Q. Joaquin, I think it was 1-over through four holes and you kind of got it going after that. How would you characterize the start of the round and then also 5 through the finish?
JOAQUIN NIEMANN: I was really excited starting the round. I started hitting the ball great. I was doing some adjustment on the swing before in the week, so it was feeling great. I start good, then I three-putted, that wasn't great on the first couple holes.
After that, my putter got pretty hot. My irons felt great. Tee shot was good. So, yeah, it was a great day.
Q. What was the little tweak that you made?
JOAQUIN NIEMANN: Just adjusting a few stuff. After coming off the Masters, I wasn't hitting it great the last couple days. Working a little bit with my coach, I was able to get the feelings I wanted to have, and yeah, it's feeling better.
Q. You're a guy who likes to work the ball left-right, right-left, low-high. Does this kind of challenge at Harbour Town favor your style of play?
JOAQUIN NIEMANN: Yeah, I think this is the kind of course you've got to hit it both ways, especially off the tee. There's tee shots that you must hit draws and you must hit fades. I think that's kind of fun. That's kind of the courses I grew up playing when I was a kid.
So, yeah, it's a good start of the week.
Q. Coming off the Masters, what did you kind of feel about your game coming into this week?
JOAQUIN NIEMANN: It's been feeling great, my game. I just -- it was tough at the Masters the last few days with the cold weather, with the wind. My swing started getting a little bit not where I want it to be. But, yeah, I think that's what we work for. We've got to work to have our swing where we want it to, see the trajectories, how the ball is flying.
Yeah, I think we're trying to get back to what I like and what I'm used to seeing. So, yeah, it's been working.
Q. You maybe kind of caught up on some sleep and some rest after the Masters?
JOAQUIN NIEMANN: Yeah, I took Monday off. So it was good.
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