Kevin, Help Us

Unsurprisingly, South Carolina native Kevin Kisner has pretty chill advice for how to roll the rock: pick your line, pick your speed, get the thing going—and try like heck not to give a damn.

You’ve had a win in each of the last two seasons. How confident are you in your game in 2018? 

I’m playing well. My game’s been nice for a consistent amount of time. And all we can do is try to improve. It’s an improvement league. You try to get better every year—and that’s what we’ve been doing.

Do you set goals for yourself each year? 

Absolutely. Goal number one every year is get to East Lake and have a chance to win a Tour Championship.

How about the majors? Last season, you were the 54-hole leader at the PGA Championship. You finished seventh after a double-bogey on 18. Looking back, how do you view the week? 

I take it as a positive, because I had never been in contention in a major before, and that was another of my goals to start the year: to play better in the majors and give myself a chance to win. In the last one of the year, I gave myself a shot. I didn’t play great coming down the stretch, and JT [Justin Thomas] did. I tried to win on the last hole and it didn’t work out. That’s just how it goes. I will always go for the win.