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A GROUP COMING BACK HAVE A GREAT REST OF THE SHOW. >> ALL RIGHT, TAKING US INSIDE THE ROPES OF SOME OF THE TESTS THESE PLAYERS WILL FACE THIS WEEK. A MOMENT BACK TO THE SHANE LOWRY UNDERWAY. >> WELCOME BACK TO PORT RUSH, WHAT HAVE YOU MADE OF THE RECEPTION SO FAR AND THE LAST TO WIN BACK TO BACK HAVE YOU BEEN LEANING INTO HIM FOR ADVICE? >> BACK TO BACK I WOULD NOT SAY BACK TO BACK IT WAS SIX YEARS AGO, XANDER HAS A CHANCE TO GO BACK TO BACK THIS YEAR. IT’S AMAZING TO BE BACK, IT’S PRETTY COOL WE ARE BACK SO QUICKLY AFTER SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ONLY FIVE OPENS SINCE THE LAST WHICH GOES TO SHOW WHAT THE ORGANIZERS THINK OF THIS VENUE. I THINK OBVIOUSLY I’M A LITTLE BIT BIASED BUT I THINK IT’S ONE OF THE BEST VENUES AND YOU LOOK AT THE WEATHER AND IT IS INCREDIBLE AND THE GOLF COURSE I PLAYED IT THIS MORNING IT IS PERFECT RIGHT NOW. I THINK IT’S READY FOR A GREAT WEEK OF GOLF AND TRYING TO JUDGE THE SCORING I THINK THE SCORING WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT AND IT WILL PLAY QUITE TOUGH, BUT YEAH, IT IS AMAZING TO BE BACK. LOOK I AM THERE AND I AM OBVIOUSLY THERE’S A LOT OF MEMORIES AND A LOT OF THINKING BACK TO WHAT I DID. WHAT I DID WAS VERY SPECIAL AND TO WALK DOWN THE 18th HOLE WITH A SICK SHOT LEAD, I WILL PROBABLY NEVER DO THAT AGAIN SO I’M NOT GOING TO TRY TO REPLICATE THAT THIS WEEK I WILL GO TRY TO PLAY THE TOURNAMENT AS WELL AS I CAN. I HAVE PREPAID — PREPARED AS WELL AS I CAN SO GO ON AND GET AFTER IT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >> REGARDING RORY WE TALKED TO HIM EARLIER TODAY AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW ILL PREPARE HE FELT STANDING AT THE TEACHER GOING TO THE 19 WITH ADULATION AND HE WAS TAKEN ABACK BY IT, CAN YOU RELATE TO THAT TO ANY DEGREE AND HOW OVERWHELMING THAT COULD BE AND IF YOU EVER HAD SPOKEN ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE HE HAD ON 19. >> YEAH, I RECKON THAT MORNING IN 2019 WAS THE MOST NERVOUS I HAVE EVER BEEN ON THE FIRST TEE OF A TOURNAMENT. ALL YOU WANT TO DO IS GET THE BALL DOWN THE FAIRWAY AND RORY DID NOT DO THAT, I REMEMBER TALKING TO HIM IN THE LEAD UP TO THAT AND HE DID PUT PRESSURE ON HIMSELF, THE BIGGEST TOURNAMENT HE WILL EVER PLAY BUT YOU LIVE AND YOU LEARN AND I’M SURE HE WON’T DO THAT THIS WEEK. IS A BIG EVENT FOR ALL IRISH PEOPLE THIS WEEK, IT’S HUGE AND WE ARE GOING OUT AND DO WE WANT TO DO IS GIVE OURSELVES A CHANCE COME THE WEEKEND AND IF YOU GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN, DO SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT BUT NOT THAT MUCH. HE DOES NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HE DID ON THE FIRST HOLE AND I DON’T MIND TALKING ABOUT WHAT I DID. >> OBVIOUSLY THE DECISION NOT TO PLAY SCOTLAND LAST WEEK. WHERE DID YOU PLAY, WHAT COURSES CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR LOVE OF LINKS GOLF AND THE DIFFERENCE TO TARGET GOLF. >> THE LAST TWO WEEKS I HAVE PLAYED THE ISLAND, WATERVILLE, HOGS HEAD AND SO I HAVE PLAYED SOME OF THE BEST COURSES WE HAVE IN THE COUNTRY. I FEEL FORTUNATE I HAVE THAT ON MY DOORSTEP AND YOU KNOW I CAN DO THAT PRETTY EASILY. I HAVE ONLY PLAYED SCOTLAND ONCE IN THE LAST EIGHT OR 10 YEARS. AND THEN I WENT TO HIGH LINK AND MISSED THE CUT SO THAT DID NOT WORK OUT WELL. SO I WENT AND I PUT MYSELF IN WATERVILLE AND SPENT THE WEEK DOWN THERE AND PLAYED GOLF EVERY DAY PLAYED A LOT OF GOLF AND THE WEATHER WAS ALMOST TOO GOOD. THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH WIND AND THE SUN WAS SHINING TOO MUCH IT WAS TOO WARM. IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING COUPLE WEEKS. I HAVE BEEN HOME THE LAST THREE WEEKS SO I HAVE HAD A NICE TIME BACK HOME AND I FEEL, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE A LITTLE BIT REJUVENATED AND READY TO GO AGAIN. I HAVE HAD A BUSY SEASON AND IT IS ABOUT TO BE ANOTHER BUSY NEXT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AS WELL. SO YES I FEEL LIKE I AM READY TO GO AGAIN. >> SHANE, WONDERING WHAT YOU MAKE OF YOUR CURRENT FORM WITH SOME SOLID RESULTS RECENTLY, MAJORS MAYBE NOT WE WANT TO BE AND IF YOU FEEL PRESSURE TRYING TO PREP FOR THE WEEK AND FEELING GOOD ABOUT IT. >> THE LAST OBVIOUSLY THE LAST TWO MAJORS I MISSED CUTS AND YOU KNOW I PRIDE MYSELF ON NOT MISSING CUTS. ESPECIALLY IN THE BIG EVENTS I FEEL I CAN ALWAYS GIVE MYSELF THERE IN THE BIG EVENTS AND I HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS BUT I HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY QUITE GOOD THIS YEAR WITH A COUPLE CHANCES TO WIN. WHICH I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT I DIDN’T BUT WE HAVE A FEW MONTHS LEFT TO REDEEM MYSELF AND GET A WIN ON THE BOARD BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW WELL YOU ARE PLAYING IF YOU DON’T HAVE A WIN BESIDE YOUR NAME AT LEAST ONCE YOU DON’T REALLY CLASS AS VERY GOOD. YES MY SEASON IS GOING TO HAVE A GOOD FEDEX CUP RANKING AT THE MINUTE AND THINGS ARE GOING ALL RIGHT. I DO FEEL LIKE I PLAYED TOO MUCH GOLF IN THE LEAD UP TO THE U.S. OPEN, NINE OF 11 WEEKS. I FEEL LIKE THAT REALLY GOT TO ME. THAT IS MY OWN FAULT, BUT I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND PUT A DECENT BIT OF WORK IN OVER THE LAST WEEK AND GET READY FOR THIS WEEK AND I DO FEEL READY, I REALLY DO. >> WHEN YOU LOOK BACK TO THIS AND THE WAY YOU PLAYED, HOW MUCH OF IT WAS A SHOT IN THE ARM OF CONFIDENCE GOING FORWARD AND HOW MUCH OF IT CREATED FRUSTRATION FOR WANTING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AGAIN WHICH IS NOT EASY TO DO? >> I THINK YOU HAVE TO, YOU CANNOT LOOK, DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS A LIFELONG DREAM YOU CAN’T LOOK AT IT AS OTHER THINGS LIKE IN A POSITIVE WAY, IF YOU LOOK AT IT ANY OTHER WAY I DON’T KNOW YOU ARE IN THE WRONG WAY OR I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE. YOU ARE VERY PESSIMISTIC IF YOU DO LOOK AT IT LIKE THAT. SPENDS 2019 APART FROM THE COVERT YEAR I FEEL LIKE MY GOLF HAS BEEN OKAY. IT HAS NOT BEEN IT HAS BEEN VERY CONSISTENT I FEEL LIKE OBVIOUSLY NOT WHAT I WOULD’VE LIKED, YOU NEED TO KEEP GOING DAILY, WEEK TO WEEK AND GIVE YOURSELF THE BEST CHANCE I STILL HAVE CERTAIN THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO ACHIEVE IN THE GAME AND I’M WORKING HARD WITH THAT. YEAH, I DO FEEL LIKE SINCE 2019 I HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT PERSON, A DIFFERENT CALL FOR AND IF YOU LIKE I HAVE BEEN BETTER. I FEEL LIKE I WAS A BETTER GOLFER THAN IT WAS IN 2019, I AM BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN I WILL GO WIN BY SEVEN THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF SIX. IT’S JUST GOLF THAT’S THE WAY IT IS. I THINK AS A GOLFER YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AS THE GLASS IS ALWAYS HALF FULL. IF YOU LOOK AT IT ANY OTHER WAY YOU’RE GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE SO I TRY TO LOOK AT IT THAT WAY ALL THE TIME. >> ON 2019 WHAT IS YOUR SENSE AND HASN’T CHANGED OF WHY IT CAME TOGETHER FOR YOU ON THAT WEEK? >> SPENT THE LAST SIX YEARS TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT, TOO. AT THE TIME I DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHY BUT IF YOU LOOK BACK MY RESULTS HAVE BEEN GOOD GOING INTO THE TOURNAMENT. I MISSED THE CUT AT THE MASTERS I THINK I SHOT FIVE OVER THE FIRST ROUND PGA AND FINISHED EIGHTH, SHOT 77 THE FIRST ROUND OF THE U.S. OPEN WITH A GREAT SECOND ROUND TO MAKE THE CUT AND 20th OR SOMETHING. THEN I FINISHED SECOND TO RORY IN CANADA. PLAYING SOLID, REALLY GOOD GOLF THE WHOLE YEAR THAN A GAME TO PLACE THAT I KNEW AND LOVED AND IT ALL CLICKED. I WAS PLAYING SOME OF THE BEST GOLF OF MY LIFE AND SOME PEOPLE SAID TO ME THIS WEEK, A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT ARE CLOSE TO ME WORKING PRACTICE ROUNDS IN 2019 THEY KNEW I WAS PLAYING REALLY WELL AND I WAS READY FOR IT. I SAID I WISH YOU WOULD’VE TOLD ME BECAUSE I REMEMBER THAT WEEK I WAS QUITE ANTSY AND UPTIGHT ABOUT THE WHOLE THING AND THAT’S BECAUSE YOU WANT TO PERFORM SO WELL AND SO MUCH. I STILL DON’T KNOW WHY. YOU NEVER KNOW WHY, AS A GOLFER THE WAY I LOOK AT IT I TRY TO DO THE DAILY STUFF VERY WELL AND KEEP GOING DAY TO DAY AND HOPEFULLY YOU GET TO SUNDAY’S AND HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN TOURNAMENTS BECAUSE I CANNOT CONTROL WHAT I’M DOING NEXT SUNDAY OR RIGHT NOW I CAN ONLY CONTROL HERE AND NOW AND WHAT I WOULD DO AFTER THIS AND WHEN I WAKE UP TOMORROW MORNING. I CANNOT CONTROL ANYTHING ELSE OR WHAT I HAVE DONE IN THE PAST SO I DON’T REALLY, THERE’S NO REAL ANSWER IT JUST HAPPENED. I ALWAYS COUNT MYSELF QUITE LUCKY. ALWAYS HAVE DONE WELL, ACHIEVED SOME GOOD THINGS IN MY CAREER BUT SOME OF THE BIG THINGS HAVE BEEN PRETTY NICE AND I ALWAYS SAY NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, I WILL HAVE, EVEN 2019 WITH SPECIAL AND HERE, SOMETHING NOBODY WILL EVER BE ABLE TO TAKE AWAY FROM ME. >> JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT, THERE’S A FANTASTIC MURAL. >> I AM HAPPY YOU HAVE TO DRIVE THE OTHER WAY. >> IT IS, MURALS HAVE BECOME A HUGE THING IN RECENT YEARS IN TERMS OF IMMORTALIZING SPORTS LIKE THE ULTIMATE RECOGNITION OF SOMETHING YOU HAVE ACHIEVED IN YOUR LIFE, I REMEMBER THE DAY WHEN YOU WON HERE AND THERE WAS A LOT OF FORMER SOCCER PLAYERS TWEETING YOU AND PUTTING MESSAGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS HOW DOES IT SIT WITH YOU? BECAUSE IT IS A LIFE-CHANGING EVENT TO BE IMMORTALIZED LIKE THAT WITH THAT MERRILL, YOU KIND OF REALIZE IT HAPPENED IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN. >> THING IS, YOU VERY RARELY SIT BACK AND THINK, OBVIOUSLY I KNOW WHEN I WON IN 2019 IT WAS VERY SPECIAL AND IT WAS AN AMAZING DAY FOR THE COUNTRY AND ME AND MY FAMILY AROUND ME, BUT I DON’T THINK IT CHANGED ME MUCH AS A PERSON OR I DID NOT SIT BACK AND THINK LIKE US AT ALL THE PEOPLE TREATING ME I DID NOT SCROLL THROUGH THE TWEETS OR WHEN MY MURAL WAS PUT IN THE WALL I DO NOT THINK I IMMORTALIZED MYSELF. HONESTLY, I’M JUST MYSELF. DAY TODAY I’M JUST MYSELF I JUST HAPPENED TO BE OKAY AT GOLF AND LUCKY ENOUGH TO ACHIEVE SOME COOL THINGS THAT’S HOW I FEEL. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT IT IS THE ULTIMATE. >> IT IS VERY SPECIAL. REMEMBER WHEN THEY ASKED US ABOUT THIS OVER A YEAR AGO NOW, A GOOD WHILE AGO I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF IT AT THE START AND WHEN THEY DID IT, I WAS LIKE , THEN PEOPLE KEPT SENDING ME PICTURES. EVERYONE THAT COMES UP HERE TO SEND ME PICTURES BE CITED SOME OF THEM I CANNOT SAY WHAT THEY WERE DOING IN IT. IT IS SPECIAL I HAVE DONE SOMETHING SPECIAL IN MY LIFE. THEY HAVE THEY HAVE ALSO RECENTLY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IN THE LAST YEAR AND THAT’S VERY COOL. IT IS COOL. >> A FEW MORE QUESTIONS REMAINING. BRIAN WE WILL START WITH YOU. >> SHAME, RORY WAS HERE EARLIER TALKING ABOUT THE EMOTIONS OF 2019 AND THE MASTERS AND THE INTERNAL BATTLE AND THE BATTLE WITH HIMSELF RATHER THAN THE GOLF COURSE. I’M JUST WONDERING SPENDING TIME OVER THE YEARS WITH THE EMPHASIS ON THE MENTAL GAME HOW YOUR MENTAL GAME HAS CHANGED AND EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS BEING PLUS 10 PULLING THE GOLF COURSE WHAT HANDICAP WOULD YOU GIVE YOU IN THE MENTAL GAME DEPARTMENT AND HOW MUCH DO YOU WORK ON THAT? >> YOU LOOK, I DON’T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT. LOOK AT WHAT RORY DID IN 2019 AND AT THE TIME EVERYBODY TALKED LIKE THIS IS THE END OF THE WORLD. MISSING THE CUT THIS IS THE END OF THE WORLD. GOLF WILL NEVER BE THE SAME BUT YOU MOVE ON AND FORGET ABOUT THAT PRETTY QUICK. I THINK IF YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU DO TODAY ACTUALLY DOESN’T, IT IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD, IT REALLY IS NOT. YOU KNOW, JUST APPLY YOURSELF AS WELL AS YOU CAN AND THEN GO GIVE 100%, THAT’S ALL YOU CAN DO. AS MY OWN MENTAL GAME, I HAVE HAD A COUPLE EPISODES THIS YEAR, GOLF IS HARD AT THIS LEVEL AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE YES I HAVE BEEN AT MY BEST BUT I FEEL LIKE I AM PRETTY GOOD AT GOING AND COMPETING AGAINST THE BEST IN THE WORLD WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT AND I GIVE MYSELF THE BEST SHOT. I HAVE PUT A BIT OF WORK INTO IT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. WORKING WITH BOB NOW AND NEIL IS VERY INFLUENTIAL IN MY HOLE SET UP AND GETTING READY FOR TOURNAMENTS SO, I TRY TO MAKE MYSELF FEEL READY WHEN I GO TO PLAY. I DON’T, WEEKS LIKE OAKMONT WHERE I MASSIVELY UNDERPERFORMED, I DON’T FEEL LIKE I WAS SORT OF READY FOR WHAT IT WAS THROWING AT ME. YOU KNOW SOMETIMES HONESTLY, LIKE SOMETIMES WHEN EVERYTHING IS GOING REALLY WELL, I GET COMPLACENT AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, BEFORE I KNOW WHAT I AM THREE OVER THROUGH FIVE AND YOU HAVE A PANIC BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WILL DO WELL AND WHEN THINGS ARE NOT GOING WELL IS WHEN I AM AT MY BEST WHEN I DON’T FEEL THINGS ARE