ZURICH CLASSIC OF NEW ORLEANS

April 24, 2022

David Lipsky

Aaron Rai

TPC Louisiana

Quick Quotes

Q. Guys, despite the final bogey, how much fun did you have out there this week?

AARON RAI: Yeah, it was an awesome week overall. Me and Dave have known each other for a few years on the European Tour, though we haven't played loads of rounds together. It was nice to finally get each other a little bit better this week. Couldn't have picked a better person to play with. Enjoyed his company. We played great together. So overall a very positive week.

DAVID LIPSKY: Yeah, agreed. It's fun to switch up the format. It was fun to play with Aaron this week with alternate-shot and best ball. It was just a nice change of pace, and we both played pretty well this week, really well at times. It was just fun to make some birdies out there.

Q. Question for both of you: With your high finish here, big picture you gave yourselves really a good boost in the season-long standings, and just looking ahead as far as being able to avoid the bad side of things, how did you feel about the way you guys played this week and what this does for you guys going forward?

DAVID LIPSKY: I think both our games are really solid, and I think we'll take a lot of confidence out of this tournament going into the next few weeks.

You know, obviously I think we're going to finish about T5 and it's a great finish and it will definitely help us jump up in the FedExCup and takes a little bit of stress off and takes a little bit of the pressure off of us from needing to perform from here on out.

Q. Same with you, Aaron.

AARON RAI: Yeah, exactly. A top 5, a top 10 any week is normally a pretty good week, and it was nice to give ourselves a chance over the last couple of days, putting ourselves in that position. We've played very well over the years. We've both won in Europe. But it is nice competing out here, and I think it's a good experience for both of us just to get a feel for what it's like and get ourselves in the mix more often. So overall a very positive week and we can both take a lot going into the next few weeks and the rest of the season.