ZURICH CLASSIC OF NEW ORLEANS

April 27, 2025

Jake Knapp

Frankie Capan

TPC Louisiana

Quick Quotes

Q. Guys, good week, third place finish. Obviously not the ending you wanted. Talk about those last two holes coming in.

FRANKIE CAPAN III: Yeah, 17 is a good hole. Obviously that's my tee on 17. Yeah, I just didn't really have the right feel there. I believe I was trying to hit the proper shot, aiming probably 20 -- at least 20 feet, 25 feet right of that hole with wind in off the right, trying to just hold something out there, and just got a little quick and kind of turned it left.

I think it was a common theme for me on a lot of holes today, just kind of putting Jake in a tough spot a little left. I felt like we were able to get away with it for most of the day, which was great. But then, yeah, obviously at that important moment kind of pulled one left, and obviously was happy to get out of the hole with a 4. Jake hit a great chip and fortunately got a little read from Ben's putt.

It was a tough finish. It was a great week.

Felt like Jake really played unbelievable. It was really fun to be by his side. Just looking forward to getting myself in -- giving myself more opportunities.

Q. You just mentioned a great week. Obviously when you're that close you wish that you won, but how difficult is it to find those positives in a week like this when you --

JAKE KNAPP: I wouldn't say it's that tough to find the positives. We both played solid. His short game and putting was lights out, and he drove it well 90 percent of the time. It's tough in alternate shot; you don't really get to get in a rhythm. But him playing the odds and me playing the evens, he hits a lot more iron shots.

Hopefully for him he takes a lot of good things out of it. He's doing a lot of things well, and being in contention like this to win your first tournament is not easy, and I thought he did a great job. My caddie and I were talking about it today; he looked really comfortable all day.

I think we did a good job. All you're looking for every week is just to put yourself in contention going into that back nine, and we did a great job of that and gave it a good fight.