Marcus Fraser

How much do we see a golfer’s true character when it comes to those big, high-pressure moments or difficult situations?

The way you react shows the kind of person that you are. If your putt misses or drops in, you don’t really think about how you’re going to react, you just do it. And I think that’s a pretty good indication of someone’s character, when you don’t have time to think about something and it just comes out.

However, I remember last year, I holed a long putt to get into a play-off at the Australian PGA and all of a sudden I was dancing all over the green, fist pumps and everything. I’ve never experienced anything like that, to hole a putt to get into a play-off, and all of a sudden I was throwing fist pumps left, right and centre. That’s just what came out of me, so maybe that’s a part of who I am.

So, in that sense, golf can also reveal a side of your character you may not have known much about?

Definitely. I’ve never carried on like that before. I think it was about three fist pumps in a row. Someone asked me after I finished, are you going to carry on giving a few fist pumps? I had no idea what I’d done. It’s something that came out, how I reacted at that time, so maybe that’s a little a bit of my character, that I’m pretty passionate about what I do on the golf course.

Do your fellow golfers also reveal their character off the course?

You can see a guy’s lifestyle on the course, such as those guys who dress a little differently and are quite outlandish. They’re the same guys off the course who like fast cars and to go out and have an occasional drink, that kind of thing. I think you can read a lot into how someone come across on the golf course, the way they handle himself off the course as well.