THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

March 25, 2000

Robert Damron

ROBERT DAMRON: 3, I hit it six feet, made that birdie and 4, I hit it about two feet, made birdie. So that is a good start. 6, I hit it about four feet, made birdie. So that kind of got everything going and then, oh, what else happened, I made a great up-and-down, a horrible shot off the 8th tee; made a great up-and-down kind of kept me going. Holed it out of the bunker on 9. So that added up to 31 with a couple of loose shots that I got away with. Then hit a good second shot on 10, I thought, and there is just a lot of bumps and humps out here and I must have hit the end of one of them; kicked it off of left off the green, made bogey there. Up-and-down out of the bunker on 11. 15-footer on 12, and birdie birdie and parred in. I was just happy to do it.

ROBERT DAMRON: Might need a little wind to kick up. Hal is playing awfully good; saw on the board he has already got a birdie under his belt. I don't know, I am just happy with my round, you know, if you would have asked me after Thursday's round, I'd bet I was going to be home on Saturday and Sunday because I didn't play that well; didn't feel like I was striking it that well. The course just seemed impossible.

ROBERT DAMRON: If somebody told me on Thursday I'd be 2-under on Sunday, I would have felt great. It played so hard on Thursday. I have never played a course played as hard as it did on Thursday. Then yesterday was no piece of cake, but it lightened up a little. Today obviously the wind laid down, sun's out, it is perfect. Hopefully it will kick up, though. I'd kind of feel it coming.....

ROBERT DAMRON: He is pretty good, isn't he? I am not worried about Tiger. Like I said, I am just happy to play good and whatever I do tomorrow I will do and go into next week.

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