RBC HERITAGE

April 15, 2025

Brian Campbell

Harbour Town Golf Links

Press Conference

JOHN BUSH: Brian, welcome to the RBC Heritage. If we could get some comments on being here at Harbour Town this week.

BRIAN CAMPBELL: Excited to be here, excited to sleep in my own bed this week. It's a real treat. Excited to have family and friends come out and watch.

Q. 2 1/2 years, I think you said, that you've lived in Bluffton, but yet you've never played this course. Talk a little about the challenge of never having played it.

BRIAN CAMPBELL: I've been trying to get over here as much as I could. I just never found the time. Two years later, we're here. So I'm like I'd better go see it today.

Q. Not to harp on last week, but have you had time to kind of just digest that? I know things moved kind of fast, but you played on probably the most famous golf course in the world and blitzed the -- well, kind of blitzed the course on Sunday. You were 5-under at one point.

BRIAN CAMPBELL: Yeah, basically all you get is Monday to soak it in. So yesterday I took yesterday off, really tried to decompress as much as I can.

Even today, I'm still living on a high from last week. But I'm excited to get here and see the course and get some reps in.

Q. I don't remember what round it was, but some of the reporters were a little hard on you about your driving distance off the tee. How do you feel about that?

BRIAN CAMPBELL: It doesn't bother me. I've never said I'm a short hitter. It's just what happens when you go through injuries sometimes. You lose speed. You lose distance.

I never really saw that as something I needed in order to play out here. It's something that helps. I think other guys use it more than I do. I use other parts of the game more than they do.

I think it just -- it's all part of the game. It really doesn't bother me. It's just part of the game.

Q. Do you think this being a shorter course might help with that at all?

BRIAN CAMPBELL: Yeah. Even some say the Masters week is a bomber's paradise. To a certain degree it is. Some holes, the par-5 especially, you can just eat those up if you've got some distance.

The rest of the course is just all positioning, and it's all a second shot course. You still need to be on with your irons, and this week is more of the same. You've got to be in the right positions off the fairways. So getting off the tee is paramount.

Then just like last week, you've got to really be precise with your irons because the greens are so small. That's something I'm looking forward to seeing when I get out there.

Q. Have you played a practice round yet here?

BRIAN CAMPBELL: No, I've never played this course yet.

Q. And no practice rounds either?

BRIAN CAMPBELL: No practice rounds either.

Q. When are you going out?

BRIAN CAMPBELL: After this.

Q. Just to clarify, are you a Bluffton resident or a Hilton Head resident?

BRIAN CAMPBELL: Bluffton. I'm not on the island. I'm over kind of by Belfair, and I play out at Colleton River.

Q. Brian, just comment on your season up to this point, if you can.

BRIAN CAMPBELL: Yeah, it's been pretty crazy. To be here is just pretty wild to be honest. I'm soaking it in.

Right after you make that putt to win, things change quickly. You find yourself thinking about the Masters, thinking about hitting shots at Augusta, which you kind of -- it's hard to let yourself soak in how special it is when you have to prepare for such a demanding course.

So far I'm pleased with my year. It would have been nice to get off to a better start in Hawaii. After getting the flu that week, it was kind of a let-down. Very pleased with my year so far and just looking to keep going.

Q. With so much buildup to last week, do you almost feel like this week and going forward can sort of be a reset now the rest of the season?

BRIAN CAMPBELL: Yes. Especially being at home, it's a good chance for me to really reset, get my energy levels back up and get ready for the rest of the season.