Chris Kirk a ‘Bermuda specialist’ holding The Sentry Round 3 lead | Golf Central | Golf Channel

Chris Kirk holds a one-shot lead after Round 3 of The Sentry, and Rich Lerner and Brandel Chamblee assess the state of his career where the majority of his success has come on Bermuda golf courses. #GolfChannel #GolfCentral #ChrisKirk
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KIRK IS THE 38-YEAR-OLD AS HE MENTIONED, BROKE THE SEVEN YEAR DROUGHT 20 WON THE PGA NATIONAL LAST YEAR. A SOLID CAREER, FIVE-TIME WINNER. HIS FIRST START ON MAUI SINCE 2016. HERE’S CHRIS KIRK, LEADER THROUGH 54.

>> I FELT HAPPY WITH WHERE MY SWING WAS. BUT YOU KNOW, JUST BEING ABLE TO , NOT HAVING PLAYED A MUCH COMPETITIVE GOLF FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS YOU JUST DON’T REALLY KNOW IF YOU WILL BE EFFICIENT. I THINK THAT IS A BIG

DIFFERENCE AT THIS LEVEL. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PLAYERS THAT ARE AS GOOD OR CLOSE TO AS GOOD AS WE ARE BUT THE GUYS THAT PLAY REALLY WELL ON TOUR ARE EFFICIENT AND MANAGE THEIR GAMES WELL AND THEY POSTON

INTO FOUR AND FOUR AND 23 AND YOU JUST KIND OF DO THAT. TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT HERE AND PLAY GOOD GOLF AND PLAY EFFICIENT GOLF, DEFINITELY I PUTTED BETTER TODAY THAN I HAVE THE FIRST TWO DAYS WHICH IS A NICE SURPRISE ALWAYS.

I’M HOPING TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING TOMORROW. >> THERE IS SO MUCH MOVEMENT, ON THE BACK AND ESPECIALLY HERE. LIKE YOU SAID, DOES THAT MAKE IT ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO STICK WITH THE PROCESS? BECAUSE THERE WILL BE GUYS MOVING AROUND ALL OVER, AROUND

YOU? >> YOU CERTAINLY CANNOT PROTECT ANYTHING OF HERE, THAT IS FOR SURE. NO DOUBT. ESPECIALLY A SHOOTOUT LIKE THIS AND THE SCORES ARE REALLY LOW. JUST STAY AGGRESSIVE AND JUST GO, LIKE I SAID, GO DO YOUR THING.

>> HE HAD A REALLY GOOD DAY WITH THE PUTTER, HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS CHRIS KIRK’S CAREER? >> BERMUDA SPECIALIST, BORN IN THE SOUTH, JUST EATING IT UP ON BERMUDA GOLF COURSES, WINDIER THE BETTER. LOOKING AT WERE HIS VICTORIES HAVE COME, 80% OF, BERMUDA GOLF

COURSES. YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT FROM A GUY FROM GEORGIA AS WE LOOK AT A GRAPHIC FROM HIS WINS. YOU CAN SEE HAS WANTED COLONIAL, OF COURSE NOT BERMUDA GREENS BUT TAKE A LOOK AT PALM BEACH, RSM, SANDERSON FARM, QUITE COMFORTABLE.

IT IS A LOT EASIER TO GO FROM THE BERMUDA WORLD TO VENT GRASS WORLD, THE GRAIN JUST DRIVES PEOPLE CRAZY BUT HE IS QUITE COMFORTABLE ON IT. I MIGHT SAY HE’S ALSO QUITE COMFORTABLE IN HAWAII, IF YOU ARE WATCHING THE SEMIOPEN LAST

YEAR, DAY ONE, DAY TWO, THIS IS YOUR 18 AND 36 HOLE LEADER AND HE EVENTUALLY FINISHED THIRD. BUT BEING ATOP THE LEADERBOARD IS NOTHING NEW FOR HIM IN HAWAII. HE FINISHED SECOND AT THE SONY IN 2021, FINISHED SECOND AT THE

SONY IN 2015 AND ANOTHER TOP- ISH IN 2013. I THINK PART OF THE REASON IS BECAUSE HE IS ONE STRAIGHT HITTER AND GORGEOUS MOVE. KIND OF REMINDS ME A LITTLE BIT IN TRANSITION OF FREDDIE COUPLES. FREDDIE, OBVIOUSLY MORE POWERFUL BUT I LOVE THE FACT

THAT IT JUST SORT OF GOES TO SLEEP UP THERE. JUST GOES UP THERE AND SORT OF GOES TO SLEEP. AND BOOM, COMES DOWN AND IS GORGEOUS. ONE OF THINGS I LOVE IN WINDY CONDITIONS, YOU TRY TO FLY IT

DOWN, TRY TO GET IT TO SORT OF CLEAVE THE WIND AND IT IS KIND OF HARD TO DO. WE SAW THIS EARLIER AND I TOUCHED ON IT. WE WATCH PLAYERS STRUGGLE AT THE 13th HOLE, SCRATCHING HER HEAD. JORDAN SPIETH FOR EXAMPLE,

THOUGHT HE HATED PERFECT AND HE JUST RODE RIGHT TO THE WIND. HE GETS THE RIGHT TRAJECTORY AND WEIGHT ON IT. WE SAW NUMEROUS TIMES TODAY WITH HIM HIT THESE BEAUTIFUL LITTLE WEDGES. THAT IS A JOSTLING, IN AND OUT AND JUST MARVELOUSLY DONE.

ON TOP OF THAT, WHEN HE GETS IN HOCKEY HANDLES THE HEAT. HE HAD THE 54 HOLE LEADER HONDA LAST JOURNEY WINDY DAY. HE GOT IT DONE THERE. >> YOUR FIRST ONE IS ALWAYS SPECIAL AND MEMORABLE. I’M GUESSING THE WIN AT THE

HONDA HOLDS EXTRA SPECIAL MEETING GIVEN WHAT HE HAD BEEN THROUGH, WAS VERY OPEN WITH HIS BATTLES WITH ALCOHOLISM AND DEPRESSION OUT THE OTHER SIDE AND LIVING IS ABSOLUTE BEST LIFE RIGHT NOW. THIS WOULD ARGUABLY BE AGAINST THE STRONGEST FIELD HE WOULD

HAVE PLAYED, IN TERMS OF VICTORY . >> WE ARE IN A NEW ERA. IT USED TO BE THE VERY BEST PLAYERS WERE TRYING TO PEEK, FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A YEAR AND NOW I WOULD ARGUE IT IS NOT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A YEAR.

IT IS 16 TIMES A YEAR WHERE YOU GOT PEEK EVENTS WITH MAXIMUM DOLLARS, MAXIMUM VISIBILITY AND OPEN EVERY SINGLE DOOR IN THE GAME OF GOLF. HE SEEMS TO HAVE ICEWATER IN HIS VEINS BUT I WOULD SAY HIS ADVANTAGE — YOU KNOW HE HAS

ARITHMETIC ADVANTAGE BUT TO WHATEVER EXTENT THOSE LOW WEDGES INTO THE WIND IS AN ADVANTAGE. AND IT IS. IT’S NOT SUPPOSED TO BLOW TOMORROW AND IT WILL BE GAME ON. THIS IS BASKETBALL AN EIGHT FOOT RIM AND THAT’S ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT WAS THE