I would've made a double bogey but I double-chipped. The wind caught me on my downswing on the first shot and I went long. The guys behind me hit good shots and came up short. The wind switched that quickly. |
I'm doing the things that I need to do to win this thing. |
It feels great. I have a lot of family here, it's just a great feeling. I hit it great all day. I just kind of hung in and hit some good putts that didn't go in and in the end made a few on the back nine there. |
It has been a long time coming, ... I've been close a lot over that stretch of time, and I had that car accident in '98 and was sidelined for a few years. To come all the way back and be a champion again, I'm just tickled to death. |
It has been a long time coming. I've been close a lot over that stretch of time, and I had that car accident in '98 and was sidelined for a few years. To come all the way back and be a champion again, I'm just tickled to death. |
It has been a long time, a long time coming. I knew it would happen. I just didn't know when. |
It was a lot of fun and I played pretty well, |
It was a lot of fun and I played pretty well, ... It's just nice to get off to a good start. It's been a while since I have had a really good start and been up there. It's coming down to the end of the year and every round matters more and more. |
It was a lot of fun. I played pretty well. I missed a couple there at the end, but made a couple good putts as well in the middle of the round. I made a couple good par saves that kind of saved my round there. |
It's coming down to the end of the year, and every round matters more and more. Last week, I had it going and lost it, then today I got it going and kept it. |
It's unfortunate that Bob made a 12 but on a day like this, anything can happen there. It was really tough out there. When I made the 11, conditions were perfect. |
My main goal was to try to start off quick and just hit fairways and greens and basically do what I've been doing, |
That's a good round, but I have to keep it going. That's been my problem in the past. |
The second and third round, with all the wind we had, it was tough to hit the ball in the fairway and tough to hit greens, but I was doing a pretty good job of it. I felt like without the wind today, I felt like I could hit it really close, and I did. I hit it close a lot. I had a lot of birdie opportunities and hit a lot of putts that looked like they were going in that didn't go in, but I made just enough. |
This is a tough sport. You get guys that their confidence gets going and you have some things happen at the end, a good break here, a good break there, and that's how you get in the winner's circle. I feel like this is going to jump-start me. This is like my second career coming up. |