Nick Dunlap: Nothing went as expected in American Express win (FULL PRESSER) | Golf Channel

Nick Dunlap talks to media after his momentous win at the American Express, how he overcame an up-and-down round and when he may go pro. #GolfChannel #TheAmericanExpress #PGATour

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Nick Dunlap: Nothing went as expected in American Express win (FULL PRESSER) | Golf Channel
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AMERICAN EXPRESS CHAMPION AND PGA TOUR NICK DUNLAP TO THE MEDIA CENTER. NICK, CONGRATULATIONS, THE FIRST AMATEUR TO WIN SINCE 191. IT HAS BEEN AN EXCITING WEEK. I WANT TO START WITH AN OPENING COMMENT OF WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE A PGA TOUR WINNER. >> IT DEFINITELY HAS A GOOD RING

TO IT, I WILL SAY THAT. BUT IT IS EVERYTHING THAT I HAD DREAMED OF AND JUST TO HAVE A CHANCE IN THE LAST HOLE TO WIN A PGA TOUR EVENT IS REALLY SPECIAL. >> LOOKING ACROSS THE MEDIA CENTER, YOU HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT FLEW IN FROM ALL

OVER, WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO SEE FAMILIAR FACES THROUGHOUT THE DAY? >> HONESTLY, JUST TO SEE PEOPLE WHO FLEW IN TODAY, I HAD SEEN A COUPLE REACH OUT AND GIVE ME 5. THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT ME, AND NOT ONLY THEM BUT THE SUPPORT I GOT FROM EVERYONE HERE WAS REALLY COOL.

>> PERFECT. WITH THAT, WE WILL OPEN UP THE QUESTIONS TO MEDIA. IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, RAISE YOUR HAND AND WE WILL GET A MICROPHONE TO YOU. WE WILL START WITH LARRY BOHANON. >> WHEN DID YOU GET THE SPONSOR EXEMPTION? >> TWO WEEKS AGO, TWO AND A HALF. THAT’S A KEVIN QUESTION.

PROBABLY TWO TO TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AGO. >> BUT WHEN YOU GOT IT, DID YOU HAVE AN EXPECTATION TO PLAY IN THE DESERT AND HAVE SOME WONDERFUL WEATHER? OR DID YOU THINK LET’S GO WIN THE THING. >> THE WONDERFUL WEATHER WAS ANTICIPATED AND GOT LUCKY WITH THAT. IT IS BRUTAL BACK HOME.

JUST TRYING TO COME HERE AND LEARN. I HAD NOT BEEN ON THIS STAGE MUCH. I GOT PAIRED WITH WILSON WHO WAS A PAST ALABAMA PLAYER. SO TO PLAY WITH THEM, THE AMOUNT OF SUCCESS THEY HAVE HAD OUT HERE, IT WAS COOL JUST TO WATCH. >> I SUPPOSE A LOT OF PEOPLE

WOULD HAVE ONE OR TWO IDEAS ON WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY. HE IS GOING TO SHOOT 61 AGAIN AND RUN AWAY WITH IT OR THE MOMENT WOULD BE PRETTY BIG AND YOU WOULD STRUGGLE WITH IT. DID YOU HAVE EITHER OF THOSE EXPECTATIONS OR IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE? >> OF COURSE.

EVERYONE HAS DOUBTS. I PROBABLY HAD 1,000 DIFFERENT SCENARIOS IN MY HEAD OF HOW TODAY WOULD GO AND IT WENT NOTHING LIKE I EXPECTED. I THINK THAT’S THE COOL PART OF IT. THAT’S GOLF. I HAVE HIT A LOT OF SHOTS THAT I DIDN’T THINK I WOULD HIT. AND I HIT SOME SHOTS THAT DIDN’T

— WENT WAY BETTER THAN I EXSECT PECTED. AND SAME WITH PUTTING. THAT IS THE SIMPLE PART OF GOLF. >> WE WANT TO MOVE TO THE RIGHT OF THE BACK ROOM. >> HOW NERVOUS WERE YOU COMING DOWN THE STRETCH? AND WERE THERE THINGS THAT YOU DID TO HANDLE IT? >> NO.

I WAS SO NERVOUS, I DON’T KNOW IF I COULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING. MOST NERVOUS I HAVE EVER BEEN BY FAR. JUST TRIED TO BREATHE. BUT ALSO, LOOK UP AND ENJOY IT. I HAVE SAID IT NUMEROUS TIME TODAY AND YESTERDAY AND THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, IT’S A REAL COOL

SPOT TO BE IN AS AN AMATEUR AND TO BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY. I DON’T EVER WANT TO FORGET TODAY. >> BACK OVER TO THE LAST. >> YOU JUST USED THE WORD DREAMS A MIP T AGO. WHAT DID YOU DREAM OF AS A YOUNG KID IN TERMS OF WHAT YOUR GOLF

LIFE WOULD LOOK LIKE AS AN ADULT? >> THAT, LITERALLY, THE CHANCE TO WIN A PGA TOUR EVENT. AS A KID, YOU HIT EVERY PUTT FOR A CHANCE TO WIN, WHETHER THAT IS A PGA TOUR, MASTERS, U.S. OPEN. TO HAVE THAT PUTT, YOU KNOW, I TOOK LONGER THAN I NORMALLY MIGHT.

YOU KNOW, NOTHING FOR GRANTED. I DON’T KNOW IF I WILL HAVE THAT CHANCE AGAIN. I WANT TO EMBRACE IT AND LIKE I SAID, IT MAY NFSH HAPPEN AGAIN. >> FRONT ROW? >> WHAT DID YOU FEEL AT THE 7, IN THAT HITTING WATER? WAS IT NERVES AT THAT POINT OR WHAT DID YOU THINK?

>> NERVES ON EVERY SHOT. I JUST THINK IT WAS A BAD SWING. I MADE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD SWINGS ALL WEEK AND YESTERDAY MADE PUTTS AND SHOTS I DIDN’T THINK I WOULD MAKE. AND RAN A 5 IRON UP THE GREEN, HOOKED IT AROUND AND MADE THE PUTT FOR EAGLE AND DIDN’T THINK

THAT WOULD HAPPEN . AND IT IS A PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD THREE IRON IF YOU ARE OUT PLAYING FOR FUN. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A THREE SHOT LEAD, IT IS A LITTLE HARDER. >> HOW MUCH DID GROWING UP AT GRAY STONE, BEING AROUND OTHER PROS, BEING AROUND THE PROFESSIONAL SITUATION YOU ARE

IN PREPARE YOU FOR THESE MOMENTS? >> A TON. IT HAS ALWAYS SHOWED ME HOW HARD IT IS. AND OPPORTUNITIES, THERE ARE NOT A TON OF THEM. I HAVE SEEN GUYS THAT ARE REALLY GOOD THAT SHOULD BE OUT HERE, WHETHER THEY HAVEN’T GOTTEN THE CHANCE OR A BAD BREAK OR

WHATEVER THAT IS, TO LEARN FROM THE GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT HERE AND HAVE SUCCEEDED IN DOING THAT, I LIKE TO KIND OF PICK THEIR BRAIN A LITTLE BIT. AND HOW THEY GO ABOUT WEEK TO WEEK AND I’M STILL GOING ABOUT TRYING TO LEARN THAT. AND JUST LEARNING HOW MUCH I CAN.

>> HAVE YOU MADE A DECISION ON THE PGA TOUR MEMBERSHIP OR IS THAT SOMETHING YOU NEED TO TAKE MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT? >> OH, BOY. I HAVE NO IDEA. I REALLY DON’T. IT IS REALLY COOL TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND YOU KNOW STARTING THE WEEK,

IF YOU WOULD HAVE SAID IN FIVE DAYS, YOU ARE GOING TOHAVE A PGA TOUR CARD OR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TWO YEARS, I WOULD HAVE LOOKED AT YOU SIDEWAYS. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T JUST AFFECT ME. IT AFFECTS A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND COACH AND TEAMMATES. AND IT’S A CONVERSATION I NEED

TO HAVE WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE BEFORE I MAKE THAT DECISION. >> BACK TO THE LEFT? >> YOU DON’T SHOW A TON OF OUTWARD EMOTION WHEN YOU PLAY. WHAT WERE YOU EMOTIONS UNDERNEATH WHEN YOU FINALLY MADE THE WINNING PUTT AND WHAT WAS THAT FEELING LIKE TO FINALLY CELEBRATE?

>> I WISH I WOULD HAVE HAD SOME HEART MONITOR ON. I WAS AS NERVOUS AS I HAVE EVER BEEN. TRIED TO WALK SLOW, DO EVERYTHING SLOW AND IN THAT MOMENT EVERYTHING HEATS UP. I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE IN GOLF TOURNAMENTS BUT NOTHING TO THIS EXTENT. THE PGA TOUR IS EXTREMELY DIFFERENT.

SO THAT WHOLE PROCESS WAS DIFFERENT FOR ME AND SOMETHING THAT WHETHER IT TURNED OUT THE WAY I WAS LOOKING OR NOT, I WAS GOING TO TRY TO LEARN FROM IT. >> AND WHAT WAS THAT MOMENT LIKE TO HIGH FIVE YOUR FAMILY AND EVERYONE? >> I LOST IT, I REALLY DID.

FOR ALL OF THEM TO SHOW UP AND FLY ALL THE WAY OUT HERE, I THINK I GAVE A COUPLE AN EXCUSE TO GET OUT OF THE BAD WEATHER. JUST THE WALK OFF THE GREEN AND SEE EVERYONE THAT SHOWED UP FOR ME WAS REALLY SPECIAL. I WILL NEVER FORGET IT.

>> BACK OVER TO THE RIGHT. >> A COUPLE OF THINGS, DID ANY PROS SAY ANYTHING FUNNY TO YOU OR GIVE YOU A SIDE EYE GIVEN HOW WELL YOU WERE PLAYING AND DOING SO WELL RIGHT AWAY? >> IF THEY DID, THEY DIDN’T SAY IT TO ME. I HAD A LOT OF GREAT PLAYING,

KEEP IT UP, ROOTING FOR YOU. A LOT OF REALLY COOL COMMENTS FROM GUYS THAT ARE DOING REALLY WELL OUT HERE AND JUSTIN INCLUDED AND SAM WAS KIND OF ROOTING ME ON ALL DAY. JUST HONESTLY, ALL GOOD THINGS FROM EVERYONE OUT HERE. >> AND WHEN SAM PUTS HIS SHOT IN

THE WATER AND THEN YOU GO FROM NECK TO NECK TO A TWO SHOT LEAD, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT YOU WHEN HE MAKES A MISTAKE LIKE THAT? >> YOU NEVER WANT SOMEONE TO DO THAT. I DIDN’T WANT TO WIN BY HIM GETTING IN WATER. I WANTED TO WIN BY GETTING FOUR BIRDIES.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT’S GOLF. I HAVE DONE IT NUMEROUS TIMES. EVERYTHING SPEEDS UP. MY HEART RATE WENT THROUGH THE ROOF. STANDING WITH A TWO SHOT LEAD, I THINK I SAID SOME THINGS TO HUNTER THAT I PROBABLY CAN’T SAY ON THE MIC BUT JUST TRIED TO BREATHE AS MUCH AS I CAN.

>> BACK OVER TO PAUL. >> YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JEFF AND YOUR CADDY, AND HUNTER THIS WEEK. DID HE SAY ANYTHING TO CALM YOU DOWN, REASSURE YOU, KEEP YOU IN IT THROUGHOUT THE DAY, HUNTER? >> I TOLD HIM THIS, IT IS THE MOST UNBELIEVABLE THING # I HAVE

SEEN IN MY LIFE, HIS ATTITUDE NEVER CHANGES. IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT I HAVE TO PUTT, ONE OR TWO SHOT LEAD, HE NEVER CHANGES, NEVER DOES ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. AND IT CALMS ME DOWN, IT REALLY DOES. HE’S REALLY GOOD FOR ME TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE THAT ON THE BAG.

AND HE JUST SAID OVER AND OVER, THIS IS INSIDE LEFT, IT IS RIGHT THERE. JUST TO HAVE THAT, THE WAY HE SAID THAT, IT WAS SAID WITH A LOT OF POSITIVITY AND I TRUST HIM AND PUT IT RIGHT THERE. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY HOMEWORK TO DO TONIGHT?

>> YES, PROBABLY WON’T DO IT THOUGH. >> I DOUG? >> I WOULD IMAGINE THAT YOU GET A LOT OF COMMENTS ON URPHONE WHEN YOU JUST MADE THE CUT. HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT YOUR PHONE AND SEE WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE LOOKING LIKE YET? >> HAVEN’T.

I DON’T KNOW IF I WANT TO. I HAVEN’T EVEN LOOKED AT MY PHONE. A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CLOSE TO ME ARE HERE AND THAT MEANS A LOT. I HAVE THEM WE ARE GOING TO GO GET DINNER TONIGHT AND CELEBRATE AND FOLKS ON THE NEXT WEEK. >> BACK OVER TO MICHAEL.

>>. >> YOU ARE ARE THE RIGHT AGE WHERE YOU MAY HAVE WATCHED A LOT OF YOUTUBE VIDEOS OF SWIPGS WHEN YOU WERE A KID AND I’M WONDERING IFFIA DID, WHO DID YOU WATCH? >> TIGER, RIGHT? I THINK I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DUSTIN JOHNSON MOVE THROUGH THE

BALL BUT I THINK EVERYONE WANTED TO SWING LIKE TIGER. HE HAS WON HOWEVER MANY TIMES AND MAJORS. IF NOT THE MOST SUCCESS, HE IS ONE OR TWO. BUT I ALWAYS WANTED TO SWING LIKE TIGER AND JUST COULDN’T. EVERY TIME I TRIED, I WOULD MESS IT UP. >> HOW ABOUT YOUR INCREDIBLY

MATURE BEARING FOR SOMEONE WHO IS 20 YEARS OLD, WHERE DO YOU THINK THAT COMES FROM? >> I THINK HONESTLY, PLAYING WITH PEOPLE OLDER THAN ME AND PLAYING WITH PROFESSIONALS AND SEE HOW THEY CARRY THEMSELVES. I WAS A LITTLE BRAT WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AND THEY KIND OF PUNKED ME INTO SHAPE.

I STILL HAVE MY MOMENTS. BUT I THINK THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF POINTING ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO WHERE I AM TODAY. >> AFTER ROUND TWO, YOU WERE DISCUSSING THAT YOU WERE IN THE BACK OF THE SPRINTER VAN OF THE ALABAMA TEAM. AS A PGA TOUR WINNER, DOES THAT

MOVE YOUR SPOT IN THE VAN AT ALL? >> MAYBE A SEAT FORWARD. NORMALLY IT GOES BASED OFF OF YOUNGEST TO OLDEST. AND I’M NORMALLY BACK IN THE BACK AND WE HIT A SPEED BUMP AND YOUR HEAD HITS THE TOP OF THE CEILING. AND THEN HOPEFULLY, WE WILL SEE. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? PERFECT.

WITH THAT, WE WILL CONCLUDE IT. NICK, AGAIN, CON