ABU DHABI HSBC GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

November 5, 2024

Rasmus Højgaard

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Q. Well deserved two weeks off. How are you feeling?

RASMUS HØJGAARD: Feel good. One week at time home in Denmark was enough, and I had to leave for better weather. It's nice to be back.

Q. You must be excited about the week ahead with your brother and where you're at in the season.

RASMUS HØJGAARD: Yeah, of course, I'm happy for Nicolai to have finished well in Korea and getting himself into this event. We've had a good time so far and hopefully we can produce some good results.

Q. I was watching you playing with your brother in the practice round and Matt Wallace, it all seemed serious for a practise round. Not just money was at risk, was it?

RASMUS HØJGAARD: There was more than money at risk and that's probably why it got so competitive.

So we were playing a birdies game, so whoever makes the most birdies. I made what was equivalent to six birdies, and Matt three and Nicolai two.

Q. And the birdies meant?

RASMUS HØJGAARD: The birdies meant that every birdie you were behind is a minute in the cold plunge. Obviously we had a little extra game out there. So turned out that Nicolai has to do three minutes and Matt had to do two minutes. Matt's probably already done it.

So we didn't get to see it but I'm definitely watching Nicolai.

Q. Are you looking forward to the week ahead of you?

RASMUS HØJGAARD: Of course, it's a great event. Course is in probably the best conditions all year. So it's a nice one, two good events coming up now. So hopefully we can have a strong finish.

Q. Very briefly reflect on your season. I know you were disappointed last year but to see where you are right now with that incredible victory in Ireland, you must be pleased with what you've achieved so far.

RASMUS HØJGAARD: Yeah, sitting there last year on that Sunday was a bit rough. I was obviously very, very happy to see Nicolai win the tournament, but for myself, it was tough that I missed out one spot on a card for the PGA TOUR. I was very motivated to come out this year and play some good golf. I've managed that in stretches during the year.

So yeah, it's been a great year. I'm happy where I'm at and try to squeeze the last bit out of these two events.

Q. I know the DP World Tour means a lot to you, and we'll see plenty of you still. Have you spoken to Nicolai about his experience? It's a very different culture and schedule you're facing.

RASMUS HØJGAARD: Yeah, it's probably a good thing that Nicolai went over there to start with.

Now I can sort of guide myself around and hopefully not make some of the same mistakes hopefully. We talked a lot about it, and yeah, we're going to probably find maybe a place over there and make it easier, not traveling over the Atlantic every other week.

Yeah, there's a lot of things on the plate right now that we are trying to figure out but we're going to take a couple of weeks and probably in the off-season look at that. For now, we are both very focused on playing.