This is more economic than political. They needed to expand, and we were the only place they could go.

Some Germans may not have supported our war, but they supported us in other ways.

This isn't a normal base closing because there's so much history. There's a feeling of sadness that we have to say farewell to our German friends.

It leaves the underlying momentum strong.

My first goal was to make the cut. I tried to forget who was in the field, and, thankfully I did. I tried to block out everything and the trick worked in my favor.

My first goal was to make the cut, I just wanted to prepare as normal for a tournament and just forget who was in the field and thankfully I did. I just tried to block out everything that was going around and tried to play my own game and it worked.