THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

March 9, 2023

Christiaan Bezuidenhout

TPC Sawgrass

Quick Quotes

Q. If we could just get an opening comment on your round.

CHRISTIAAN BEZUIDENHOUT: Yeah, obviously played well today. 4-under par around this golf course is always a positive. I drove it well today, and I've rolled the ball well on the greens.

Yeah, overall really pleased to start the week.

Q. Anything unexpected out there, or did you kind of get what you thought you'd see condition-wise and everything else?

CHRISTIAAN BEZUIDENHOUT: Yeah, when we came here early in the week, it's the thickest that the rough has been in my previous two times that I've been here. You have to hit fairways out here. You're not going to have many opportunities to hit more than 8-iron out of this rough.

If you drive the ball well, you can give yourself a lot of looks out of the fairway, and that's what I did today. I drove it well.

Q. Would you take another round like this tomorrow?

CHRISTIAAN BEZUIDENHOUT: I'll take another three of these (smiling).

Yeah, it was a solid start to the week. Yeah, looking forward to the rest of the week. Hopefully I can keep up the good play.

Q. At 11 you hit it to nine feet for eagle. Could you walk us through that hole?

CHRISTIAAN BEZUIDENHOUT: Yeah, the hole played down off the left, so it made it easier for me to get into. I hit a beautiful drive in the middle of the fairway, and I had, I think it was 254 to the hole. So I knew a 3-hybrid is going to pitch me front edge, five on, and it landed on the front edge and rolled all the way to the back and I made the putt. Yeah, it was a well-played hole.