THE 154TH OPEN

July 19, 2026

John Parry

Mixed Zone

Q. A really good round today. What pleased you most about it?

JOHN PARRY: I played nice obviously. I played solid across the park. But I think, where it did go a little bit smelly, from sort of 10 to 13, 14, I made a few good up-and-downs, where maybe the other days I sort of let it slide a bit. That was pleasing to keep the momentum going.

Q. Obviously when you come into the last round and you're not up there challenging, it's difficult. You're out there, the crowds are loving it as well. Is it a special occasion still?

JOHN PARRY: Yeah, exactly. You get a bit of momentum, and you sort of think as well when you look at all the scoring, you can do a bit of damage in the morning. I guess the scoring is not as good this morning as it has been. I think the pins are probably the reason for that.

Now the wind has switched to what it's been every afternoon. I think that's the height of the wind, a lot of cross-hole winds. The first in the morning, I think the wind's a bit easier.

You never know what you're going to shoot. You obviously aren't going to outshoot Ryan Fox, but you can get a good round, you feel like you might keep going up the board a little bit. Yeah, pleasing week.

Q. Just the whole week and the setup here and what you've made of it?

JOHN PARRY: Yeah, it's perfect. Everything, the golf course is fantastic. Even though -- and it's played like a proper links course. A little bit of wind as well just to keep us on our toes.

Then with the fans and everything, it's a special week.

Q. What's coming up for you now?

JOHN PARRY: I'm flying to America tomorrow. I've got three weeks over there now. I fly to Minnesota, I think, or something like that, next week. Yeah, it's just go again next week.

Q. That will be a different challenge obviously.

JOHN PARRY: I don't think I'll be chasing balls in and running it 70 yards. At least it will be a bit more you know what's happening when you hit a shot and you know where it finishes. That will be nice.