Nick Taylor spoke to the media ahead of the Waste Management Phoenix Open, where he was asked:
– How does it feel to be back as defending champ?
– Why do you think you seem to do so well in playoffs?
yeah you know it’s been uh it’s been a fun year to to kind of Reminisce I guess coming back here I do practice here a lot of bit so i’ I’ve I’ve been here since you know when I won last year but really the last two years the experiences of kind of being in the final group um the the Crowds Are Always incredible and to have that atmosphere and be able to pull out last year after being so close year before was was amazing so it’s been nice to to kind of run on that high and and have you know some success to start this year as well I think yeah you I guess you get confidence and you get in those situations the more that you you pull out successful outcomes but um you know I’m just as nervous in those situations as probably anybody else I feel like I have more clarity um in those playoffs of what I’m trying to do um you know anything you try to work in in golf is you know if you’re over a a swing or a putt and there’s doubt or there’s indecision it’s probably not going to end up well and for some reason you know in those situations I have a lot of clarity and no doubt and um you know not always that’s going to have the best outcome but for for the putts to go in when they need to and the shots to pull off it’s been a lot of fun so of course every time it happens you get more confidence in in that situation and um yeah it’s just been fun to be able to to pull it out and it’s you know those situations if they end the other way and I lose all three of those playoffs it’s obviously a different story of of where my career is really at so to be able to be on the other side of that every single time has really been a kind of a catapult of where my career’s gone so much in golf has taken care of taken advantage of the opportunities um that you’re given if it’s anywhere from trying to get your PJ tour card um that I’ve had to deal with in the past or keeping your card or um I feel like in those those situations in the past have been able to take care of or take advantage of those opportunities so again I feel like I just have more clarity when I’m when I’m trying to win it’s not necessarily I’m stepping on the tea expecting to win or or be there in the last few holes but just get back to the the simple things of the process and I’ve done a really good job when I getting those moments and a lot of things I’m working with my team is trying to do that Thursday morning um which I know will get me in in those positions more often hopefully but um I’ve been able to to to take advantage when I have gotten those chances to try to win
