Q. Second straight major you go into Sunday in the mix. How much are you enjoying this?
TYRRELL HATTON: Wow, going into tomorrow at the moment we're six shots behind, so it's a long way back. So far I'm in a decent position. I don't feel like I've played my best golf. Although I've hit a lot of greens, I haven't been that close to the hole. So it's quite hard to hole putts. I feel like I'm constantly just trying to get it up there close and walk off with par.
That side of it has been a bit frustrating for me. Hopefully tomorrow I can play a bit better.
Q. When you're out there and you're seeing what Scottie is doing and he doesn't seem to be letting up, is it easy to maybe start pressing a little bit? What can you do, or how do you just stay within your game?
TYRRELL HATTON: To be honest, I saw the leaderboards out there. You kind of know that there's opportunities and you're sort of expecting guys to be making birdies, to be honest. So it's not surprising, especially with Scottie going out there and playing really well today. From my side, seeing the leaders getting a little bit further away, it didn't change how I went and played the next hole. I was still just playing it as I would if I was 70th in the tournament. It didn't change how I played.
Q. Do you think you'll take anything away from what you did last month into here, maybe something you've learned, a new approach or a different approach?
TYRRELL HATTON: It is a very different challenge, and at the moment, a completely different situation. I'd have to have an unbelievable front nine tomorrow to be in the same position going into the back nine as what I experienced at Oakmont.
It's nice to be high up on the leaderboard in a major. Certainly tomorrow is the last round for me to earn Ryder Cup points. Yeah, there's a lot to play for tomorrow. I'm hoping that I can go out there and play a really good round of golf. I'd love to make the Ryder Cup team automatically and not rely on needing a pick. Yeah, we'll just see what happens.
Q. You don't really doubt you'll be on the Ryder Cup team, do you? You're not really worried?
TYRRELL HATTON: One thing I'm proud of the last three Ryder Cups I've played is that I've made the team automatically. Sure, since I joined LIV, I knew that was going to make things a lot harder for me to make it a fourth time. Yeah, I guess for self pride, I'd love to keep that streak going of being an automatic pick. That will make it even more pleasing, rewarding because I know that I've had a lot less tournaments than the other guys to do it.
Q. How close are you to your best?
TYRRELL HATTON: Going off of this week's ball striking, it feels quite far away, if I'm honest. I feel like my misses have been in decent spots. I've never really been that far out of position.
Yeah, I feel like I've hit a lot of greens this week. I feel like I've had the putter out a lot. I'd love to, as I said, just be hitting it a bit closer so I have more realistic opportunities.
Q. Do you feel comfortable where you are? You look as though you're comfortable when you're playing well. Sometimes people get into these positions and don't look as though they feel as if they really believe they deserve to be there.
TYRRELL HATTON: No, I feel like for me I've won big tournaments on each tour that I've played on. So I feel like I've got the game to win. Sure, it's taken a long time to have a chance to do that in a major, but when I've won tournaments on each tour, you're playing against the same guys that you beat when you lifted the trophy that week.
If you don't believe in yourself, then sort of other people might, but that doesn't make a difference. It's all on you. You're the one standing over it and in control of where the golf ball hopefully is going to go.
Yeah, I trust myself. I feel like I've got enough experience that I should be able to hit the shots when I need to. Yeah, I'll probably go out there tomorrow and be on the 1st tee and be nervous like everyone else, and that's fine to have those emotions. Obviously it just shows that you care really.
Q. Does anything change about your approach going into tomorrow? You've got the Ryder Cup weighing in on the back of your mind. You're in a good position in the tournament. Does anything change or just sticking to your game plan?
TYRRELL HATTON: Not really. Just going out there, just the boring stuff of trying your best on every shot, reacting to the shot that's in front of you and what that shot looks like, and just going with that.
As I said, I'll try my best tomorrow and hopefully have a good day.
Q. After you mentioned Ballyreagh the other night, I called the club and just asked about it, and they said they gave you a ball marker. I was wondering if you're using it this week?
TYRRELL HATTON: They kindly gave me a ball marker, but no, I haven't been using it this week. I generally use the Ryder Cup one as it's special for me.
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