Mark Hubbard shares how he has grown as a player, with renewed confidence and hard work seeing him net 2 top 5 finishes in 2024 and qualifying for the US Open.
to my eye you have lost the intimidation uh it seems to me that you’re comfortable in your own skin you’re comfortable of being who you are albeit you’re continuing to work on your game because now you have belief in in where you are and what you can do do you feel that way do you feel like you’re in the best place for you mentally right now and as a result you can build on this solid foundation yeah definitely yeah um I mean I I definitely feel and and know that I belong out here um you know I’ve played with all of these guys and you know I’ve had stretches where you know last last year at RBC I played with Rory both days on the weekend and beat him like I I know I can beat all these guys um I you know I know I’m still searching for that first win but it you know it’s it’s very evident that I belong out here and you know I’m old now I’ve I’ve been out here for a while so uh I would hope that I’m I’m comfortable what does it mean for you to know that you earned your way into the US Open that after a few days of rest and a little bit of practice probably some good food and I hope a glass of wine that you’re going to be heading to Pinehurst number two in competing in the US Open there yeah it’s great this is this is my second open but the the first one I played at Wing foot was during the co year so I mean I guess I technically earned it because they went off like the FedEx Cup or world ranking whatever so my you know my play did get me in but it was definitely a different feeling you know having to go through that that qualifier it’s it’s a brutal day and uh you got to say super mentally focused especially after a long week at RBC um you know it takes a lot out of you so it definitely means a little more and I’m also you know like I said it was the co year last time so I don’t I don’t feel like I got the full US Open experience with the fans so I’m to be you know at an iconic venue like Pinehurst and to have have the full fans I’m I’m really really excited
