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PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

August 12, 2005

Jerry Kelly

SPRINGFIELD, NEW JERSEY

JERRY KELLY: It does feel good, especially the year that I've had. You know, it's been pretty mediocre. I knew it's been coming. I've been close. It's just nice to put it together.

I kind of made it effortless, which is what I've been looking for. I've been putting so much effort into it for the last two years really, that I guess that's what it took to kind of took the pressure off.

Q. What was it that was clicking for you?

JERRY KELLY: Just keeping the ball in front of you, not spraying the driver, hitting good crisp iron shots. If I missed a green, just good chipping and good solid putting. The whole game was there. I just didn't really get unnerved by any shots out there.

You can always throw that away. Every tournament is a new beginning. I've kind of let a lot of past tournaments into my head in the past, but really what happened at the British Open was exactly what I've been looking for for a long time. It was just a calming experience and really to get me excited. I was enjoying myself. I was basically patting myself on the back after even some shots that weren't as good as I would have liked, but they were still in position. That's something I haven't done in a long time, and hopefully it's going to continue.

Q. Can you comment on that final shot?

JERRY KELLY: It'll make me sleep a little easier knowing that I executed the way I wanted to, and that's all I want to do is have my game plan and execute. If I stick to my game plan and just swing the way I've been swinging, I'm not going to worry about a missed shot here or there and just go out and do my job.

Q. What is your mindset tomorrow?

JERRY KELLY: No different. I haven't been shooting at a ton of pins. I've had pretty long irons into a lot of these holes, so it's not a course where I can shoot at pins, and that's taking a lot of the pressure off, as well. I'm able to play to the middles and shade it a little bit right or a little bit lift and it's given me makeable putts.

Q. Considering where Phil is and where the course is playing, is there a number you have to get to in order to win this thing?

JERRY KELLY: No. If they didn't squeegee or spray down some of the greens, they were getting really crusty. It almost worked to a disadvantage. You've got some back pins that you want it to skip back to, and it stopped on us quite a few times, so we had some long putts uphill. If it would have gotten more crusty, you know, it would have been a lot easier than those chips downhill. They kept it in perfect condition. The greens were still plenty fast and they did a great job out there.

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