PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

May 16, 2026

Matthias Schmid

Aronimink Golf Club

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THE MODERATOR: Matti Schmid is with us now at the 108th PGA Championship. Matti, a 65 for you today. What can you tell us about your third round?

MATTI SCHMID: Really good. I drove it very good, the best off the tee this week and also the best on the greens for me this week.

Iron play was okay, I would say. I've hit my irons nice the last couple of days as well.

But, yeah, trending in the right direction.

Q. A couple of things. The wind keeps picking up. By the end of the round, it was like that. What's your way, how do you deal with these conditions?

MATTI SCHMID: Yeah, you have to, on this course, kind of play for the angles a little bit, even though sometimes it's really tough to hold the fairways. Sometimes from the right angle from the rough, you have chances to hit the greens and give yourself a good birdie putt.

The greens are so perfect, so even like if you're inside of 30 feet, you still have a decent chance to make a few of the putts.

Q. You had a couple of players probably shorter than you explaining that being tall with this rough is a big advantage. Do you feel that that's true?

MATTI SCHMID: Yeah, absolutely. I played the first two rounds with a couple guys who were shorter than me, and yeah, they struggled a lot more than I did. I have a pretty steep attack angle -- or I can have a pretty steep attack angle, and that helps, for sure, out there.

Q. I don't know if it's possible to keep track of the leaderboard. Did you even bother trying? And what do you think when you look up? At last count 14 different players have at least had a share of the lead. You're one of them.

MATTI SCHMID: No, I was pretty busy with the conditions out there, but I saw myself on top once, and that was good, yeah.

Q. Do you consider yourself under the radar? If so, is that kind of a comfortable place to be playing from?

MATTI SCHMID: Definitely not the center of attention, I would say, but I still have to focus on doing the things that I have to do well enough and just focus on myself, trying to be the best version of myself tomorrow again. Hopefully it leads to a really good round, and then we'll see.