe last year at this event.

JT POSTON: Uh-huh.

Q. Coming here and having had that good finish, were you champing at the bit to get back out here?

JT POSTON: Yeah, a little bit. I like this golf course. It sort of the fits my eye. The greens are bentgrass, what I grew up on. A lot of familiar stuff about this week that I enjoy.

Yeah, just it's a tournament I love coming back and playing. Obviously would like to finish it off. I had a good chance last year I felt like; just never quite finished my rounds off last year.

Hopefully can change that this year.

Q. Now that you got a little bit of a break before the third round gets underway, what do you do?

JT POSTON: I was talking to Harris English. We're going to go grab some lunch and get in front of some TVs, watch some football.

Yeah, we got some time to kill, so just going to kind of relax and get off our feet and get ready for the third round in a couple hours.