ERIC OAKLEY | Post Seeding/Qualifier Interview
Watch as Eric Oakley shares his thoughts on his round at [location], discussing how he navigated the scoring setup and the challenges that came with not having a chance to practice beforehand. The professional golfer breaks down his strategy for moving forward in the tournament and provides insight into what it will take to make it to the sweet 16, estimating that a score of over 50 is necessary. Oakley also takes a moment to appreciate the unique properties of the course, praising its potential for growth and evolution as the sport continues to expand. With his characteristic candor and enthusiasm, Eric Oakley offers a behind-the-scenes look at his tournament experience and shares his thoughts on what it will take to succeed in this year's competition.
Watch Eric Oakley discuss his approach & goals ahead of the major tournament in this exclusive post seeding qualifier interview.
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we're here with Eric Oakley one of the best guys on tour how do you feel like the round went today how do you like the the scoring set up here the scoring setup is is fun because I got to just kind of forget about my bad holes and just chalk it up to be like whatever just pick it up like I don't have to go pop this out I don't got to go scramble out to save it save a bogey it was just like whatever we're done move on to the next one uh I didn't get to practice so that was a little bit hard so I was like throwing a lot of shots blind and that definitely cost me some points but I think I did I think I did enough and now that I have a better lay of the land like I'm Gonna Be Ready to Go attack so knowing the format knowing some of the shots to throw it's going to be good what's the score tomorrow that you think could uh get you into that sweet 16. um I think you need to be pushing 50 plus I think that that's going to give you a really good opportunity if we get some wind I mean and I know that the layout is pretty forgiving um but still you still got to go throw the disc well and uh so yeah I think 50 plus is really like where you're going to be at and you're going to be you're going to feel like all right we got a chance to play on Sunday what if your feels been like walking around and playing on this course the properties like uh it's awe-inspiring like this is I think the the cooler part about this is like everybody I was talking with it's like oh you could change this oh you could do this so it's like a property like this has so much room for even more potential like this this might not be the the layout that we play three or four years from now when we keep coming back like it could keep evolving greens could change tee shots could change I think that that opens the door to just say all right this is a really truly special spot that as the sport continues to grow this...
