The course is playing a little slower than it was last year, a little more receptive. It's softer this year, and if you can hit the ball high and get it out there, you're going to have an advantage over a guy who hits the ball low and tries to chase it.

Anytime you have receptive greens and smooth greens and this morning, absolutely no wind, the guys are going to go low. That's not normally how this course plays. Usually you're trying to somehow fit a ball in there to some of these corners. (Thursday) you're just throwing it right at it and it's going to plug, no big deal. You know with these greens being this smooth, good putts go in.

Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter.

I had to take baby steps all year,

I feel like I'm playing better. The things that I've worked on have really, really started to solidify. I've put together some good events this summer.

It hasn't really poured rain here and it's super soft. I know everyone wants to have the course green, but that's not always necessarily the best way to have a course. But hey, it is what it is, you adjust and you play. I've always been more fond of US Open set-ups where you've got to average 65 or 66 or 67 to have a chance.