TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP

June 24, 2023

Chez Reavie

TPC River Highlands

Quick Quotes

Q. Chez, how big is that birdie on the last.

CHEZ REAVIE: Yeah, huge, just to get a little momentum going to dinner and sleeping tonight.

Yeah, played well. Really well in the middle of the round. Was able to save some good pars and make birdie early on the first hole.

Then pulling that 9-iron on 16, Just I know you can't hit it over there. Just a bad swing.

And then able to par 17 after pulling my tee shot again.

And birdie 18 was nice.

Q. You and Keegan kind of fed off each other a little bit today. 63 and 64 in the final group on a Saturday is pretty good.

CHEZ REAVIE: Yeah. Yeah, we were both playing well and Denny struggled for a little while and then he made some good birdies coming in.

Yeah, so you've got to make birdies and eagles tomorrow to win this golf tournament.

Q. You said you had some early struggles this year; figured out the swing a little bit. How confident are you in just the stuff you worked on heading into the final round?

CHEZ REAVIE: Yeah, it was good. Today was great because I kind of didn't do it early, but was able to kind of right the ship and figure it out.

And so, yeah, going to take that into tomorrow. If I hit a couple shots I know why I hit them over there and I'll be able to adjust on the next one.

Q. When you see some guys posting some really low numbers in the morning ahead of you, some bigger-name guys, does that add pressure? How do you stay patient?

CHEZ REAVIE: You know, I didn't look at a leaderboard to be honest with you. I saw it when we got -- three or four holes into the round I saw some of the scores.

Yeah, just it's kind of nice knowing there are some birdies out there if you hit good shots. That was my goal, just to do that.

Q. You hear the cheers for Keegan out there, being from Vermont, do you feel like you're the away team?

CHEZ REAVIE: Not really. No, I would expect the fans to root for the hometown guy. They did it in 2019 when Keegan and I played.

Then they were great to me, too. When I hit good shots they would clap and applaud me as well. So they're great fans. Obviously they are going to root for the hometown guy, and hopefully I'll be right there with him.

Q. Can you draw back on those 2019 feelings the final round? Does that factor in at all?

CHEZ REAVIE: Yeah, yeah. I mean, it is a different situation, right? I had a big lead and then Keegan made a bunch of birdies throughout the beginning and middle part of the round to make it really close.

Tomorrow is going to be the opposite. It's going to be a shootout. We're one shot apart, and I'm not going to be able to go out there and just make some pars and kind of hang in there. I'm going to have to go make some birdies.

Q. Given that you have already won here, is there any less pressure on yourself? Feeling like you're playing with house money just because you've got this one under your belt and maybe Keegan a trying to...

CHEZ REAVIE: No, not really. You know, that was 2019. There is really no bearing on that going into tomorrow.

You know, you just got to go play well and see where you fall.

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