It's a very tough course here. It's set up to be very tough on the big hitters and for Nick to play as well as he did against this kind of competition, it's tremendous.

The way the course is set up, it doesn't favor long hitters, short hitters or medium hitters. It favors good play.

Nick has been solid all summer. He's played in the Lima Juniors and Toledo Juniors and dedicated himself to getting better. He's playing great and is really striking the ball well.

It was really disappointing down there. It was a tough field, but that's the way I have always scheduled. I want our guys to play tough competition to see what it takes to get to that level.

It was a very tough match. He played fast and served big. I played a great first set, it was great to win in two sets.

We are tremendously excited and extremely fortunate. Mr. Nicklaus has been so wonderful in the Scarlet Course restoration project and this is just another act of kindness on his behalf. The Kepler will be a great success, and we are looking forward to competing on such a world-class golf course.