THE 154TH OPEN

July 17, 2026

David Duval

Mixed Zone

Q. A couple of 62s out there. Did you see that conditions-wise? How difficult was it out there?

DAVID DUVAL: When were they?

Q. Earlier in the day.

DAVID DUVAL: Yeah, probably. 62, now that's just exceptional. You can certainly see 65 or 64, but you're talking about the world's exceptional players, and you give them prime conditions, they can do it.

Q. Your first Open Championship in a few years. Were you able to enjoy it?

DAVID DUVAL: I had a blast. My scores weren't what I wanted. It's not like they were atrocious. I had a bad stretch, I think I bogeyed 8, 9, 10 and 11, then I got in trouble at 13 - I think it was 13 - made double, and you take those there, and I'm fighting at the cut. I'm fighting right at the cut line.

I really struggled from the 40-foot-plus range because I just came off of greens that were rolling 13 and a half at our Senior PLAYERS in Akron at Firestone, and I left them all six to ten feet short. I couldn't hit it hard enough from long-range, and I've always been good at that over the years.

Q. Would you still like to come back and play the next --

DAVID DUVAL: I will be at St Andrews next year. I will be at Lytham, where I won, the year after that. Then I'll look at where they're playing after that. Obviously at this point in my life and career, I have to look at kind of an exit, but if things hold true to the five-year St Andrews schedule, '32 would be I'm 60, St Andrews, walk up 18 on Sunday preferably and give away my stuff and be done.