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ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT SCOTTISH OPEN

July 16, 2017

Padraig Harrington

Ayrshire, Scotland

Q. Your thoughts on two very contrasting rounds over the last two days in two very different contrasting weather conditions?
PÃDRAIG HARRINGTON: Yeah, sure was. I played the same all the time. I didn't change; it was the weather.

You know, I just didn't get the breaks yesterday. I got plenty of them today. That's the difference in the scoring, that's all. I holed three nice par putts today, and yesterday, I missed a lot of short ones.

Q. Is that the frustration of this game?
PÃDRAIG HARRINGTON: You know what, it's not frustrating at this stage. It's the way the game is. If you play it as long as I do and you don't get to grips with it like that, you're going to end up in a home, not in a -- yeah, you're going to be struggling.

So it is what it is. As much as you might want to label it frustrating, I think I got past that ten years ago.

Q. With The Open Championship at Birkdale coming up next week, what positives do you take into that tournament from this week?
PÃDRAIG HARRINGTON: I played nicely. Try not to read -- the clichÃ© of doing it day-by-day. So if I shot a bad number today, I wasn't going to go into The Open any less happy than if I shot a good number. That's the attitude I have to take. I'm sure deep down it has an effect, but I have to get over that and not let it be; not let each round's score dictate how I feel about my golf.

Q. How much are you looking to going back to Birkdale, a place that holds such fantastic memories for you?
PÃDRAIG HARRINGTON: Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. I'm looking forward to my golf at the moment. That's the main thing.

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