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DEUTSCHE BANK CHAMPIONSHIP

September 2, 2006

Brad Faxon

NORTON, MASSACHUSETTS

BRAD FAXON: I think it plays kind of Florida like. There's a lot of little mounds. I think they were trying to make it look like the topography around here.

Q. The rough edged bunkers?

BRAD FAXON: Right. They used some of the rock outcroppings, maybe make a few changes on a lot of the holes, but it's a pretty good piece of property. I think the players, they like it, but I think they need to love it.

Q. How many holes are you going to change?

BRAD FAXON: We're going to make changes on all 18. I don't think they have time to do the two holes they're going to change are the 4th and the 16th. 4 will be a drivable par 4, a straightaway par 4, and 16 will be a shorter par 3, 6 , 7 , 8 iron, use the water to have it front to the left. It won't be an island green, it will be a peninsula, and then we'll bring 17 in and straighten that hole out.

The changes that we do early will be done with the fairway bunkers on like 2 or 18, but we'll keep the course playable for as long as we can. It's an imposition whenever you make changes and can't play a hole, but we'll try and do all the work that we can without taking away a hole.

Q. Do you feel lucky to have 36 holes in with Ernesto on its way?

BRAD FAXON: I would feel lucky if I was five shots better, but I didn't play very well at all. It was just not easy. Yesterday was tough, today was tough. The course is playing long, not only this week but this year. I didn't make many birdies; I made two. The guys in my group didn't make a whole lot of birdies. 4 under is leading the tournament. We're used to double digits leading here, so obviously it's playing a lot tougher.

I imagine that they're saying it's going to get windier and the rain is coming in, which I don't think if the rain will make it any easier or not, but some of the pins were really tough to get at today, so it's a long golf course with lots of 3 , 4 , 5 irons.

Q. Is it a distraction to be playing close to home?

BRAD FAXON: I think you've got to deal with those things. I'd like to have that chance every week to play at home. Why would you stay in a hotel when you could drive 35 minutes. Yeah, there's a lot of stuff that's going on. It's all good.

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