Austin Eckroat spoke to the media after winning the Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches for his 1st PGA Tour victory.
Yeah I’m really not sure how I feel yet um haven’t really settled down um but just super excited and you know I’ve been waiting for this moment my whole life and I really uh don’t have a whole lot of words for it right now but super
Excited yeah I mean he’s the one that got me involved in the game My dad is and um he’s uh you know he’s been my swing instructor since um he might be I’m I’m the second most excited person in the world right now he’s definitely the first um it’s just been you know
We’re it’s been our Dream him his and eyes together since I was you know three is playing professional golf and winning on the PJ tour so it’s just a dream come true for both of us yeah I think 15 with where the win Direction was and the number I had it wasn’t that
Uncomfortable um for me at that moment where the you know if I would have been struggling with my ball striking I think that would have been really one but having to hit three-wood today on 16 I didn’t really love the idea of that cuz i’ been hitting three iron all week and
Then the wind direction was different this morning it was into the wind so I felt like I needed hit three-wood and that was just a little uncomfortable but um definitely the shot on 17 17’s the most you know scariest t-shot I think of the year I mean I it’s a tough one you
Looked cool and calm throughout that stretch is that how you felt on the inside no I was I was shaking my boots from the moment I got out here this morning so um I just try to keep it calm to meaner I think I do pretty well at
That in in all aspects whenever I’m playing bad or good um but I definitely didn’t feel calm on the inside that’s for sure is that something you actively think about staying calm staying even Keel your dad said you definitely don’t get that from him so uh is that
Something you’re actively working on on the golf course is just kind of something about your personality where it just comes natural no I think that’s just something about my personality just comes natural I’m that way in everyday life not just you know on the golf course just pretty stok never too high
Never too low so um I think it’s a blessing in golf though
