THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

June 19, 2025

Veikka Viskari

Quick Quotes

Q. Describe your emotions now that you're through to the last day.

VEIKKA VISKARI: Thank you. Pretty surreal. It was an awesome day out there today. Started off with a birdie, and that pretty much set the tone for the day, and didn't trail once. So that's always a good thing.

Q. Would there be many times in your career so far that you've had a day like today where you haven't really missed a trick?

VEIKKA VISKARI: Yeah, there's been a few. But today was definitely special with how hard the course is playing. It's getting firmer and firmer and faster and faster. You've got to be really precise out there to have a chance at winning games.

Q. What was the key to your golf today?

VEIKKA VISKARI: I think just good ball-striking. I only missed, I think, two or three greens all day, so didn't have to get it up-and-down that much and just good lag putting on top of that.

Q. Do you allow yourself to start thinking of the big prize yet or are you very much focused on your process?

VEIKKA VISKARI: I think it's always in the back of the head, but I'll just take it one shot at a time and one game at a time.

Q. How do you reset and readjust for another big day tomorrow?

VEIKKA VISKARI: We're just going to go have dinner and take it easy tonight and then get back here tomorrow and take it from there.

Q. You mentioned the course is playing firmer and the wind got up a little bit today. Did you have to adjust your game plan?

VEIKKA VISKARI: No, not really. I think this is a place where it gets you a long way if you just keep it on the right side and hit it to 20 feet a lot, and just make a couple of those, and there you go, you've got 69 or 68 on the card.