MASTERS TOURNAMENT

April 11, 2025

Laurie Canter

Quick Quotes

Q. How difficult was that finish?

LAURIE CANTER: Yeah, I thought the wind was probably almost making it easier today. I'm just tired. I really hit my irons terribly for two days. Kind of made it look pretty hard.

Q. How much is it an issue when you're not quite striking it well?

LAURIE CANTER: Yeah, it's hard. It's hard. That's where I've been all week, really, just fighting my swing, trying to hang in there. You can still hit half decent shots. It still gives you a chance.

I definitely feel more comfortable on the front nine. Just it suits my eye a little bit. The back nine has just been really tough.

Q. How do you balance trying to enjoy it given it's your first time and if you're struggling with your game it's a little bit tough?

LAURIE CANTER: Everyone says, you can't enjoy it if you're playing rubbish. You want to enjoy, like, the sort of stage and stuff, but it's hard to -- I tried to do the best I could of trying to soak it in and get the atmosphere and stuff, especially in the kind of beginning of the round, but when you get into it and you're fighting your swing and stuff, it's definitely more tricky to I want to say enjoy it as much as you'd like.

Q. What surprised you the most from watching it on TV? Are there a couple key things you saw that was a bit different?

LAURIE CANTER: On the golf course? There's just some really crucial shots on there. For the most part, you've got to keep the ball in play and do what you've got to do, but then it's the sort of second shot into 10, 11 as a whole, 12 as a whole.

I feel like if you play those okay, it almost steadies you for what's to come the other side of it. I actually birdied 10 today, which was a great 3, but 11, I'm just super uncomfortable starting the ball right and seeing it moving in that way.

It's a very uncomfortable shot for me. I'm trying to take some stuff away, learn a bit, and hopefully at some point in the future get another crack at it.

Q. How much preparation did you do? Did you make a couple of visits?

LAURIE CANTER: No, because I got in on the Monday before, so I flew out on Saturday and played on the Sunday, which I think was about as early as I could get on the course. That was kind of all I was able to do. But yeah, I think it's definitely better for sure to see it.

The stuff with the grass here is different. I've never played a golf course where every shot is cut into me, so I felt like I'm just constantly searching for a strike. Tough to get the ball pin high.

Holes like 17, the green is like 35 yards wide but there's really not anywhere to hit it. It's like the hardest green I've ever seen.

I think you have to get used to it. It was cool to play with Angel because he seemed more comfortable with where to hit the ball. I think you probably gain that from a few visits.

Q. Did you speak to him much?

LAURIE CANTER: Yeah, I spoke to him a little bit, yeah.

Q. Did you pick up any tips from him?

LAURIE CANTER: Didn't ask him a load about the golf course, but I was chatting to actually his son on the bag about how they cut the grass. Yeah, he was saying the same thing, you just don't feel like you can flush anything. Yeah, especially if you've been fighting your swing a little bit. It's an exposing kind of place to be.

Q. There's a lot of talk about Angel coming here. Did you hear anything from the crowd or --

LAURIE CANTER: No, just seemed very positive. A lot of people welcoming him back. He seemed like he had a great reception.

Q. What's next for you?

LAURIE CANTER: Back out in the States two weeks for the Zurich Classic.