HERO DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC

January 28, 2023

Marcus Kinhult

Majlis Course at Emirates Golf Club

Press Conference

Q. 7-under today, yesterday afternoon you started off quite late and were only able to hit three shots, so your first shot this morning was that eight-foot birdie putt. Did that strong start set you a nice tone for the rest of the day?

MARCUS KINHULT: Well, I guess so. It's wasn't nice sleeping knowing I had that 8-footer for birdie but it was nice to hole that one.

Bogeyed the next but then got it going after that.

Q. Tell us more about your form of getting it going. On 17, you holed out from 104 metres.

MARCUS KINHULT: That's right. Yeah. A little hole out with a 54-degree wedge. We were in between clubs, and I decided to go with the short one. Turned out to be a good decision.

Q. Given the sun is out right now, how different is it playing compared to the first two or three days?

MARCUS KINHULT: It's still pretty soft, I would say. I think the wind is coming now and some sunshine, so I guess it will dry out pretty quick. But we had it pretty soft this morning, and yeah, we had preferred lies and there were some mud balls there. But I'm sure it will be a lot firmer and faster.