Marcel Siem opens up about the emotional toll of last week’s home championship, where he recorded an incredible 20 birdies and three eagles. He calls it a “proper roller coaster” that cost him a lot of energy—but one that reaffirmed his form. Now, he’s aiming to carry that momentum into a calmer, more composed week in Scotland.
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Well, Marcel, a lovely start to your Genesis Scottish Open, a 65. You’re on the first page of that leaderboard. Tell us how you’re feeling on on the back of that. Yeah, pretty good. Um game is still there. Um hold a few nice parts. Um but uh I think I still feel a bit from last week. Uh my nervous system was uh I I heard everything, you know, people walking, people having a chat somewhere, uh seeing people walking my line. So, I think uh hopefully tomorrow I’ll be a bit calmer and won’t see as many things. Um but I’m very very happy with that start. I know you’re very invested last week and I know it can be emotionally draining playing in your home championship. It is like they say like a fifth major, isn’t it? It is. Yeah, it was fantastic. The crowd was really behind me there and uh I think uh my Kelly said I made 20 birdies and three eagles uh to shoot four under. So, it was a proper roller coaster and cost me a lot of energy, but it was fantastic and um the whole week was great. Um, I hope I can um, you know, keep doing what I’m doing now. I I know I’m putting well, I’m hitting the ball well and uh, hope I get my calmness back, my coolness back on the golf course, and then uh, we will see what happens. It’s almost a different kind of Scottish uh, Lynx golf, isn’t it? When it’s this hot and this dry. I love it. Um, uh, you know, if it’s if it’s warm and very windy, it’s not that windy today, but um, I think this is what it’s all about. When we play the open, usually we have good weather and it’s quite a lot of wind. Um, I think that’s when it’s getting tricky, but you can still move. You know, if it’s 5°ree and rain, then it’s it’s it’s even tougher. But I think if we if we are able to move and and are able to hit certain shots in high winds uh because the body is warm, then it’s fantastic. There’s nothing better than that. Well played today. Thank Thank you very much.
