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August 21, 2025

Marcel Siem

The Belfry Hotel & Resort

Quick Quotes

Q. Marcel, an opening round 66 today, tied for the lead. How would you assess your day today?

MARCEL SIEM: Yeah, I was a bit rusty, I thought, but I came off a five-week break, and I'm really, really pleased. The back nine was fantastic. Gained a bit of confidence. Played quite solid the front nine. And then, yeah, the hat started to drop. Risking the water on the 10 worked out.

So I'm very pleased, very happy.

Q. On the five-week break, was that just rest and reset, or have you worked on something that's clearly paying dividends today?

MARCEL SIEM: I concentrated more on my physical workouts. I worked really hard, I think harder than ever in my life, in the gym for three weeks. Thanks, Chris. Thanks, Paul. And I feel great. I'm 45. I have to work out in the gym; otherwise, I won't last long here.

And so I didn't concentrate that much on my golf, to be honest. I played a lot on the course, but no technical stuff on the range. And, yeah, very happy.

Q. You mentioned taking the risk-reward 10, but what did you kind of really find in your game, you made that turn with that blistering back nine?

MARCEL SIEM: Like I said, a good driver on 10. I left eagle putt short. Easy birdie then.

And I holed a nice one on 11. A long putt.

12, I stiffed it with a 4-iron, but it was a great golf shot.

14, I stiffed my 8-iron. So that was two tap-ins, which is nice.

15, I screwed up the par-5, but I don't want to talk about negative stuff.

17 was great, two good golf shots, two-putt birdie.

And then 18, I had a very good up-and-down.

Game is there, I just have to trust it and trust in my body. I can always play golf, so the mental side is good, body is good, and I hope it's going to keep going like that.