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FEDEX ST. JUDE CLASSICJune 12, 2015Phil MickelsonMEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Q. Phil, you talked yesterday about just trying to get more opportunities. And you got a lot of birdie opportunities again, they just didn't go in. PHIL MICKELSON: I hit a lot more good shots I felt than I did yesterday. I know the score is one higher. I hit a lot more good shots, more tee shots, good iron shots. This is what I was looking for to try to improve on the day. I feel after I played the first two days, a good low round is right on the verge and hopefully that will be tomorrow. You never know. I hit a lot more good shots today than I have and it feels good. Q. Do you feel like the greens owe you a little bit after all those burners on the edge? PHIL MICKELSON: They don't owe me anything. They're trickier because they're fast. You have to read them just perfectly. You can't take a lot of the speed out, and I had a couple that just went right over the edge on the back-9 that really could have given me some momentum heading into the weekend. Unfortunately, they didn't quite fall. There were a lot of pin placements I wasn't able -- I didn't feel like I could go after, I had to play away from. You got to make the 15, 20-footer you have. I didn't make those. I hit a lot of good shots. I had a really good day today. I had a really good range session a couple hours before I played. The swing is starting to feel a lot better. I feel a lot more confident on where the ball is going to go, and so hopefully I'll be able to put it together tomorrow and have a good round to get in contention. Q. When you look at that leaderboard, you see it posted at 9, you're at 3. Is it a course that you can make a move on tomorrow? PHIL MICKELSON: It's a course I find that when you get it going, you can shoot a good number of 5, 6, 7-under par. When you're not making birdies like I was today, it's just that much harder to make birdies because there aren't holes that are just gimme birdies that that can kind of kick-start your round. You got to hit a good tee shot and second shot. You have to make a putt. There are very few tap-ins. It's a course you can make up a lot of ground if you get a hot round going. Q. Thoughts about tomorrow. You're working at your game? PHIL MICKELSON: I enjoyed having a late tee time today. It gave me a chance to go out and have a morning practice session. I won't do that tomorrow. I'll try to conserve energy and put it all into the round of golf and see if I can get off to a good start and shoot a low round. But if I can shoot 5, 6, 7-under par I'll be right in contention for Sunday. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports |
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