Pro golfer Wyndham Clark excited to participate in BMW Championship

>>> HELLO EVERYONE. THANKS FOR LOGGING ON TO CBS COLORADO.COM. TIME NOW FOR A FEW EXTRA MINUTES WITH WYNDHAM CLARK, COLORADO NATIVE, 2023 U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP AND OF COURSE COMPETING IN THE BMW CHAMPIONSHIP THIS WEEKEND. WHAT ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO COMPETING IN AT HOME, HOME COURSE, KIND OF? >> PROBABLY JUST BEING HOME AND PLAYING IN FRONT OF THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT I DON'T GET TO PLAY IN FRONT OF THAT OFTEN. AND I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS I GREW UP WITH AND DON'T EVER GET TO COME OUT AND WATCH ME PLAY. THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE THIS WEEK SO REALLY JUST BE IN FRONT OF THE HOME CROWD. >> WHAT'S YOUR LOWEST ROUND AT CASTLE PINES? >> GOOD QUESTION. NOT LIKE CRAZY LOW. MAYBE 66, I THINK. HOPEFULLY I BREAK THAT THIS WEEK. >> EVERYONE IS REALLY EXCITED THAT THERE IS A PGA EVENT BACK AT CASTLE PINES. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE THE INTERNATIONAL WAS HERE. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GREAT ABOUT THIS GOLF COURSE? >> I MEAN IT'S HONESTLY ONE OF THE BEST EXPERIENCES YOU CAN HAVE AN GOLF. THE MINUTE YOU WALK IN AND GO TO THE LOCKER ROOM, AND THE SERVICE, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE VIEWS ARE AMAZING, THE COURSE IS FANTASTIC. THE MILKSHAKES ARE AMAZING. CASTLE PINES JUST HAS THIS KIND OF SPECIAL FEEL THAT I THINK REALLY GIVES YOU THAT COLORADO FEEL THAT YOU'RE PLAYING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND IT'S REALLY KIND OF UNIQUE TO ANY PLACE IN COLORADO. >> POP QUIZ. THERE IS ONLY ONE PLAYER IN THE FIELD THAT IS GOING TO PGA TOUR EVENT AT CASTLE PINES. DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS? >> IT'S GOT TO BE AN OLDER PLAYER. JUSTIN ROSE DIDN'T MAKE IT. GOSS, WHO WAS THE OLD GUY? YOU'LL PROBABLY GIVE ME 10 SECONDS TO THINK OF THIS. MATT KUCHAR DIDN'T MAKE IT. WHO'S OLDER? BILLY HORSCHEL? >> IT WAS IN 2006. FIRST NAME STARTS WITH A J. AUSTRALIAN. >> O, JASON DAY. THERE WE GO. >> THERE WE GO. >> THERE WE GO. >> THERE YOU GO. >> WAS ADAM SCOTT IN THE FIELD? HE MUST NOT BE BECAUSE HE'S PLAYED HERE. >> YOU KNOW WHAT -- I COULD BE WRONG. I COULD BE RIGHT. WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT IN THE BREAK ABOUT SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER AND WATCHING HIM AS JUST AN OUTSIDER. IS JUST BEEN AMAZING. WHAT IS IT LIKE COMPETING AND PLAYING WITH THIS GUY? >> I MEAN IT'S I THINK ELEVATED ALL OF OUR GAMES, BUT IT'S AMAZING TO SEE WHAT HE'S DONE. EVEN TALK AMONGST OURSELVES, LIKE YOU HAVE GOOD RUNS WHERE YOU PLAY GREAT GOLF FOR THREE WEEKS OR YOU PLAY FOR TWO MONTHS OR THREE MONTHS OR MAYBE HALF A SEASON OR A FULL SEASON. HE'S DONE IT NOW FOR TWO YEARS WHERE HE'S PRETTY MUCH SEEMED FLAWLESS AND UNBEATABLE AND THAT'S A STRETCH THAT ONLY MAYBE ONE OTHER PLAYER HAS BEEN LIKE THAT, IT'S TIGER. SO IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE. BUT HOPEFULLY I COME INTO MY STRETCH AND MAYBE START DOING SOME SCOTTY STUFF OF MY OWN. >> WE HAVE IN COLORADO, IT'S JUST BEEN SO FUN FOLLOWING YOUR CAREER. ALWAYS WATCHING, CHEERING YOU ON. WHAT DREW YOU SO FAR FOR THE MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT SO FAR? >> GOSH, I THINK THREE MAIN ONES COME, OBVIOUSLY WINNING THE U.S. OPEN SET MY CAREER IN AN UPWARD TRAJECTORY AND THEN REPRESENTING MY COUNTRY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE RYDER CUP WAS AMAZING. AND THEN GOING TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND DOING THE OLYMPICS WAS -- I MEAN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I NEVER REALLY DREAMT OF BECAUSE GOLF HASN'T BEEN IN THE OLYMPICS VERY LONG. BUT TO BE AN OLYMPIAN IS SOMETHING LIKE NOTHING ELSE. IT'S THE GREATEST SPORTING EVENT AND I THINK IT'S THE BIGGEST HONOR AS AN ATHLETE. >> ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. GOLF IS ONE OF THOSE SPORTSWEAR YOU'RE YOURSELF SO MUCH. LIKE A TEAM SPORT WHERE YOU LEAN ON YOUR GUYS AND I THINK THERE IS SUCH THE MENTAL PART OF GOLF THAT CAN BE SOMETIMES AS CHALLENGING AS THE COURSE ITSELF. HOW DO YOU STAY MENTALLY STRONG WHEN YOU GO THROUGH YOUR UPS AND DOWNS? >> IT'S VERY CHALLENGING AND THERE'S TIMES WHEN I GET DOWN ON MYSELF AND I'M NOT GOOD AT IT, AND THERE'S OTHER TIMES WHERE YOU CAN LOOK AT THE PROCESS AND YOU TRY TO FIND THE GOOD IN THOSE THINGS. THE BIGGEST THING IN GOLF IS HONESTLY LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE, THE MARATHON, NOT THE SPRINT. IF YOU COULD LOOK AT IT THAT WAY I THINK IT MAKES THOSE TOUGH WEEK EASIER TO OVERCOME AND THEN, YOU KNOW WHAT, GOLF IS ON ITS WAY AND IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND I'VE GOTTEN BETTER AT THAT AND I JUST CONSTANTLY BELIEVE THAT. NEXT THING YOU KNOW YOU START TALKING YOURSELF INTO THE GULF AND YOU START PLAYING GOOD GOLF. >> I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST FOLLOWING THEIR WAY TO GET TO THE BMW THAT IF SOMEBODY WAS ON THE FENCE, WHY SHOULD THEY COME OUT TO CASTLE PINES THIS WEEKEND? >> THERE'S SOME REASONS. ONE, YOU GET TO WATCH THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD PLAY AND WE HAVEN'T PLAYED IN COLORADO, I THINK IN 10 YEARS OR SO AND THEN CASTLE PINES ITSELF, NOT MANY PEOPLE GET TO GO OUT AND SEE IT. IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND I THINK GOLF IS IN I THINK A GREAT PLACE. IS GROWING SO MUCH. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PLAYING IT SINCE COVID AND THERE'S NOTHING LIKE WATCHING THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD UP CLOSE, SEE US GET OUR SHOTS AND EXCITEMENT THAT GOLF CAN HAVE. >> I DON'T REALLY THINK ANYONE IS ON THE FENCE.