Forget about golf, let’s talk about the football, it was suggested to Martin Kaymer.
“Yes, let’s do it,” the German agreed excitedly, still bursting with pride about the World Cup final.
But he still skilfully managed to direct the conversation towards some sort of relevance to this week at Hoylake.
The US Open champion is an eloquent and intelligent speaker, not quite the clichd German.
He said: “It’s so nice to see what sport can do for you. Even we Germans laughed a lot, we actually had jokes. You see the whole country changing.
“It makes me proud to be German, very proud what we have achieved, what the country has given me in order to have success discipline, respect.
“I mean we all know that we are very much on time always, but when you ask us to get things done, we not only do it, it’s going to be there a long time.
“If you build a house in Germany, it’ll last 1,800 years. Everything is good quality. You see the cars we build, things last long-term.”
Including the Kaymer swing, which many people thought he was tinkering with after his 2010 PGA Championship victory.
“With me, I could always change my swing because it’s built long-term,” he said. “I can rely on it, always.
“Germans make things happen. I like the idea of that because it’s not about talking, hoping or believing, it’s about delivering. You can rely on us.”
Kaymer knows many of the German World Cup squad, went to their training camp before his US Open win, and can relate to their success, even though it overshadowed his own.
“I won at Pinehurst the day before the World Cup started, so the media at home were full of the German national team, but (star striker) Thomas Muller went on TV and said my winning was a great way to start the World Cup for them,” he continued.
“He said it not to help me but just because he likes golf, but it definitely brought more response for me, and now a lot more people recognise me.”
And what can he learn from their success to continue his own?
“Patience,” he said. “They were a good, brave, strong team. There were no secrets, they just played their game, took their opportunities.
“There are days when you don’t play super-good, like they did against the USA, they maybe got away with that. But you hang in and get something around par that doesn’t knock you out of the tournament.
“Then you wait for that amazing day, like they had against Brazil, and like I had on the first day at the Players when I shot nine-under.”
Half way to a career Grand Slam Kaymer knows he has to improve his Open performances.
“I really enjoy this type of golf because there’s never a standard golf shot,” he said.
“You have the slopes, the wind, you have to be creative, it’s never just a putting competition.
“I’ve always made the cut at least, and I like difficult courses. Every year the Open is a battle, a fight, and you can’t get mad about it.
“A lot of players do get mad about, and if you don’t you’ve won already against them.”