THE 153RD OPEN

July 18, 2025

Cameron Adam

Mixed Zone

Q. (On how he played.)

CAMERON ADAM: Not really. I didn't really have a clue. I didn't know. Ultimately, just a couple of poor swings on the last couple holes. A lot of poor putts. It happens.

Q. So it looks like you'll be just outside the cut line potentially. Still a bit of movement as the day goes on. What can you take from these two rounds, regardless of what might happen over the weekend?

CAMERON ADAM: I think the biggest thing is I can compete at this kind of level, to be able to turn up here and not have my A game and kind of come this close to making the cut kind of just proves to me that, if I played well, I would be right up there. That's the biggest positive I've got to take.

Q. Is that great then that the A game is not quite there, or is it just one of those things?

CAMERON ADAM: There's nothing I can do about it. It's not like I'm not trying. I've gone out and tried, and I've just not quite performed to my peak, and that happens. It's difficult to really control that.

Q. And when you do go away and reflect on a great experience, I guess, what are the things you think you might take away from it?

CAMERON ADAM: The biggest thing is confidence. Like I've come here and been able to handle it with all the emotions. That's the biggest thing about coming to a stage like this for the first time, like how I felt on the 1st tee, like it was different today, just getting there and playing in that position, it's something you can't really put a value on. That's got to be the biggest positive I can take from this.

Q. Did you relish playing this? It's totally different from what you're used to week to week, I guess. Do you embrace that? How do you approach it?

CAMERON ADAM: I try to not change very much. I just try to stick to my normal self and keep to my routines and trust that that's what's got me here. It's more than good enough to compete here. Again, you feel different things out on a stage like that than you could ever feel anywhere else. It's just kind of dealing with that, those feelings like within your body, whether it's the butterflies in the stomach or the shaky legs.

It's just learning how to -- little techniques on how to deal with that and be able to hit shots when it happens because it's going to happen. Everyone's human. People get nervous.

Yeah, I think just kind of learning different techniques that I can deal with that in those situations is going to do me good going forward.