Golf World UK - August 2017

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expectations this year and moving

forwards?

Hopefullynot.I’mprettygoodatnot

reallythinkingaboutwhatIdidinthe

past,becauseitdoesn’treallymatter.It’s

allaboutwhatI’mdoingrightnowand

what’s coming up, because it doesn’t

matterhowgoodayearIhadlastyear.

It’sacompletelynewyear,sowehavegot

all new goals and new things that I want

to do.

Can you elaborate a little on your goals

forthisyear?

Ijustkeeptryingtogetbetter.Ikeep

workingonmywedgegameandtrying

to improve that. That’s one thing

Ifocusedonalotlastyear,andsoI’m

goingtokeepdoingthat–andshort

gameandputting.Ifmywedgesaregood

and I chip and putt well, I’m going to

play pretty well most days. I think that’s

wherethebigdifferencewaslastyear,

that’showIplayedalotmore

consistently.Myshortgamewaspretty

good, and you know, my wedge game

wasreallygoodlastyear.Itwasthebest

yearI’vehadconsistentlywiththe

wedges.It’skindofthesamefocusthis

year. Just keep trying to improve in those

same areas.

You had 15 top 10s in 22 starts and

missed just one cut last year. The three

wins you claimed is a lot but do you look

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at it a little bit glass half-empty because

you didn’t win more from that

consistency, or half-full because you

were in contention so many times?

Itrytotakethepositiveoutofany

situation.Yeah,IthinkIlookatitas

obviouslyagreatyear.Iplayedvery

consistentlyandIfinishedtop10alot.

Ihadalotofchancestowinagolf

tournament. But obviously getting three

wins,whichisthemostI’vehadsinceI’ve

beenontour,wasverygood.Ihadalot

ofchancestowinquiteafewmore.Ijust

want to keep doing that. Keep trying to

beconsistent.Keepconsistentlybeingon

the leaderboard on Sunday and having a

chance to win golf tournaments.

Doyou think winning a major title frees

you up when you arrive at those big

eventsnow?

ThebestpartaboutitisI’mnotgoing

there to get my first major. I’ve got one,

soI’mnotstilltryingtowinone.Iknow

whatittakes.IknowI’veputmyselfin

positionalotoftimesbefore,butjust

neverreallyfinishedoneoff.SoIfeellike

obviouslyI’vegotthegametocontendin

majors,butyou’vegottoexecutegolf

shots. But yeah, definitely, the mindset is

alotdifferent,forsure.

Can you have an even better year this

year?

We’ll see, but that’s the goal.

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