THE 153RD OPEN

July 18, 2025

Matt Wallace

Mixed Zone

Q. Tidy round today. Your approach, scrambling so far.

MATT WALLACE: I'm leading approach and scrambling?

Q. Yes. Iron play is very good. How did it feel playing links --

MATT WALLACE: Doesn't feel that good.

Q. No?

MATT WALLACE: No. I was surprised yesterday as well. Maybe last off the tee? Maybe?

Q. No, second to Rory.

MATT WALLACE: It's interesting, I haven't felt great the last couple weeks with my swing. Got a bit left sided. Classic wind, classic turf, I get a little bit left sided. I've hit some good ones this week that I need to keep remembering and reminding myself. Yeah, there's still room for improvement.

Q. Leading into the Ryder Cup, you're 12th in the rankings; is that in the corner of your mind the next two weeks?

MATT WALLACE: Sure, I need to be at the top of the leaderboards to get myself into the Ryder Cup. That's three made cuts in the three majors that I've got into. Obviously had to qualify for the U.S. Open as well, so that was really good. Hopefully I can carry on going up the leaderboard this weekend.

I feel like I have a good understanding of the course now and it's hard, and staying patient.

Q. What are you looking at or working on towards understanding the course a bit more?

MATT WALLACE: More internally than anything. Obviously I need to hit some better shots off the tee, but internally staying patient, not getting down on myself, berating myself. Knowing that the good stuff's in there.

It's not useful like slaughtering myself, so actually forgetting that and going onto the next and trying to solve the next equation that we've got on the golf course to find a solution and getting stuck into that.