Q. Huge week for you in Saudi golf. Can you just talk about what it means to you to play in this tournament?
FAISAL SALHAB: Yeah, I'm very excited. It's the seventh event. I think this is the sixth time I've played here. Now that it's in Riyadh, it's even bigger and bigger for me. My family is going to be coming out and my friends and a lot more of the Saudi crowd is going to be here.
It's great for people to come out and see the best players in the world and for me to compete at the highest level on my home course. It's going to be a big week, and I'm very excited.
Q. It's your home course. Do you have a favourite hole? What is it about this golf course you love so much.
FAISAL SALHAB: I think they've done a great job. Every time we come back, it looks a bit different. They put in a lot of different things. I think all of the holes right now are a lot nicer.
Like I said, they completely remodeled the greens. I think it's going to be a new course for me as well on the greens especially. Yeah, the whole course, I like it.
Q. So this week there's a WOW Festival, four concerts going on. What does that mean for the fans coming out?
FAISAL SALHAB: I think it's very good because maybe they'll come out for the events at night or they'll come out for the car show, but at the end of the day, they'll come and learn a new sport.
Hopefully some people coming for the sport, but a lot of people who are new to golf, I think it will captivate them, the beauty of the area and how green it is.
I think it's a great initiative that they put in the concert and the car shows and all the events around for the family. That's, I think, the way they get hooked.
Q. This being your home course, you mentioned you have a lot of friends and family. Does it mean a lot to you to have them out here? How does it motivate you?
FAISAL SALHAB: Of course. I'm very excited for them to come out. Most of our sport is international, and not a lot of people are able to travel, especially they have work, they have other things. Having it in Saudi, having it in Riyadh, it's going to be amazing to have family, friends, everyone come out and see what I actually do. It's going to be cool.
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