We would like to welcome JT Poston, winner of the 2022 John Deere Classic to the media center. JT, congratulations on your second career PGA Tour win.
It’s been a great couple of weeks. With the win this week you move up to inside the top 25 to No. 22 in the FedExCup.
Poston: Yeah, it feels great to get another win. You know, they don’t come easy out here, and I really wanted to get that second win to sort of validate Wyndham, so it feels good to get it out of the way. Like you said, be been playing some great golf the last few weeks, and really going back to April I felt pretty good about my game. I felt like this was coming, and it’s nice to get it done here at the John Deere where it’s just a great spot.
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Hanging on to a lead for one round is difficult enough, but you have done it wire to wire this week. How much added pressure does that put on you now that you got the job done? You could be honest. How tough is it when you take an 18-hole lead and realize you still got a long way to go with it?
Poston: Anytime you have the lead, it’s just tough to play with the lead. There is just a little bit of added pressure. Wire to wire, pretty much having the lead from Thursday on, I told all the media after every round that I was just trying to stick to my game plan and I wasn’t going to think about it. The truth is it’s hard not to think about the finish line and what comes with it, all that comes with getting win out here. As much as you try and put that aside and not think about it, it’s tough not to.
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Speaking of perks with the win, you earn your spot into The Open Championship after this week. How excited are you for that?
Poston: I can’t wait. I’ve always wanted to play in an Open Championship, and this will be my first one. So for it to be at St. Andrews and the 150th is pretty special, and pretty hard to draw it up any better than that.
First player to win wire to wire here in three decades. Have you thought about that? Has it sunk in?
Poston: I don’t know if it’s really sunk in, but I just know it’s not easy going wire to wire. I heard of other guys doing it at other events and you see it happen every once in a while, but they always seem to make it look easier than it actually is I feel like. It was tough, especially today coming out. You’re trying to play solid golf and trying to hold on and build that lead as much as you can coming down the stretch so it’s not as stressful, but just tough to do.
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You wore it so well after every round this week. How did you keep it all composed?
Poston: Just trying to draw off past experience at tournaments. You knew I had won out here before, and so I tried to think back to the Wyndham and even winning in college, where you try and draw on some of those memories of hitting the right shots when it counts. So just focusing on that and trying not to focus too much on the leaderboard or getting defensive.
