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WASTE MANAGEMENT PHOENIX OPENFebruary 3, 2017Martin LairdScottsdale, Arizona Q. It was nice to finish early on a Friday afternoon with a clean card. Tell me about the day. MARTIN LAIRD: Yeah, it wasn't very clean out there. It was a clean card in terms of bogeys, but my golf game wasn't very clean. I struggled a little bit with my irons all day, but my putting was probably the best I've putted in a long time. A lot of nice saves where you're looking at a bogey and then rolling a 15-footer for par. Those days are always nice. Q. Just to back up your observations out there, you were seven for seven scrambling, bogey-free, 136 feet, 10 inches in putts. MARTIN LAIRD: There you go. I knew it would be a lot. As I said, I think I only missed three greens yesterday, and today I think I missed probably seven or eight greens. It wasn't quite as tidy tee to green, but it's amazing what a putter can do for you. Q. Tell me about the golf course and how it's set up. MARTIN LAIRD: Yeah, you know, and early in the morning it's playing long, really long. 11th hole yesterday I had 3-wood/wedge, and today I had driver/6-iron. That just shows you the difference starting early as opposed to in the afternoon. When you're coming in in the morning with mid-irons to pins that are close to the edge, you'll play a little safer. But the greens are so good. If you get it inside 15, 20 feet, you really feel like you have a good chance at making it. And I rolled some in today. Q. Good day with the putter? MARTIN LAIRD: Yeah, great day. The putts, I made a lot of putts. I made two bunker saves, holed probably 20-footers for my par putts. Short-sighted myself in spots where I hit good bunker shots and went to 20 feet because the greens are so firm and rolled them in. As I said, yesterday I hit the ball really, really well and putted okay. Today I drove it well, but I didn't really hit my irons very good, but my putter was on fire. Q. (off mic.) MARTIN LAIRD: I don't know. It's been a little while since I have made that many mid-length, 15-, 20-, 25-footers. Finishing there, I made two of the last three holes, I made probably putts over 20 feet for par and birdie. It's always fun. Q. (off mic.) MARTIN LAIRD: Yeah. Obviously I was really happy yesterday at 4-under, and then to go out and feel like I struggled a little bit tee to green, and to put up a better score today, I'm obviously really happy. I think I know what I'm doing, causing my irons to be a little off. Go down to the range after lunch and work on that. If I can tidy that up and keep putting well, it should be a good weekend for me. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports   |
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