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THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPJuly 19, 2015Ashley ChestersST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND Q. Ashley, tell me about your round. ASHLEY CHESTERS: Yeah, I got off to a pretty good start, which was nice, and then managed to hang on to it this time. Made a bogey on 17 but made up for it on 18, which was a bit better than the other day. Q. (Inaudible.) ASHLEY CHESTERS: Yeah, you saw me the other day. I wasn't in the best of moods. Finishing with a birdie always cheers the day up no matter what else you do, so yeah, always nice to finish with a birdie. Q. (Inaudible.) ASHLEY CHESTERS: Yeah, it wasn't too bad. We just had the rain for -- we were stuck on the 14th tee for quite a while, and that was when most of the rain passed over, so it was quite nice that we had a bit of a wait. But other than that, the weather wasn't too bad at all. There was hardly any wind. Q. (Inaudible.) ASHLEY CHESTERS: Oh, I just leave him to it. There's no controlling him. Q. (Inaudible.) ASHLEY CHESTERS: Yeah, well, it tried to pop out the other side, as well, but it did eventually hit the hole. I wasn't sure, but thankfully it went in. Q. (Inaudible.) ASHLEY CHESTERS: I just want to do as well as I can and see what happens. If I play well, I'll be happy, and if I win the Silver Medal, even better. All the amateurs seem to have done pretty well with the scores, so I don't think Paul has even teed off yet. I'll see where I'm sitting at the end of the day and take it from there. If I just play well again tomorrow then I'll be happy. Q. (Inaudible.) ASHLEY CHESTERS: I'm hoping so, but you never know what's going to happen. But hopefully, yeah. Hopefully finish with a good round tomorrow, as well. Q. What's it feel like to see your name up on the leaderboard with all those great names? Do you have more of a professional mindset now? ASHLEY CHESTERS: I don't know, I haven't really thought about it. It's nice to see your name on any leaderboard. Q. (Inaudible.) ASHLEY CHESTERS: The first two days I didn't actually feel pressure, but for some reason this morning I didn't hit the ball very well on the range, which didn't help, so for the first hole I was definitely a bit shaky. It was more like when I played the first round last year rather than the first two days, but I don't know whether that was just the fact I hadn't hit the ball very well on the range or the fact that I hadn't played the third round of a major before. But I hit it close in the second and then after that the nerves went. Q. (Inaudible.) ASHLEY CHESTERS: I might do at the end, not yet. You never know where you're going to finish. Yeah, I might do that at the end. Q. (Inaudible.) ASHLEY CHESTERS: A house would be a good start. Maybe a car, as well. I still live with my family, so it would be quite nice to have a house. You can't get your prize money yet, so I can't get too carried away. Q. What's your father's name? ASHLEY CHESTERS: Nigel. Q. Is he a golfer? ASHLEY CHESTERS: Yeah, he's quite good. He's off maybe scratch or plus one. Q. When did you beat him? ASHLEY CHESTERS: Maybe 14, 13 or 14. We had to play each other in the club championship final at our golf club when I was 12, but he gave me a good hiding that day. Yeah, maybe 13 or 14 I probably beat him for the first time I would guess. Q. And what about your mother? Somebody said she was good, too? ASHLEY CHESTERS: She's off 14 maybe. They're both captain -- lady captain of our golf club last year. Q. What's your mother's name? ASHLEY CHESTERS: Gina. Q. Do you have a car at the moment? ASHLEY CHESTERS: I do have a car, yeah, Peugeot 308. I quite like it, as well. I'm not that big into cars to be honest, so as long as it gets me from A to B, that's fine. Q. (Inaudible.) Did that help you on the way around? ASHLEY CHESTERS: Yeah, it did help. I saw I was between Harris and Andy on the score, so I knew I was going to be playing with one of them, so it was nice the fact that I played the first two days with them, as well, so yeah. He played well, as well. Q. (Inaudible.) ASHLEY CHESTERS: A lot, yeah. We were in regional squads together for probably four or five years. Q. And you played matches between the two of you? ASHLEY CHESTERS: I can't remember ever actually playing him one-on-one in match play, but I remember I played him when I won the Midland Boys. That was when I was about 15. Q. You'll be playing in the final round of The Open tomorrow. What will you expect to do? ASHLEY CHESTERS: Rest, because we've got our Walker Cup training two days at Lytham on Tuesday and Wednesday, so I was going to -- if I made the four rounds, I was going to go home on Monday and then just rest and then go to Lytham on Tuesday morning, so it might be a bit more hectic getting to Lytham, so we'll see what happens. Q. What are you expecting here? ASHLEY CHESTERS: I'll probably go -- I don't know. I might go home -- Lytham isn't that far from home, so we'll see. Q. Hobbies apart from golf? ASHLEY CHESTERS: Big into football. I've got a season ticket, Man United. I love a bit of football. Yeah, music is another one, as well. Q. What, do you play? ASHLEY CHESTERS: No, I just like listening to -- I go and watch quite a lot of live music. That's the two things I spend my spare time doing really, football and music. Q. Who do you listen to? ASHLEY CHESTERS: Jay-Z. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports |
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