Martin Kaymer’s Cleeks GC Wins LIV Houston Team Title

Captain Martin Kaymer and Cleeks GC (Adrian Meronk, Kalle Samooja, & Richard Bland) spoke to the media after winning the team title at LIV Houston.

um yeah I think you need to separate a couple things you know first for me individually I was um I was somehow happy with this week the way I performed I know what I need to work on um so that feels good going into Pinehurst um obviously with the memories from 10 years ago um I really look forward to go to a very positive place in my heart um then coming here knowing we were doing well we were in good shape and we’re our form was trending and that direction that we want to actually pull it off and win this thing um I mean it made me it made me super happy you know it’s it means a lot for for us as a team and for me as a captain you know last two years has been quite difficult we have been so many times on the bottom of the leaderboard and you know I was quite unhappy with the way I performed because I really I couldn’t really help the team for several reasons you know obviously the injury that that was a big one and finally my game is coming back slowly and that’s that helps the team you know it feels good that you can be part of a team and not always you know dragging the team down we have a good team spirit we all get along really well um I was very pleased for Adrian I’m sure he would have liked to made a couple more birdies coming down the last four five holes but in general you know it’s it’s we need to focus on the positive things and you know he also he goes into next week with with good form the other two guys they go on vacation in new to new New York uh play a little bit golf on the side I think so I look forward to go to the US Open next week with that positivity that we gained this week yeah that’s that’s what’s what’s cool about live you know to have uh three other guys with you on on the team and even if you don’t win or if if you don’t perform as as you want as you know individually you still have that U you know team standings and uh you know it’s great to have on Sunday for for for four scores counting cuz you know anything can happen and even though uh sometimes you know you don’t play your best individually but you still want to uh have your team performing well and you still you know keep keep grinding and that’s that’s what’s what’s cool about the team environment and the team leaderboard so yeah I’m super proud to be uh on the team with all of these guys and uh super super happy about they win uh yeah it’s pretty cool um like you said I I’ve I haven’t experienced anything like that uh to do with golf um so um you know as we came off the stage you I said to these guys we are doing this again you know that was uh that was just yeah really really special you know I know we’ve had a rough kind of 18 months with it um but uh yeah I was super positive about this team very early I knew that Martin would be back to somewhere near the player we know he is this year um and when that happened and with two other worldclass players um as I said in Vegas I think we’re going to prove a lot of people wrong this year and uh and uh and and it’s interesting like we me and Martin we were sat in Singapore after finishing second and we were if I can say it we were pretty pissed off but I said to him look hey isn’t that great that we’re actually finishing second and we’re we’re disappointed about it um so then to come out at the next event and win um for one just shows you the group of guys we got the team spirit and what we’re capable of so uh yeah we’re going to do this again yeah I was he a very proud moment that we were waiting for a long time but now it’s important to keep pushing you know it’s um the goal has changed all of a sudden I would say you know if you would have asked me three four weeks ago is top five realistic going into Dallas you know I would have said yes it’s always realistic but it’s going to be a very very difficult path to get there um sing Singapore we did well this week we did well and now the goal has changed to try to get to the top three spots because you know it doesn’t really matter if you finish fourth or 13th so top three is is the new goal um and as I said you know now is the time where you need to keep pushing you need to keep working hard cuz we only have two two and a half months left of the of the year uh for for all the lift events so we need to keep grinding and need to make a proper push to give ourselves a a good chance to finish in the top three you know a win is nice and we’re going to celebrate tonight um but without our respect that’s my mentality when Monday comes you know it was last week so we need to keep going