THE 153RD OPEN

July 18, 2025

Shaun Norris

Mixed Zone

Q. Quite the day for you. Some satisfaction from how it went after the fourth?

SHAUN NORRIS: Apart from one hole, I actually played quite nicely. I think the game is trending in the right way. Like I said, one hole killed me today, so it was a fight from there on in.

Looking forward to the rest of the year.

Q. The birdie on the last, a nice way to finish it?

SHAUN NORRIS: It's always nice to finish with a birdie on the last, especially in front of the crowd and everything like that. Yeah, I'm happy about that.

Q. Talk us through the 4th. I'm thinking your mind is scrambled during that. What do you remember of it?

SHAUN NORRIS: I mean, I hit a very poor tee shot, the first one. Then proceeded to hit the next one straight in the bunker. Now I'm trying to chase something, trying to make the best score out of it. Unfortunately, what was it, the fourth shot caught the lip, then stuck with the same club and tried to do the same.

After that, the mind sort of went a little bit numb. But it happens. Golf is golf. There's nothing you can do about it. Made a number, and I had to accept it and carry on.

Q. Is that the same bunker as yesterday?

SHAUN NORRIS: Exactly the same one, hence why the first tee shot went a little further right. There's nothing you can do about it. Golf is golf. You've got to take it on the chin and let's see what happens.

Q. Like yesterday, you recovered with a birdie immediately the next hole. How do you get your mindset right after a hole like that?

SHAUN NORRIS: You've just got to accept it. Plain and simple, you've got to accept it. There's nothing you can do about it. The past is the past. I knew that it happened. I made the number. I made the 10 on the hole. I just said, okay, now instead of making two or three or four birdies coming back, I've now got to make five or six.

Like I said, I was happy with the way I fought back after that. Unfortunately I didn't make as many putts as I would have liked to, but that's how it goes.

Q. I guess the frustration if we take that hole out of it this week, it's been a good week, right?

SHAUN NORRIS: Take that hole out this week and I've got another two rounds to go, and you never know what happens. This game can break the biggest person and people on the planet. I learned a lot again from this week.

Q. Not a hole you want to see anytime soon, I guess?

SHAUN NORRIS: You know what, I'll take it on. I'll accept the challenge again. I'll play it a little bit differently next time.

But you know what, looking forward to it.