MASTERS TOURNAMENT

April 12, 2024

Byeong Hun An

Quick Quotes

Q. Playing in these conditions, getting harder and harder. How did you deal with it?

BYEONG HUN AN: I thought yesterday was hard until I played it today, and it felt harder. I think the wind was a little stronger today. My hat wasn't staying on my head for a couple of the holes. The front nine was a little better, but the back nine got very tricky, I think. A lot of -- I got very lucky on a few of the shots, lucky bounces here and there, and then I don't know how I shot even par on the back. That's pretty impressive, I think.

Q. Kind of difficult to trust the shots, to trust what the wind is going to do. How do you work on that mentally?

BYEONG HUN AN: You try to make the best swing you can. I wasn't able to do it today. I hit some poor shots out there all because the wind got into my head a little bit before I hit it. But like I said, I got very lucky on some of the bounces and some of the lies I got off the bad shots, but I guess that's part of the game. Just have to hit a shot and accept every outcome that you get out of this wind and move on to the next hole because it's such a difficult golf course to scramble around. I felt like I did that pretty good today.

Q. Is there any joy or any -- playing with wind, is it something you enjoy?

BYEONG HUN AN: I wouldn't call it a joy.

Q. You have to accept it and play with it?

BYEONG HUN AN: It's not a joy at all. It's not fun playing in these conditions. It's definitely a battle out there. It's a grind. There's no easy holes out here. I could have made eight, nine bogeys in a row on the back nine, not because I was playing poorly but just the conditions. They're such tough holes. 10, 11, 12 obviously, 13 is not a gimme. Hit two great shots into the green to make an easy birdie, and then 14, 15, 16, 17, such tough holes you can make easy bogeys.

Somehow I scrambled well to shoot even par on the back, which I was very happy with.