THE G4D OPEN

May 16, 2025

Thomas Blizzard

Mixed Zone

Q. Sounds like you played really well again today for the second 75 of the week. How did you feel about it at the end?

THOMAS BLIZZARD: Striking the ball fantastically well. Not hitting myself in much trouble whatsoever. I'm just getting extremely penal. If a shot's clipping, let's say a treeline or something, if it didn't hit, it would be a one; if it did hit it, it would up against the tree and you would have to chip out. I'm hitting a couple shots with bad breaks.

I feel like the game is in a good place. It's the exact same as the first day. If a couple more putts from 10-, 15-foot drop, it won't be far off from being a very good score.

Q. Do you think that 6-over, you've got the kind of -- you won't be feeling too much pressure tomorrow? Do you think you can go for it a bit?

THOMAS BLIZZARD: I wouldn't say I'd go for it. I think my game plan has been really good all week. I've kept the ball in play more often than not. There's been a couple times like today, I didn't birdie a par 5. Look, if I play the par 5s bet, I'm shooting level par, 1-under. And it was just errant tee shots and then getting penalised. You can hit, it let's say, middle of the fairway on some holes.

If it's drawing or cutting the wrong way, it's going to finish in the trees, and that happened several times. I'm not going to change my game plan and go for it.

There may be a couple short holes where I'll hit driver because we've been arguing all week about if it's a driver or lay back or wedge in hand. We'll see the pins and we'll decide.

Q. What do you think needs to happen to change apart from maybe the odd judgment call, the odd good bounce? Do you need to maybe just hole a few more birdie putts, do you think?

THOMAS BLIZZARD: Yeah, I mean, I was giving myself some good looks, 10- to 15-footers. It was just a bit of green reading and if I hit a good putt, it would just be the pace, necessarily. Like I had three or four good lipouts today, and it's like if they drop, look, I'm shooting 1-under par.

Similar to yesterday. I probably had five, maybe. So if tomorrow they can all start to actually happen and can get them, I'll be back around level par, 1-, 2-over hopefully.

Q. Tomorrow what is your ultimate aim? Obviously you want to win but is it win or what's your hope for tomorrow?

THOMAS BLIZZARD: Four shots back, that's the way it is at the moment. I don't think anyone on course can get lower than that. I feel like I'm playing some of the best golf I have in a while.

6-over is as high as I could be at this very point in time. Like genuinely, you couldn't have shot a score even one shot higher than what I have. It can only be lower than what it should have been. Look, we'll go out tonight, have a nice meal and we'll try and reset for tomorrow and see what's in store.