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I just felt like if I could get through the first six holes, I wanted to get through under par, but ... PHIL MICKELSON To birdie the three par-three holes on this course is like making a hole-in-one. The par threes here...
MARDAN MAMAT I wasn't feeling well at all Friday and it was a struggle. I was tired coming up the last couple of ...
HENRIK STENSON On the front nine I never really did anything. All of my birdie putts were really too far away to ma...
RETIEF GOOSEN I didn't get off to a great start. I had just one birdie, on the fourth, but kept plugging away, mak...
HENRIK STENSON You won't shoot nine under unless you birdie the first two or three holes. You just start firing at ...
STEPHEN AMES We didn't get to hit range balls beforehand, and that led to my hitting two balls into the water ear...
LESLIE ROBERTS I went par, birdie, par, and I kind of rattled her chain when I hit that par. The next whole I hit a...
ABBY OBERTHIER I felt really good on the front nine, but just couldn't get anything going on the back nine, ... I s...
MICHELLE WIE I played really well again today. I made my score on the front nine today, Thursday I made it on the...
CATRIONA MATTHEW I shot 2-under-par twice this summer, but this was my first round in the 60s, ... If I had to lose, ...
MICHAEL MAGGIO To birdie the three par-3s on this course is like making a hole-in-one. The par-3s here are tough wi...
MARDAN MAMAT I got waxed. He was 5 under on the front nine and then his birdie on 12 did me in. He was just too t...
GREG HELSTROM I double (bogeyed) and I thought I might be in trouble, but after that I started making par on a cou...
CAMERON WESTLAKE I concentrated hard. I didn't think of anything and just stuck to my game plan. I had birdie chances...
THONGCHAI JAIDEE It's not always that you're going to shoot a 29 in a major. You just want to keep grinding, keep pla...
ERNIE ELS
The par-five I made a nice little five-foot birdie putt. That was a sneaky one down the hill. Then I... STUART APPLEBY I didn't birdie any of the par-5s and it prevented me from shooting a low score. But I think I playe...
AI MIYAZATO If you can hit your 3- and 5-woods with confidence from the fairway, par 5s become birdie opportunit...
ERNIE ELS To birdie the three par threes on this course is like making hole in ones. They are tough, especiall...
MARDAN MAMAT
The par putts sometimes are bigger than the birdie putts. JIMMY WALKER He's got pretty long ball off the tee. He's learned to hit those short wedges in there. He's good at...
EDDIE HOPPER I started off quite steadily, but made a slight mistake on the seventh, ... I got a huge break on th...
GARRY HOUSTON I don't think I know the golf course all that well, ... If you can make a few by getting close enoug...
BOB TWAY The conditions were perfect for scoring. It was there to be had if you hit the shots. I got off to a...
DON POOLEY I felt comfortable going into those last five or six holes that par was going to be a good score. Th...
MORRIS HATALSKY It was just like, 'whoa, something going on here,' ... I'm thinking, 'I've hit the worst shot I hit ...
CHARLES WARREN It was just like, 'whoa, something going on here,' ... I'm thinking, 'I've hit the worst
shot I...
CHARLES WARREN
It was unnerving to watch those guys go out there and make birdie after birdie, but I knew I had tho... PHIL MICKELSON The first day, I played really good. I hit almost every green, and I hit two 30-foot birdie puts. To...
ABBY OBERTHIER The greens seem to be rolling a little smoother than they were two weeks ago. The fans want good gol...
LAURA DIAZ What I have to do is stay patient. You know you?re going to make some bad swings and, hopefully, you...
BEN CURTIS
J.D. is a friend of mine and Ollie has been a friend since I was an amateur. I feel bad. I want to w... TIGER WOODS I played great on the front nine, but it's the last six holes that matter, ... Those two holes reall...
MICHELLE WIE
It's so hard to make a good tee shot after a birdie. JOHN UPDIKE You can hit some great shots into the green and end up 12-foot from the pin, just off the green in t...
HENNIE OTTO I left my putts short on the ninth, 10th and 11th but the birdie on the 14th gave me something good ...
GRAEME MCDOWELL I had good opportunities most of the (front) nine and managed to get under par early, caught a groov...
OLIN BROWNE I feel pretty confident saying the scoring average [on No. 4] is going to play over par. I guess it ...
CHARLES HOWELL III I felt like I wasted more than one shot there because it was a hole where you can expect to make a b...
SHIHO OYAMA
From losing a point after 16 to winning 17 with a birdie and 18 with a par, two of the most difficul... BERNHARD LANGER I'll be the first guy going through those three holes and it's my job to get a birdie or two. It's a...
STEVE ELKINGTON I hit my drives well. But I would just miss short birdie putts.
MATT WADE I certainly wasn't going to take a club shorter and be short. That was about as big a putt as you ca...
CRISTIE KERR To be honest with you, I had a couple of good up and downs for par towards the middle part there whe...
JANICE MOODIE I don't think I know the golf course all that well. It's the type of golf course where if you hit it...
BOB TWAY That was really good shot, ... Tiger made birdie, too. He didn't have to do that.
CHRIS DIMARCO
As golfers, we rationalize everything. You hit a bad shot and think, 'I can make birdie from there.'... TIGER WOODS It just all went horribly wrong for me on the front nine. I fought back well but it was not enough i...
NICK DOUGHERTY I'm trying to keep Couch on this tour, ... I played pretty good.
I hit the ball pretty good tod...
CHARLEY HOFFMAN
Initially, I wanted to be an ice skater, but then when I was 13 I saw Bye Bye Birdie, and that was i... LIZA MINNELLI We didn't have our best round today. We actually got off to a good start, but where we struggled was...
BO STEPHAN I had a bit of a rough start there and made some good par putts on the first two holes,
ERNIE ELS
I had to go for it and try to go for a birdie or, best part, eagle, ... Then he puts the ball on the... TIGER WOODS Kate Bigelow shot a very competitive 41 on the front, then shot a 49 on the back. I know that she fe...
GARY GAVETTE It wasn't the start I was looking for, ... But I knew there were a lot of birdie holes ahead out the...
ANDREW PRATT I would have sold out for a birdie in a heartbeat. It's not important to lead the first day. I don't...
DANA QUIGLEY
I hit two really nice shots and then just chickened out on a bunker shot and left it way short. I wa... TIGER WOODS Sometimes the bogey can get you fired up. I think that bogey at 16 fired him up to go birdie-eagle o...
RICK SMITH It was better today. We kind of struggled on the front nine, but it was good to see that they all pl...
BO STEPHAN
We didn't name Birdie before she was born. When she came out I said, 'I think we gotta go wi... BUSY PHILIPPS I screwed up in the middle. That's a birdie hole, so I feel like I gave three shots away.
MORGAN PRESSEL The first nine holes, I played really well. I don't think I missed a fairway or green. I had some go...
DEAN WILSON I just went out there and tried to post par, ... Just grind it out. There are some holes out there w...
GARY CHRISTIAN I played like a dog today. I had a two-foot putt on the second hole for birdie that didn't touch the...
JIM MCMAHON I hit a bad chip on the 17th hole. I hit it way too hard and missed the putt there. I didn't make ma...
SCOTT SIMPSON I had a good day and hit the ball very well. I think I only missed two greens and I don't think I mi...
CARIN KOCH I watched every minute of it. Sergio was looking kind of shaky early on the back nine and hit a weak...
BRETT BERGMAN The par-3 14 was a big hole for me. I dropped a 15- or 20-foot putt for par. Basically, in my last e...
ADAM GREEN I think to come back and horseshoe out for a birdie summed up my week really. I don't know whether i...
GREG OWEN Today was a tough day and I got off to an iffy start and was two over par after five holes. I battle...
ERNIE ELS I only made one birdie all day.
BOB RALSTON
I'm not a singer. In 'Bye Bye Birdie,' I think I was the sad girl who sits on the park b... YVONNE STRAHOVSKI It was tough, real windy. We couldn't get enough birdie putts. It was hard to hit it in the fairway,...
DAVIS LOVE When she was 10, we went out and played nine holes. I thought if she could break 70 that would be pr...
GREGG SUNNER I tried to hang in there for a little while. It catches up with you. One birdie on Sunday isn't goin...
CHAD CAMPBELL I got it going a little bit toward the backside of the back nine and then on the front I hit it pret...
ARJUN ATWAL (The wind) was pretty tricky for me today. On my first nine holes, I put myself in some situations I...
LAURA COBLE Outstanding. He's a great competitor, and the thing is, he got better as the game went on. I think h...
CALVIN BAISLEY The birdie at No. 13 was the turning point, because I was able to forget about the double at 12 and ...
ALEX HAMILTON Instead of 30 or 40 feet, I'm in there at 20 feet. When I hit a good shot, I'm inside 10 feet. I've ...
DUFFY WALDORF I kept on trying all the way and couldn't get close enough. And the greens are very tricky to read. ...
HENRIK STENSON I think anything under par out here on this golf course is a good score,
CHRIS HAACK If all else fails, birdie the last.
ADAM DEREK SCOTT Thomas made birdie there and I thought, 'Here we go. It's down the stretch now'. But I've been in th...
HENNIE OTTO I hit five birdies on the front nine and that really got me going,
LISELOTTE NEUMANN It was just a really good day. I drove the ball well and think I hit every fairway. I think I maybe ...
KATE GOLDEN
I figured if I could birdie 17 and 18 and post a number I would at least have some kind of a chance. TIGER WOODS
First I wanted to be an ice skater, and then I saw 'Bye, Bye Birdie,' and everything changed... LIZA MINNELLI The front nine -- we never really got it going today. I hit a really bad opening tee shot and couldn...
CRAIG LILE With three or four holes to play, it looked decidedly unfavorable for us. But Justin made a massive ...
GEOFF OGILVY Definitely my iron play. I haven't been hitting the ball close for a while and this week I've been h...
DUFFY WALDORF
I started way too late. I struggled on the front nine and then I gave myself good putts at the end. TOM WATSON
[Missing the cut at the Nelson] was probably more disappointing, because I bogeyed the last hole and... TIGER WOODS The only crazy drive I hit all day was on eight, but I still managed to save my par. I was pretty sh...
JAY HAAS The kids battled. We had two kids shoot 40 on the front side and another shoot 41, and they all shot...
GRIER JONES I'm disappointed that I couldn't keep it up on the back nine, but it was a good effort. I think I pr...
FREDRIK JACOBSON
From the fifth to the 17th hole, I went birdie-less. And it wasn't from a lock of opportunities, jus... HALE IRWIN I hit a perfect shot on 17, I'm thrilled to death it went in, ... When it left the club, I knew it w...
CRAIG BARLOW I have a scar on my forehead. I was three years old, jumping on the bed with my brothers, and I fell...
JAMIE-LYNN SIGLER
