Q. Does it amuse you in any way to shoot 66-65 and not be leading a tournament?
KIRK TRIPLETT: Not here, no. I mean, there's a couple three weeks during the year where you're used to that and you expect that. But you also know, I don't even know what's leading. I think the board I saw over here, 14-under was leading.
It would not surprise me to see 17-under or 18-under because you can get out there and get your confidence. And the conditions are so good, it's not that the courses are so easy; it's just that conditions are so good and the shots have a certain sameness to them. The courses are in great shape and when a guy gets on a roll with a putter, if he has it inside 20 feet, he's thinking about making a birdie. You have a lot of those opportunities here.
65-66, I'm not going back to the hotel room thinking, "I've played the best golf of my life and I'm still behind." I would expect to be behind with those two scores.
Q. Did you feel that this is a tournament that you can win? You won at Riviera, which is, you know, a classic, traditional track. You're not going to get double-digits under par after two rounds. Do you like this kind of horse race?
KIRK TRIPLETT: I don't mind this kind of tournament once in awhile. I wouldn't want a steady diet of it. I don't think any of us would. We like the variety that comes with it. I feel like I have a good chance here year-in and year-out because I drive my golf ball pretty well. That's really the only place you really get in trouble around these courses if you start hitting it in the trees.
No, I go to the two courses that are a little tighter the next two days. So that being said, I've got to pay attention and keep doing my work to get to where I want to be.
TODD BUDNICK: Can you just run through your birdies real quick.
KIRK TRIPLETT: I birdied No. 3. I hit a sand wedge about 12 feet.
7, the par 3, I hit a 6-iron to a foot.
9, I hit a 9-iron to three feet.
10, I hit a 9-iron to six feet.
14, I hit a 9-iron to about eight feet.
15, I hit an 8-iron to about six feet.
18, I hit a driver and a 5-wood over the green and chipped up to a tap-in.
TODD BUDNICK: Thank you very much, Kirk, for joining us today. Good luck for the rest of the week.
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