Pressure comes from fear. If you start thinking about the result or what might happen if you do something, that's the only time there's pressure.
Brooks Koepka
I'm pretty chill.
As long as every tournament, every year, you're getting better and better, that's all that matters.
There are a lot of things that people love, they just can't do for a living.
I could have played in a lot of Monday qualifiers for PGA Tour events, which would have been fine as long as I was getting through. But Monday qualifiers can also be depressing if you are missing out time and again.
You tell me I can't do something, I'm going to do it.
When you're out here grinding away, firing at some flags, firing at the middle of the green, you just got to be very patient, and I always do a pretty good job of that in the majors.
My goals? They're pretty high.
What's been good for the downtime is I got a dog. A little black lab. I've been training her, so she's kept me occupied.
Being 21, 22 years old... traveling the world and getting to play golf is pretty neat.
Golf's my job; it's not my life. It's something I've enjoyed, but I also like to get away from the golf course.
I'm just focused on me.
To be honest, I'm not a big golf nerd. Golf is kind of boring, not much action.
I'm an athlete. I'm not a big golf nerd in that aspect. I'm not big on the history.
I feel like if you outwork everybody, you're giving yourself the best opportunity every time you go into an event. You want to outwork everybody, and you want to beat everybody. Put in the work, and the results will come.
I've got a good game plan... keep things simple with my golf swing.
Records are meant to be broken, I guess.
A lot of guys are known for the stuff they do off the golf course and who they like to hang around. It's pretty obvious who's doing that and who isn't.
Sometimes your haters are your biggest motivators.
I like to lay low. I like to hang back. I like to be the person that's not really recognized.
I see the young guys coming out of college. They are bombing it past me. They hit it so far, they are leaving me in the dust.
I think of three things, and that's it. Just keep it short and take it outside and swing it left.
I play fairly aggressively week to week and fire at a lot of pins. So I might miss more greens than other pros, but I'm still only a few yards from the hole when I do. That being said, when I really need to hit a green in regulation, I'm confident in my swing.
I think it's always great to have the support of fans and get as many people as you can behind you.
You've got guys who will kiss up, and I'm not gonna kiss up. I don't need to kiss anyone's butt. I'm here to play golf.
You start comparing yourself to other people, you end up trying to be that person. You've got to be your own person, do it your own way. You can be motivated by somebody, but you don't have to take after them.
My expectations have always been to be one of the top players in the world, and that matches well with Paylocity's mission. They are changing things in their industry just like I want to make a mark on professional golf.
To be No. 1 is something I've dreamed of as a kid.
Everyone remembers the winner; nobody remembers who finishes second. But quite a lot, I seem to be right around the hunt with nine holes to play.
At home, I'm definitely not watching golf. I'd rather be watching baseball, basketball, football, whatever it is.
I've been so in the zone, you don't know where you are or where you're at.
To defend your major is pretty tough.
I'm not somebody who's going to panic if things go the wrong way.
I don't get sore. If you're working out every day, you're not going to be sore.
I typically opt for a fade when I'm hitting into greens. It's just an easier shot to control.
I enjoy being pushed to the limit. Sometimes you feel like you are about to break mentally, but that's what I enjoy.
I don't feel like there is anybody out there with more confidence than me.
I was a pretty average golfer.
Three majors at 28. It's a cool feeling. It really is.
It's really impressive when you've got two teams that are really battling it out, low-scoring game, a pitcher's duel. To me, that's so fun to watch.
I haven't had too many tragedies in my family where there has been a loss or even an accident. I've been lucky in that sense.
Golf's weird because it's individual, and there's nobody to blame but yourself, but then, golfers also have this it's-everybody-else's-fault thing where you don't take ownership.
My whole life, I grew up watching Tiger Woods. If I tuned in to a golf tournament, that's who I watched.
I just think pressure is all what you put on yourself.
I enjoy hard golf courses.
A question I get asked a lot in pro-ams is how I'm able to swing the club as hard as I do. Honestly, I'm not swinging that hard. I'm using about 75 percent of my maximum effort.
You're always working to try and climb that ladder.
You always feel like you've got something to prove, whether it be to yourself or somebody else. I can think of plenty of people along the way telling me I'll be nothing, working at McDonald's, doing things like that. The whole time, you're just trying to prove them wrong.
The U.S. Open just takes so much discipline. You have got to be a great putter and just kind of let things roll off your back.
I get in that zone, even if I'm relaxing or whatever, where I just zone out. I don't even hear anybody. You could ask me a question five times, and I don't even hear it.
