Alex Noren? He says he’ll be excited. Camilo Villegas? Calm.
It’s worked so far. Noren is your 54-hole leader at the Bermuda Championship, Villegas is two back, and with Matti Schmid on Sunday, they’ll make up the final grouping at Port Royal Golf Course. But the veterans want to let you in on a pair of little secrets.
Noren? He was once very un-excited.
Nervous, really, in these spots. The 41-year-old from Sweden has carved out a nice pro golf career, winning 11 times internationally, but he’s never won on the PGA Tour, and he has a thought as to maybe why.
“I think [Sunday will be] more excitement actually because I’m very happy with life in general, so wonderful family,” he said Saturday. “I’m not as nervous as I would have been maybe when I was more on my own 10 years ago. So it’s a different experience having this sort of — it’s more excitement.”
And Villegas?
Villegas, yes, was once un-calm.
Antsy, honestly. The 41-year-old from Colombia has been a star. He won the 2008 Tour Championship. He had the cool, Spiderman putting setup. But he’s fallen some, with no wins in nine years, though he thinks he may know the cause.
“I was getting a little too rattled when putts lipped out or hit a bad shot, and I was just kind of going away. It was affecting the way I was playing,” Villegas said Saturday. “You just want it so bad. As a golfer struggling like I’ve struggled the last several years, I think you want it so bad you start trying so hard and things just — the game comes and bites you. So I’ve been trying to let the game be the game and let my mind be calm and at peace. It’s been pretty good the last couple weeks, so let’s keep it going.”
Is there some lessons there? You bet. For them. Perhaps for you.
With that, here are the complete round-four pairings for Sunday. Golf Channel coverage starts at 11 a.m. ET.
2023 Bermuda Championship round 4 tee times (all times ET)
Tee No. 1
6:40 a.m. — Luke List, Brian Stuard, Charley Hoffman
6:50 a.m. — Kyle Westmoreland, Ben Griffin, Fred Biondi
7 a.m. — Scott Piercy, Sean O’Hair, Tyson Alexander Coming
7:10 a.m. — Robert Garrigus, Brandon Wu, Austin Cook
7:20 a.m. — Brendon Todd, Brain Gay, Kevin Roy
7:30 a.m. — Austin Smotherman, Akshay Bhatia, Doc Redman
7:40 a.m. — Peter Malnati, Mark Hubbard, Lucas Herbert
7:50 a.m. — Patton Kizzire, Ryan Palmer, Justin Lower
8 a.m. — D.A Points, Ryan Brehm, Ben Martin
8:10 a.m. — Taylor Pendrith, David Lipsky, Davis Riley
8:20 a.m. — Satoshi Kodaira, Adam Long, Dylan Wu
8:30 a.m. — Carl Yuan, Kramer Hickok, Adam Scott
8:40 a.m. — Ryan Moore, Stewart Cink, Vince Whaley
8:50 a.m. — Alex Noren, Camilo Villegas, Matti Schmid
Tee No. 10
6:45 a.m. — Cody Gribble, Andrew Novak, Kyle Stanley
6:55 a.m. — Andrew Landry, Russell Knox, Martin Laird
7:05 a.m. — Kelly Kraft, Brice Garnett, D.J. Trahan
7:15 a.m. — William Bryan, Augusto Núñez, Matthias Schwab
7:25 a.m. — Kevin Chappell, Max McGreevy, Kevin Yu
7:35 a.m. — Nick Hardy, Kevin Stadler, Ryan Armour
7:45 a.m. — Robert Streb, Alex Smalley, George Bryan IV
7:55 a.m. — Richy Werenski, S.Y. Noh, Greg Koch
8:05 a.m. — Troy Merritt, William McGirt, Lanto Griffin
8:15 a.m. — Peter Kuest, Lucas Glover, Zecheng Dou
8:25 a.m. — Nico Echavarria, Martin Contini, Nick Watney
8:35 a.m. — David Lingmerth, Cameron Percy, Jim Herman
8:45 a.m. — Ted Potter Jr., Ryan Gerard, Martin Trainer
