MASTERS TOURNAMENT

April 14, 2024

Erik Van Rooyen

Quick Quotes

Q. Not the weekend you wanted, but you did birdie the 18th. Can you give us a summary how your round went today?

ERIK VAN ROOYEN: Pretty similar to yesterday. I feel like relatively poor off the tee. It's just an odd golf course. You're going to battle from there on out. Just not a ton of opportunities, and struggled off the tee.

Q. That first hole especially, double bogey --

ERIK VAN ROOYEN: Yeah.

Q. What's your mentality like when something like that happens just to get through the rest of the day?

ERIK VAN ROOYEN: Yeah, you've got 17 more opportunities, right, so you've seen a lot of really good scores on Sundays here. I'm never going to give up, so I was hoping to make a few birdies on the front nine, and it unfortunately didn't turn out that way.

Q. It was your first time playing the full four days.

ERIK VAN ROOYEN: Yes.

Q. Can you talk about what was that like? Was it as physically demanding as you thought?

ERIK VAN ROOYEN: Yeah, the first few days were absolutely brutal. Like I mentioned before, it's probably some of the toughest conditions I've ever played in. But it's now my third time here, and I've improved every single time I've come here. First time I had to withdraw, second time I missed the cut and now I played four rounds. Maybe next year it'll be even a bit better than that.

Q. Do you think it's a course that can suit your game well?

ERIK VAN ROOYEN: Yes.

Q. You can see yourself doing well here in years to come?

ERIK VAN ROOYEN: Yes.