ABU DHABI ALDAR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

November 5, 2026

Bernd Wiesberger

Yas Links

Quick Quotes

Q. Excellent round of 7-under 65. What pleased you most about your play?

BERND WIESBERGER: A bit of everything, really. Was in quite a good mood all day today. It's nice to get rewarded with a little bit of a lay-in for playing a nice season and play by your ranking position, have a little bit of a later tee time.

You know, everything was kind of decent. I got rewarded at the end with a couple longer putts. I gave myself a lot of looks, which I took most of them.

And all in all, it was a very solid golfing day, and I enjoyed it out there. It was a lovely day to play golf.

Q. Talking about a good season, obviously you've had a win, you're also 8th in the race to get one of those PGA Tour cards. There are 10 available at the end of next week. Is that something that's in the back of your mind?

BERND WIESBERGER: I mean, I'm aware about it. But obviously, just as much knowing that there's so many points at stake at these last two events that all I want to do is play golf like I did today and go into every shot with a positive mindset and try and execute.

I did that pretty well today for the most part. And we add up on Sunday next week, so obviously it's a goal of everyone to finish as high in the ranking as we can. And if that comes with a place on the PGA Tour, it would be nicer. But, you know, first things first.

Q. You've got nine wins since 2012. Only Rahm, Matt Fitz and Rory have got more. How proud of that achievement? They're all major champions, some of the best players in the world.

BERND WIESBERGER: Yeah, this is my 20th year as a professional. Spent most of them on the DP World Tour. I had, you know, great success, was able to get onto a Ryder Cup team as well. So very proud of what I've achieved so far in my years out here.

But I feel like there's a lot of game still left in me. I was able to show it today and compete with great up-and-coming players like Oliver and Joe and Eugenio and who it may be. So it's nice to be still competitive.

I know I'm still driven. So hopefully I can add a couple more to that. But obviously very pleased with where the game has taken me.