PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

May 15, 2026

David Puig

Aronimink Golf Club

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THE MODERATOR: David Puig joining us here at the 108th PGA Championship. David, great day for you today. How would you summarize your second round?

DAVID PUIG: Yeah, definitely score was very good. I thought I definitely drove it a lot better yesterday, but my putting was really the key today and the patience. I made two great par putts on 7 and 8 to kind of keep going. I made a great par on 12 as well. I played the last four holes, which are really tough, really good. So really proud of the fight and the round.

THE MODERATOR: Questions?

Q. This is your best position after any round in a major. How excited are you to go into the weekend with a chance to really make some noise?

DAVID PUIG: No, yeah, very excited. I get up every day for weeks and days like today. I'm really excited about the weekend. I think obviously I could do some things better, hopefully the weekend.

But I think I've been getting a little better year after year, and I definitely got to this major championship as best prepared as I ever was, and compared to the other ones that I played.

So really excited to have some sort of late tee time on a Saturday at a major championship, and I'll give my best and hopefully it's good.

Q. I think right now you're leading in strokes gained off the tee through 36 holes, last time I checked. But obviously, as you mentioned, it was your putting today. How satisfying is it to be able to lean on not just your driver but also the putter in a major?

DAVID PUIG: No, yeah, it's amazing. Yesterday's driving was incredible, right. So today I probably visit the rough a couple more times, so that's why I said maybe I drove it a little worse. But it's still pretty good.

Yesterday I didn't really make much on the greens, but today I had a great day. So it's good to have some sort of combination between driver and putter. It's really great.

Q. And you played with a guy that was leading for a large part of the round today. How fun was it -- I know he's a little bit younger than you too, if I recall. How fun was it to kind of be out there, two guys really battling it out in a major, young guys?

DAVID PUIG: No, yeah, it was awesome. He's a really talented player. He hits it really far. I think I hit it pretty far, but he's definitely longer than me. And, yeah, I mean he -- obviously the last couple holes, with a couple bogeys, but he played unbelievable golf today and yesterday.

He's pretty much accomplished a lot of things already, but he's got a really, really bright future in front of him. So amazing player.