ISPS HANDA SENIOR OPEN

July 23, 2026

Rory Sabbatini

The Gleneagles Hotel, Kings Course

Quick Quotes

Q. 67 in difficult afternoon conditions. What was the key to getting that done?

RORY SABBATINI: Actually, overall, I drove the ball fairly well. You know, I never really got myself too much out of position, and then hit a lot of greens.

Obviously these greens are very generous. They give you a lot of room to hit them. But you know, just picking and choosing your battles when you get them, and you know, if you can not have to rely too much on your short game and make some stress-free pars, it gives you those opportunities, and they will arise out of this golf course.

Q. You turned 50 in April, so the youngster on tour. Rookie again. How does that feel?

RORY SABBATINI: Well, to be honest, it hurts. No, it's good to be out here. Obviously I stepped way from the game for about 2 1/2 years, and I'm not going to lie, I loved that a lot. That was very enjoyable.

Yeah, decided end of March to come back out here and been slowly working on getting some of the rust out of the game. It's getting there. It's getting closer.

Q. Third in your last start, so suggests you came in here with some form. Is that how it felt to you?

RORY SABBATINI: Yeah, obviously when you take 2 1/2 years off and you come back, I was showing up putting on marble greens; I was using a sledgehammer it felt like. I had no touch, no control. That started to come back.

As I said, knocking the rust off and cleaning up areas of the game. All of it is starting to come back into form. Yeah, definitely a lot of positives.