SMASH WINNER INTERVIEW: “Love This Team, Excited For the Future” | LIV Golf Las Vegas

Brooks Koepka and Smash GC meet the media after their win at LIV Golf Las Vegas to recap their victorious week and set expectations for the rest of the season.

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Okay everybody let’s welcome the winners of live Golf Las Vegas smash GC we are joined by Taylor gu gr McDow Captain Brooks kka and Jason CRA welcome guys so you guys obviously had a big mixup in the off season with your roster and come come out hot right out of the gate

Winning this one Brooks tell us a little bit about this team Dynamic yeah I mean that was the plan uh to bring in two guys that that have experience that know how to win and um to be in this situation where we I feel like we’re competing every week you know last week

We just didn’t have a good Sunday um that happens so we had a chance to to compete obviously learn something and then to come back this week and GMAC to play the way he did today was was spectacular um you know Taylor had a chance to win Jay played phenomenal we

Uh you know he had another chance to win right there so um I love the way that team played I love this team so I’m I’m very excited for the future and GMAC this your first Podium with live golf tell us how it feels yeah I mean they

Keep handing me the trophy cuz I’ve never had one before so uh now listen uh you know obviously proud to be part of this unit um you know I appreciate Brooks putting the trust into me to to have me on the on the roster this year um you know Sundays are always difficult

Uh at any event there’s an expectation level that you have for yourself um but you know with with four scores to count here on live on Sundays this year I mean the expectation levels for the whole team you want to play well for your guys you know so there’s a there there’s a

Lot of extra pressure out there um I think it’s a phenomenal format and uh you know I think what people don’t realize at home you know what we have here and live the team the team Dynamic is so important the people you surround yourself with with you’re preparing

Together you’re uh playing for each other you know being with these guys you know it’s kind of lit the fire for me and that’s really what I needed at this point in my career and I still feel like I’m good enough to win golf tournaments

And and that’s the key for me so today you know personally was a big day I kind of need that that a little bit belief for myself as we move into the season because you know we want to be be on the podium many many times I think the

Expectation levels are are very high for smash GC this uh this season so there was only three teams if I’m counting right that were either um at even par or under par today um both Taylor Jason you guys had a chance at winning it today tell us a little bit about your rounds

The conditions out there and why you guys think that smash was able to get a 10 under for the team start with you Taylor um like like Brook said we had a chance last Sunday to kind of do the same thing and it just didn’t click you know that’s

The good thing about having these four guys on a team is we know Any Given Sunday if we have a chance we can run away with the tournament and for me uh you know I actually didn’t hit it that great today but I uh I made I made a few

Putts out there so the putter got hot at the right time and uh it just kind of helped Propel us uh you know to the win and Jason yeah I think uh the same thing happened to me uh start out the round I didn’t really get off to a particularly

Good start um just didn’t hit anything close uh had a couple little knee knockers from four five ft and that breeze was kind of tough so um just like Taylor I got a couple putts to fall um you know at the right time I think we

All made a few birdies coming and and uh that kind of solidified everything and I went forward on 18 but you know that’s that’s the way it was and I mean I would have only gotten to 11 but uh nonetheless it was it was a fun day out

There and it was more fun to to play it alongside these guys most important question how is smash GC celebrating tonight Rooks uh figured that out I haven’t really thought about that so uh yeah um probably just I mean I’d love to reflect here uh right when we get done with this

Probably all four of us everybody that’s a part of the team the caddies just go in there and and reflect on this enjoy the win and then uh yeah we’ll have some fun no doubt about that we’re in a good spot for it awesome congratulations guys than

You uh Taylor first of all I think you’re pretty much the only guy that’s won with three different teams how does that feel what does that mean uh I think I’m the only guy who’s been with three different teams too uh it means he’s really good at

Golf no it’s it’s great it’s it’s like what uh you know I’ve talked about throughout the offseason you know I feel like I’m in a place uh you know with these guys like I’m I’m excited for the future you know um I’m excited for what the next few years looks like and and

I’m excited for what this year looks like I think we got a good squad and and you know I I came here uh you know most importantly to get with you know a team that I feel we could build for the future and and continue to grow and um

And to be around to be around Brooks every day you know he’s one of the greatest uh over the last 10 years and um you know I know being around these guys and you know a guy who’s one Majors um you know another guy’s one a major

Like I know being around these guys is going to push me to be become better and so um it’s it’s super cool to get a win uh we you know it’s it’s nice to get it this early as well and G Mack what did

You what were you able to do to shoot a 65 out there in in tough conditions where you know there weren’t many low scores out there today yeah I mean I’ve been living in Florida for about 15 years but thankfully I still remember how to play in the wind which is uh um

You know the game’s really been trending for the last six months you know I kind of alluded to it earlier you know the belief level is it’s that little X Factor that’s hard to find you know you can’t coach that you can’t learn that you just have to kind of go out there

And kind of get it done and you know being around the squad and you know like I say the accountability level and uh you know the work the work rate the culture I think all of those things you know it kind of just drives us all

Forward and and like I said at this point in my career you know I I I want to be held accountable I want to push myself and and see see what I have left in the tank you know and and like I say I feel like today was a big day and um

You know as we continue moving forward into the season you know we there’s going to be lots of situations on Sundays where we can get this done so um you know looking forward to to more the same and Brooks you made these moves before uh we announced that four Cy

School SC on Sunday uh now that we have that just how much more important or how much of an X Factor it is for you guys especially with the depth of your roster now yeah obvious doing those doing the offseason moves before the four scores counted I

Thought was you know I thought it was great you know having three but then I think it actually kind of turned into our benefit um look we got a lot of Firepower a lot of um a lot of guys on this team that know how to win know how to play golf um

Um you just look at it today um great players play well under in tough conditions that’s what GMAC did today um so I’m beyond proud of him and um you know these guys having a chance to win that’s that’s all all you can ask for I mean basically three guys with a chance

To win on uh on a Sunday is is always a good thing and Jason were you looking much at the leaderboard especially the way the team was performing uh throughout the the day well I kind of noticed throughout uh maybe halfway through that we were like right right

Second third and then uh we were down a couple then we were up a couple so I think we all made birdies at the right time as Brook said um you know uh good players good teams uh play well under pressure and uh you know we I looked up

At the leaderboard and we were eight up so I kind of knew that we uh we had something going so I think uh I think we finish it off in uh in style uh what was the vibe like today in Vegas with the Super Bowl crowd in town

Um to play in an En en like this did you guys enjoy it yeah I mean it’s always fun anytime you get in front of a bunch of people and they’re they’re excited and um look it’s a great town uh especially this weekend so I’m glad everybody came out

There was a nice little turnout today and and they were loud so that’s uh it’s always a good thing and would you guys would you guys like to see this become a tradition where you play a tournament in the Super Bowl City that week maybe New Orleans next year at this

Time yeah sure that’s fine fine with me fine by us absolutely where where we can win yeah that’s good with us anyone else awesome congratulations smash