BILLY ANDRADE: Well, early in my career, I always loved the fact that I would be playing in a tournament and Nicklaus was there and Norman was there and Seve showed up and Faldo and he was in his big run there. All of the best players in the world, they all seem to come here, this was a big event. Westchester always was a big event before the U.S. Open and I just loved the fact that all of those guys were at those tournaments and today, if all of the people you just mentioned, if you're up there and you're playing well you're obviously doing some things. So that's the way I look at it. I think if you can beat the best in any given week, then you know, that's pretty cool stuff that you're obviously, you've obviously beat them on an occasion, and I've beat Seve and Hale Irwin when he was on his run in '91. I went up head-to-head against him in Westchester and beat him and that was cool.
I think that's the bottom line, you want to have all of the best players every week so you can judge yourself on how good you are and how well you're doing. This is one of those weeks just like in the past.
Q. Still rewarding beating Bob Friend?
BILLY ANDRADE: Oh, yeah, you bet, Bob Friend. I think I beat Mickelson there in Vegas. Who else did I beat besides Hale? Oh, Jeff Sluman. It was fun beating my best friend back in '91, too, you betcha.
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