Lanto GriffinThursday Flash Interview 2024 ISCO Championship © PGA Tour
how how’s that round compared to some of the others you’ve had this this year I know it’s your it ties your low round couple of them it’s it’s pretty nice to see finally it’s been a rough year with a putter so uh found something Tuesday in my grip that felt felt pretty good and and um didn’t feel great yesterday which is weird but um putter was putter was good today so I was actually kind of able to play my my normal game of not being overly aggressive this whole year just felt like you know you got to hit at the tap in range and um you know three putts and stuff so today was fun to be able to take advantage of par fivs two putts two putt birdies and and kind of plot my way around body didn’t feel that great today um so I really didn’t feel like I I hit it that that well I just managed my game um which is I haven’t felt that in a while so it’s nice to nice to get a low round where it didn’t feel like you know everything was going your way you said you found something with the Putter and it was the grip can you elaborate on that a little bit did you find it yourself was somebody pointing it out you no i’ I’ve I’ve been pulling putts I’ve been aiming right and pulling putts all year and hitting them off the heel um the problem there is when I aim straight you know I I don’t know how to not hit it left so it’s been frustrating as heck and I you I’ve been grinding it’s harder than I ever have um you know sometimes you look at scores and you’re like you know maybe he’s not working hard in that type of deal and it’s it’s been the exact opposite um probably detrimentally working too much trying too hard so um literally just weakened my grip up uh I keep notes of every tournament when I played well so I kind of looked back on weeks I’d played well in 19 and 20 and and it was like you know ke all your putting was a weak left hand so I literally just tried it tried something and the putter the toe wasn’t turning over and and I actually felt like I could aim left and which was which is straight and not feel like I was going to miss it you know loads left so it’s golf’s a weird game none of it makes sense um but you know you kind of got to find that little that little thing that works for you and it it doesn’t always make sense the notes that you mentioned how far back do they go and how often do you kind of refer back to them uh if you ask my wife she would laugh it’s it’s disgusting how often I look at them the problem is with something like that is you know the weak hand might have worked well then but I might have been aiming differently or something else might have been different so it’s kind of a double-edged sword but no I keep notes every week um especially weeks I play well kind of attached videos to him that’s always been you know any young players that are that listen to this it’s nice to be able to look back on when you played well um and and kind of have a detailed description of what you were doing then um it’s it’s always been beneficial to me every once in a while backfires but um this week it worked it’s good advice um just finally uh last you were planning on a medical for a stretch and finished last week how has that changed your mindset a little bit this week or coming in here without that I mean Medicals are tough H it’s tough mentally knowing that it’s weird because it’s no different than a normal year but you have a number starts so it didn’t feel like you know I’m just going to go play five weeks in a row and play through you know play through you know a slump it’s like oh I don’t really feel like I’m playing well I’m going to take a week out I don’t want to waste a start so a year and a half of that mentality of Wishy Washi should I play this week should I not um it’s it’s brutal um so obviously body’s different now than it was pre-surgery but um you know the work ethic and everything’s there I just kind of got to kind of get back into a Groove and and today was nice it felt you know the funny thing is when you look back on good weeks that you’ve had you know in your mind you think you just striped it and everything went well but realistically if you really think back it’s like you know you really didn’t hit it any better or do anything you just you maybe you made some pots and played smart and and worked your way around so it’s a uh yeah we we think a lot out here especially when you’re not playing well so it’s been a lot of thinking for me this year thank you you got it appreciate it good
