Brian Harman's work, long wait pays off with Open win | Golf Channel

HARMAN AND HE IS WITH TODD LEWIS. >> BRIAN, YOU CAME HERE WITH A LARGE LEAD, TOUGH CONDITIONS AND MANY OF THE WORLD’S BEST TRYING TO CATCH YOU. EXTERNALLY FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IT LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE IN TOTAL CONTROL. MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY, HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO KEEP IT TOGETHER AND GET THE JOB DONE? >> I WAS A WRECK LAST NIGHT. BEEN A WRECK THE WHOLE WEEK. IT’S TRYING TO JUST GRIND IT AND NOT — YOU KNOW, I KEPT THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING KIRBY SMART SAID, I’M GOING TO HUNT AND NOT BE HUNTED. I MADE A COUPLE

PUTTS ON THE FRONT NINE, I FELT LIKE IT SETTLED DOWN AND I FELT LIKE I HAD A LOT OF CONTROL. >> WHAT WERE YOU WRESTLING ALL WEEK? >> JUST FUTURE FORECASTS AND WORRIED ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN. I WAS IN THE SHOWER THIS MORNING, AND I WAS LIKE, NOTHING BAD HAD HAPPENED YET. LET’S GET READY TO GO AND DO OUR BEST. >> I’M SURE YOU’VE HAD THE BELIEF, BUT TO HOLD THAT TROPHY AND PROVE TO YOURSELF AND THE WORLD THAT YOU ARE A MAJOR CHAMPION, HOW MUCH VALIDATION IS THAT FOR YOU? >> IT’S BEEN A LOT

OF WORK. I PUT A LOT OF SACRIFICE INTO THIS GAME. TO TAKE A MINUTE AND BE LIKE, I DID IT, FOR A WEEK, I DID IT. >> YOU WERE A GREAT AMATEUR, GREAT COLLEGE PLAYER, GREAT WALKER CUP PLAYER. I’M

GUESSING YOU THOUGHT THE WINS WOULD COME MUCH MORE IN YOUR CAREER. YOU’RE IN YOUR MID-30s RIGHT NOW. WAS IT WORTH THE WAIT? >> YES, IT WAS. IT FEELS RIGHT. IT FEELS RIGHT. I HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED THAT I HAVEN’T WON MORE. I FELT LIKE THAT SOMETIMES THE — MAYBE I DIDN’T GET THE CREDIT I DESERVED. IT’S NICE,

LIKE I SAID, FOR A WEEK IT ALL CAME TOGETHER. >> FINAL THING, I KNOW YOU’VE WANTED TO BE ON ANOTHER U.S. TEAM. THIS IS GOING TO PUT YOU INSIDE THE TOP SIX. YOU HAVE A GOOD SHOT OF BEING ON THAT TEAM. HOW MUCH OF A MOTIVATION WILL THAT BE FOR YOU? >> I’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE ON A TEAM. I’VE ALWAYS MADE A POINT WHEN ZACH OR DAVIS HAS BEEN A CAPTAIN, I’VE NEVER TRIED TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE. I WANTED TO EARN IT AND MAKE MY PLAY — LET MY PLAY DO THE TALKING. IF IT’S