RBC CANADIAN OPEN

June 6, 2025

Matthew Anderson

TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course)

Quick Quotes

Q. How does it feel to be making the cut for the first time at a PGA TOUR level event?

MATTHEW ANDERSON: Great. I've wanted to do this obviously for a while. I know I can compete. Last year I felt I was ready, but I just didn't really have the game. This year I felt I was ready, and I felt like my game was in a good spot and it was just about going out there and trusting myself.

I thought I mostly did a good job of that through two days.

Q. How would you say your game has changed from last year's Canadian Open until now? You said it wasn't quite there last year. What's different now?

MATTHEW ANDERSON: Yeah, like a little bit of form, sure. I was obviously coming off playing some good golf, but just some like swing stuff wasn't really in a good spot. I mean, even my coach would tell you like I'm a long way, even like a year ago, from that point.

Yeah, I'm just striking it better. It's more consistent. On a course where you need to hit it straight and hit a lot of fairways, and you're obviously penalized for not doing that. Obviously more likely to do that with what I've got now.

Q. Refresh my memory. Who's your coach right now?

MATTHEW ANDERSON: Alf Callowhill. He's out of Edmonton, but he's here this week.

Q. What was it like playing in front of that Canadian crowd the past two days?

MATTHEW ANDERSON: Awesome. Even like -- there's just nothing really like it. Like growing up and watching it on TV and just like wanting to -- I don't know, wanting to hit good shots and do stuff in front of the crowd, and then to hear those cheers and all the support, you sometimes get like the jitters or the goosebumps. Yeah, it's so fun.

Obviously going out there at first go, obviously I have numerous process goals and things I want to do, the main thing is just like have fun. It's a National Open. People are rooting on cadence. It's just a lot of fun to be out there. I'll enjoy it this weekend too.

Q. How do you plan on preparing for tomorrow?

MATTHEW ANDERSON: Not really much. I'll just go home, get some food. I don't know if we'll cook or pick something up. Hit balls for 15 minutes, get up, and just do my normal pre-round routine, just like any other day.

Q. Are you staying in Mississauga?

MATTHEW ANDERSON: I got an Airbnb at the north end of Brampton. My house is like an hour, so it's probably a two hour commute, whereas this is like an hour back and forth. Just to save me a little bit of time.

Q. That's someone from the GTA who understands.

MATTHEW ANDERSON: Who understands that rush hour traffic down the 410 or whatever highway you're on is not ideal.