PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

August 19, 2006

Graeme McDowell

McDOWELL: It's the same number as yesterday. But I probably hit the golf ball a little bit better today. I think I had seven chances from inside 20 feet in the first nine holes, made none of them. I actually hit great putts. I really felt like I rolled the ball well all day today. I had more looks than I've had in a long time in a round of golf. Yeah, I can't be disappointed. I really felt like I played well today. I drove it well, hit my irons solid, rolled the pole pretty well.

Q. Some days you hit the ball sideways, hole a lot of putts, shoot 72, but would you take a 72 when it's a potential 67 or 68?

GRAEME McDOWELL: Obviously I'm disappointed with it. I hit the ball well enough to have walked off with 67 or 68 very easily. That's really the number I needed to get myself back into this golf tournament really.

Q. But this is a major and you're playing well so can you take something out of it?

GRAEME McDOWELL: Yeah, but this golf course is yielding a ton of chances, and when you only make one birdie out there, I think it's a disappointment when you strike the ball the way I struck it today. I'm not drawing on the positives really.

I've got a nice stretch of events coming up, and I'm really happy the way I'm playing. I'm feeling good, I'm feeling positive and I'm just excited about the next three, four weeks.

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