Today has not been a good day. Above all, it has not been a good ending. I’ve seen Luis very tired in the second nine. He’s exhausted and it’s normal. First because of yesterday, which was a very long, very tense and very demanding day, and then because he has been playing for six straight weeks. The swing was not there.
The mental part has been very important on this moving day. When arriving at the 1st tee, he told me that he was more nervous than any other day and I replied that on the contrary, he had nothing to prove, that we had a day ahead to learn, to enjoy and that he should try to flow. This round was a bonus. We played with Abraham Ancer and it was a spectacular game. He behaved perfectly, charming at all times.
It is the day he has played the worst from tee to green and we have not made putts either. Today I have not helped him on the greens either, even though I have tried to get more involved. At least, the one from the 13th, about 14 meters, has gone in. He made that one all by himself, I didn’t say anything there. Interestingly, we had talked about it a little earlier. We are going to try to get an ovation from the public. They are not applauding you because we have not given them reasons, in fact, they must be yawning…
At one point in the round, Luis was lamenting how he was hitting, complaining that the game has been very bad all week. I told him that it is not true and that, if I were to buy his argument, which I do not buy, he should be even prouder. I mean, you’re not hitting well and you’ve made the cut in a Major, alongside the best in the world and on a course like Royal Troon… So, if that’s the case, which I tell you it’s not, you have no limit.
Finally, on the 18th hole, where everything has gone wrong, with a lot of bunker, he was again shaking his head, denying… I told him that he had to lift his chin, greet the public and enjoy the moment because there are people who would give a finger of their hand to be living that moment. I, for example, who have played twenty Majors, would kill to play one more. I understand him. I have been in his same situation and I have also been carried away by the demons when I have played badly. It is normal to be angry and nervous, but as I have been lucky enough to live it and make those mistakes, I want to give him a hand so that the same does not happen to him.
