Dufner keen to put Atlanta collapse in the past
The American, who lost a play-off to Keegan Bradley at the Atlanta Athletic Club, has expressed his surprise that those around him have been so sullen following his superb performance in Georgia.
Dufner makes an immediate return to action at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina today and is in good spirits.
“It’s been kind of a weird experience,” Dufner said. “Everybody that’s come up to me almost feel like it’s a funeral or something tragic happened. But I don’t feel that way at all. It was a great experience. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to win that event. But I had a great chance, my best opportunity, probably, to win my first tour event.”
Dufner has unsurprisingly attracted significantly more attention from the media ahead of this week’s event.
“I think all the questions that have been asked of me (by journalists) have been pretty honest,” he admitted.
“People are trying to do their job. They want to, I guess you’d say, get in my head and see where I’m at. I’m pretty confident and pretty good with it. I don’t see how you can see anything negative from being in a play-off at a major other than not winning. I think I showed a lot of people around the world that I can play some pretty good golf. And I probably showed myself that I can play a lot of good golf.”
Undaunted by last weekend’s near-miss, Dufner remains keener than ever to secure his first Tour win.
“I’m pretty confident with my golf game right now after last week,” he said. “I’m pretty comfortable on this golf course. I think it sets up well for me.”
Joining Dufner in action this week are the likes of European duo Paul Casey and Pádraig Harrington as well as Ernie Els, Lucas Glover, Jim Furyk and Angel Cabrera.
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