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INTERVIEW<br />
King of<br />
the Hill<br />
Matt Every goes for his third<br />
successive Arnold Palmer<br />
Invitational win this month.<br />
Why do you perform so well at Bay Hill?<br />
If I knew, I’d do it every week. Bay Hill is only<br />
an hour from where I grew up, so it’s like a<br />
home fixture. But I definitely don’t feel as<br />
comfortable there as at some courses. You<br />
have to hit a lot of driving irons to keep it in<br />
the fairway, perhaps that helps as my driving<br />
has been terrible and I’m a good iron player.<br />
Were you shocked by the two wins?<br />
I was playing the best golf of my life and felt<br />
confident that I could win if I putted well in<br />
2014. Last year, I was struggling big time and<br />
went in thinking I had no chance. But I got<br />
more comfortable as the week went on and<br />
started to think ‘maybe’. I hit the ball great<br />
and made a great putt on 18 to win. It’s pretty<br />
crazy, but I’m always going to be streaky.<br />
How do you explain your poor play?<br />
I’ve had some health issues. Before that I<br />
made some swing changes, but probably got<br />
too technical. I was thinking about my swing<br />
instead of scoring. I’m a fast player, but last<br />
year there were times when I froze. It’s pretty<br />
scary. I’ve split with my coach and feel like I’m<br />
less of a robot and I can hit more shots now.<br />
Can you win it again this year?<br />
Every guy will tell you he thinks he can win<br />
before any given week. I’m maybe not as<br />
good at lying to myself as some others, but<br />
I’m starting to play well, so who knows?<br />
ONE-WEEK<br />
WONDERS<br />
Every isn’t the only<br />
one to win in a<br />
poor run of form.<br />
Oliver<br />
Wilson<br />
Since ending<br />
a four-year<br />
slump with a fairytale<br />
success at the 2014<br />
Alfred Dunhill Links<br />
Championship, the<br />
35-year-old Englishman<br />
has missed 22 European<br />
Tour cuts and recorded a<br />
best finish of T34th.<br />
Derek<br />
Ernst<br />
In the 82 PGA<br />
Tour events<br />
he has played since the<br />
beginning of 2013,<br />
25-year-old American<br />
Ernst has missed 49 cuts<br />
and finished in the top 10<br />
just once. Remarkably, this<br />
high point came when he<br />
won the 2013 Wells Fargo<br />
Championship.<br />
Jin<br />
Jeong<br />
Prior to<br />
winning the<br />
ISPS Handa Perth<br />
International in October<br />
2013, the 26-year-old<br />
South Korean had missed<br />
eight cuts in 11 European<br />
Tour events. Since his<br />
victory, he’s missed the<br />
cut in 32 of 40 European<br />
Tour events he’s played in.<br />
EVERY CLOUD... The majority of Every’s results since his first victory don’t make pleasant reading.<br />
2014<br />
2014/15<br />
2015/<strong>16</strong><br />
1 MC T12 WD MC MC MC T3 MC T39 71 T47 MC MC 80 T50<br />
T49 T56 T27 DQ MC T69 T49 T63 MC 1 T35 MC T18 T52 T42 MC<br />
WD WD MC MC MC 74 MC WD MC MC<br />
WD 72 WD 28 MC T24<br />
14 Golf World May 20<strong>16</strong>
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