Q. It's been about a year since you made some of these changes. Tiger was saying today how he's trying to trust his swing. Are you trusting with the adjustments you've made?
CRAIG PERKS: It's not so much trust. I'm still learning. I made such a huge change, basically overhauled the whole thing. I was so inconsistent. I had two or three good weeks a year. I got to the point now where I've got a -- my golf swing is very neutral. My setup is neutral. My shot seems to be up and down a -- a lot more up and down the same plane. It should cause a lot more consistency. It's so new to me, everything is so new.
I don't have trust yet because I haven't grasped the whole realm of what I'm trying to do. I'm starting to feel more and more comfortable. The easiest thing for me is that when I hit a poor shot, I know exactly why I did it so I can fix it on the very next one. In the past, when I had a poor shot, I'd try and compensate and I'd hit a poor shot in the other direction. Seems like when I hit a poor shot, I can come back, know what I did wrong, and fix it.
I think trust comes from being comfortable with something. I'm not comfortable yet with the changes I've made.
Q. The money on the TOUR, the prize money continues to keep going up. That's a good thing. Your thoughts on that. There's 33 millionaires already on TOUR this year in prize money, it's not even August. Your thoughts on the prize money and why it keeps going up.
CRAIG PERKS: Well, I think I heard a comment from Commissioner Finchem, that he's trying to get golf in line with other sports, NFL, Major League Baseball, NBA. The top guys are making $25 million a year on the court or on the field. I think he's just trying to get golf in line.
I think even though the economy is struggling, golf is so popular. We have Tiger to thank for that, all these new guys coming out last year and winning. It's added a lot of new names to the game. I think all the public really appreciates the good guys we are. We don't have too many bad eggs out here. I think it makes a very popular sport.
We can come out in the best weather in the country, go out on the golf course, people can watch us play. We're entertaining them, but you don't see the bad headlines about all the bad eggs in the sport. I think it's a good, popular sport. I think the Commissioner is just trying to get us in line with the rest of the other major leagues.
Q. About seven years ago you and Mike Sposa and Carl Paulson all battled it out there on the Nike Tour. Talk about the learning curve it takes. You're all starting to play well, the top today.
CRAIG PERKS: It was good to see those other guys up there. Carl and I fought it out at the Players. It was good to be up there with them. It just takes time getting comfortable. It took me four years on the Nike Tour. I kind of got comfortable where I was. Now this is my fourth year. Sprang into a different situation after winning last year. Now I'm playing with the best players in the world every single week. You have to get comfortable doing that.
This is my fourth year hears at Warwick Hills. I'm comfortable here. I think we're still learning. Although I'm old in years, I'm still young with experience out here. The more and more you get comfortable, I think the easier it is to play well.
You know, you're still going to have the superstars out here, but I think you're going to have more and more guys pushing that even up higher because we're just getting comfortable up here.
THE MODERATOR: Thank you, Craig, for joining us.
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