SERGIO GARCIA: But that's the thing. I know you guys only look at a handful of players. I was 2 over through six and I could have been easily 4 under. You know, I hit a great drive on 1. I hit a good second shot, just flew a little bit with a wedge. It hit, instead of coming down the slope, it stayed just on top; 2 putted.
Then on 2, I hit a very good drive again, 7 iron into the green. A bit of mud on the ball, just hit a little left, didn't get up and down.
On 3, I hit a great tee shot, good second, to about 16 feet, left it about an inch short of the hole.
On 4, 6 iron straight over the pin. Hits on the middle of the slope. Instead of coming back it goes just to the top. Hit a great putt, just an inch right of the hole.
On the next I hit a pretty good shot, about 18 feet, just behind the hole, tough putt, 2 putted.
Then on 6, I thought I was making a 1. I hit this cut 7 iron that's going I can't even see the pin, it's going so straight at it. And it bounces just on top of the hill and I don't know why, I mean, that part of the green was a bit softer. And instead of bouncing forward, stops and comes back, and I end up making a double bogey.
So I'm 2 over, feeling like I'm 8 over.
From then on, I just kept hitting good shots. I hit it to sand wedge to 3 1/2 feet.
On the next I hit a great wedge to about 18 feet, 20 feet, just right of the hole and made that.
On the next, I hit it straight at it, but a bit into the wind. It came out a bit short and I 2 putted.
On the next, I hit a good shot just right of the hole and 2 putted.
Hit it to two feet on 12.
Hit it to 18 feet for eagle on 13. Hit a great putt; just burned the edge.
14, I caught the right edge of the tree and bounced back. I had like 260 yards, 255 yards to the hole. That was pretty much a sure bogey, and I tried to run up a 3 iron there and it came out a bit soft and ended up making a good bogey.
Then on the next, straight down the middle, great 7 iron to a foot.
On the next, a good, solid 8 iron, just right of the hole, comes back to about 16, 17 feet.
Next hole, great drive, sand wedge to about five feet.
On the last, I hit 3 wood, straight down the middle, and I hit a great 8 iron. I thought it was perfect. I thought it was going to be 12 feet right of the hole. I hit in the middle of the slope, and it just trickled up to the top and didn't come down. Hit a great putt from 40 feet and left it an inch and a half short right in the middle.
Q. You just basically were saying that you played well on every hole and didn't score early. Is that indicative of your week overall; did you hit the ball well and didn't quite get the scoring out of it that you thought you should?
SERGIO GARCIA: Definitely. I felt like first couple of days, I really felt like I shot 72, and I don't think I deserved more than a 69, at the most.
And then yesterday, I shot 75. I feel like I shot 80. I mean, that's really the way I was feeling.
It's hard because you know that a major championship, on this course, as difficult as it is, you can't go out there and shoot a 62. It's just not in the books.
I feel like I left a lot of shots out there that I probably didn't deserve. But, you know, that's the way it's been going, and hopefully it will change soon.
RONALD TOWNSEND: Thank you very much, Sergio. Good round today.
End of FastScripts.
