Nick Dunlap bucking his driving trends in WWT Championship Round 1 | Golf Central | Golf Channel

The Golf Central crew hears from World Wide Technology co-leaders Sami Valimaki and Nick Dunlap before diving into how Dunlap is having an exceptional showing to buck his driving trends for the year. #golf #PGATour #NickDunlap
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CHAMPIONSHIP? >> NO ONE WOULD CATCH THAT DUO THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. GOOD TO SEE THIS GOLF COURSE BEING ATTACKED AND THERE ARE THE REST OF THE FIRST PAGE ON THE LEADERBOARD, GRIFFON POSTED 7 UNDER 65, ALONGSIDE MATT, EIGHTth IS OUR LEADER, 11 UNDER PAR. >> I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT OFFER THE TEE, TODAY IT WAS EASIER TO HIT OFF THE FAIRWAY, I COULD USE MY PUTTER AND STRONG IRON, I FEEL I WOULD PULL IT OFF. >> CURRENTLY 103rd IN THE FEDEX CUP FALL STANDINGS, WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR BIGGEST AREA OF FOCUS DURING THESE FALL EVENTS? >> I DON’T KNOW, I MEAN, JUST STRUGGLING. I FEEL LIKE, JUST, THIS IS THE GAME OF GOLF, JUST HAVE TO PLAY AND WE WILL SEE HOW IT WILL GO. >> KIND OF ONE OF THOSE DAYS, GOLF HAS BEEN VERY HARD RECENTLY AND TODAY WAS THE OPPOSITE OF THAT. I THINK I HIT EVERY FAIRWAY, THE FAIRWAYS ARE FORGIVING OUT HERE FOR THE MOST PART. GAVE MYSELF A TON OF GOOD IRON AND WEDGE OPPORTUNITIES AND ROLLED IT REALLY, REALLY NICE. >> IT IS AMAZING HOW QUICKLY THIS GAME CAN CHANGE FOR ANYBODY, YOU MENTIONED PRESSURE COOKER THIS TIME OF YEAR IS BECAUSE YOU ARE FIGHTING FOR YOUR JOB AND STATUS FOR NEXT YEAR AND EXACTLY WHAT YOU WILL BE ABLE DO. FOR SOME IT BRINGS OUT THEIR BEST, PERHAPS THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING FROM DUNLAP. >> HIS BEST DRIVING EXHIBITION, I KNOW THIS COURSE IS EASY TO HITFAIRS WAYS BUT SURPRISES, FOR ME, THE BIGGEST 2025 IS TAWPIE SERVEY WAY MCILROY PLAYED FINAL ROUND OF MASTERS ON THE WAY TO WINNING. YOU MAY SAY JJ SPAWN WINNING THE U.S. OPEN, CAMPBELL, DEAD LAST DRIVING DISTANCE, WINNING TWO TIMES THIS YEAR, BIT OF A SURPRISE THE WAY MICHAEL BRENNAN BROKE TWO AND ONE IN UTAH. ANOTHER SURPRISE. EARLY ON HERE BUT IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME NICK DUNLAP WOULD HIT EVERY SINGLE FAIRWAY, EVEN ON IS THE EASIEST GOLF COURSE TO HIT FAIRWAYS ON THE PGA TOUR Y WOULD HAVE SAID, I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THAT. TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HE HAS DONE THIS YEAR OFF OF THE TEE. ONLY COUNT 175 PLAYERS, HE IS DEAD LAST IN STROKES GAINED OFF OF THE TEE. THAT IS A LOT OF TRIPS BACK TO THE TEE, LOSING A STROKE AND A HALF TO THE FIELD, PER ROUND ALL YEAR LONG. TOTAL DRIVING, NOT MUCH BETTER THERE, 174th, THEN DRIVING ACCURACY, LESS THAN 50% OF THE FAIRWAYS. THERE ARE TIMES THIS YEAR HE ONLY HIT 25% OF THE FAIRWAYS, EVEN ON A PLACE WHERE FAIRWAYS ARE WIDE, LIKE HOUSTON. MAYBE, JUST MAYBE NICK FOUND A LITTLE SOMETHING TO SORT OF WORK HIS WAY THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, WHICH, WON A COUPLE TIMES LAST YEAR, SO HE IS EXEMPT INTO NEXT YEAR, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE YEARS CAN GO BY FAST AND IT IS TOUGH TO STOP THAT DOWNWARD SLIDE, REVERSE THE CYCLE, AND THEN FIND THE CONFIDENCE THAT ALLOWED YOU TO WIN A COUPLE OF TIMES. I KNOW IT IS ONLY ONE ROUND, BUT BIG SURPRISE THUS FAR OPENING DOOR. >> THAT IS THE POINT, I THINK, AS WELL, WHEN YOU MANAGE TO SUCCEED AS QUICKLY AS HE DID, IN HIS CAREER, AS AN AMATEUR AND THE FORCE, MAYBE THE DECISION TO TURN PROFESSIONAL, PERHAPS QUICKER THAN HE