ABU DHABI HSBC GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

November 7, 2024

Robert MacIntyre

Yas Links

Quick Quotes

Q. 65, how would you evaluate today's round?

ROBERT MacINTYRE: Yeah, it was good. Started nicely. Just kept building on it. A couple of silly mistakes but you're going to have them. You're going to have a lapse of concentration now and again but overall great day's work.

Q. What's the mentality when you go out and know there's some really low rounds coming? Do you feel like there's eagerness to be aggressive?

ROBERT MacINTYRE: No, not at all. To be honest, you know you'll have chances. The weather is perfect. The conditions of the course is perfect, and it's literally try and give yourself 18 chances at birdie, and if you do that, you'll get a couple really close. That's what we try to do is just piece by piece just keep building.

Q. The scores that have been coming in certainly are merited by the golf we've seen today, but I imagine there's greenkeepers scratching their heads going, what do we need to do to make this tougher. Because you're only getting 15-mile-an-hour at most this week.

ROBERT MacINTYRE: Yeah, don't water as much. I mean, if that place gets firm and fast -- fairways are reasonably generous anyway but wow you could get them greens sneaky fast. The course is in -- I don't think it could be better condition-wise.

Q. What are you thinking between now and the Christmas break?

ROBERT MacINTYRE: Just try and play well. My game has been good all year. Just try and keep building on it. Here to try to win golf tournaments against great players, and just the scores today shows that the level is so high.