INTERVIEW: “Long Way To Go” for Leader Niemann | LIV Golf Jeddah

Joaquin Niemann meets with the media after his 7-under 63 second round, and although he’s in a great position, he acknowledged there’s a lot of golf left to play at LIV Golf Jeddah.

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Welcome back walk and Newman captain of talki GC another brilliant round today six under par total 13 under par top of the leaderboard talk us through your day yeah it was a it was a great day uh I see it of a way better day than

Yesterday cuz the way I started I mean I was obviously playing great I started with seven Parts in a row and I and I didn’t get off the hot start like like I did yesterday and yeah and I I and I kept do and I kept playing better and better during the day

So I yeah I really take positive that that the way I play at the end of the last couple hes on on today was there a moment where the budie started falling to something click uh no I think it was just being patient everything was everything I was doing I was I was

Feeling it great I was fting great I just didn’t didn’t make birdies on like on number four I had a had a good chance and didn’t make birdie there the wing was was playing a little bit more into than normally so I think was playing a

Little bit longer and then I hit a great shot on on number eight to make birie there and I make a great fight on number nine2 going of kind of give me a lot of confidence and momentum for the round and yeah man I kept hitting good

Shots on on 10 I hit a great Banker shot uh yeah it was I mean just being patient and just being staying at the moment and yeah ended up doing good good good PS good birdies cool over to Mike wo obviously you’re on this hot streak what would it mean

To uh complete the the deal tomorrow that would be two wins in the first three Live Events uh what kind of message would that be for you and also to the rest of the golfing world yeah I mean no really that’s that’s my goal uh is to win this

Week I know there’s a lot of golf to play to tomorrow it’s a lot of a lot of shots that I got to hit tomorrow and I got to be confident doing those and so yeah I mean I’m I’m still a a long long way ago away I’m in the

Position where I wanted to be so it just yeah I mean I just go from there and hopefully tomorrow have a great day too uh see my shots um stay calm and yeah I mean just just do the same I mean I know it sounds easy you just keep doing the same but

It’s just it’s just the same if if you had to pinpoint one aspect of your game since Australia that has kind of really carried you through this stretch or maybe there was a change or something like that what would you site I think my I think it’s I mean everything’s

Gotten a little better I think my drive in is since Australia has been so good uh I’ve been able to hit the all the trajectories that I want to and and being confident with those and and be aggressive of the te hitting that high draw more often

That I normally do uh doing that shot I I gain at least 20 yards than the other the other routine low cut that I had before so so yeah I mean being confident with a high draw I think is been help me a lot being confident on the rest of my game you

Know so I can be more aggressive of the te on my second shots and and also I mean everything is is got better I mean around the green I feel like I’m I’m ching A lot better uh I think that’s something that I still need a lot of

Work I I know I can get a lot a lot better around the greens and and I think that’s what you need to to play really good and consistent golf especially on the Mayors uh what a great round and and you hit so many amazing shots but if I have

To ask you to pinpoint one shot that you were really pleased with and your best birdie of the day uh I think on 18 my second shot on 18 it was a it was a weird lie uh it was kind of on the first cut little into the

Grain uh have my four iron or my rescue and I was trying to draw it around you know around the water kind of aiming at the right bunkers and if I hit a straight just going to be on the bunkers and yeah it was a tricky light I

Hit a good swing and and there being on the green pin high on the left which is which I think it was a it was a great shot and and what was the yardage from where you hit I had like 236 to the front I was just playing for the front

And I know it was going to release so it was think it was a good number it was a tricky light but yeah they up been pretty good and was that the best birdie of the day also for you uh I mean I was just think that that

That that shot on 18 was good but but I think my best shot of the day I think it was on number 10 uh the banker shot I had like an uphill Li the Ping was all the way on the back it was like a 40 yards bunker shot with

The win and I had to land there all the way there so yeah he did 60° from there and I think it’s a kind of like a highrisk shot cuz you you can hit it clean and he is going way past the green and you can hit it easily pretty

Fat too so it was yeah it was a great shot okay I think that’s my my favorite of the day and and one last question for me uh are you more proud of the fact that how you were patient for seven holes you did not get a birdie despite

Playing so well was that a moment of you know was was that a matter of great pride for you yeah yeah I I I felt really happy when I finished the round the way I how I was patient during the day I you know I couldn’t B couldn’t make

Birdies on number four uh probably on number number two I hit a good P too I I couldn’t been few birdies before before number number eight but but yeah I mean I I knew kind of told myself that I I I know I can make Birdie on every hle here

I just need to keep hitting my shots and I don’t need to to lose any Focus because of not making birdies and yeah and I think I just stick with my same game and just like I said I mean just being patient and and wait for those

Those birdies to come all right thank you walking good luck tomorrow thank you thanks