Q. On quite a few holes, at least on the front nine, you sort of second-guessed your choices on club selection. Did that help you today or were you in danger of sort of slipping out of the rhythm?
CLIFF KRESGE: The wind was swirling. It seemed like every time I drew a club out, it stopped or changed directions. It's just a timing thing. If you've got a club in your hand and the wind does something different, you have to change clubs. Sometimes it takes a little longer to hit a shot and you've got to be patient. Some guy told me how to do it, and I told him I've got to do my job, you can't do it for me. You've got to be patient sometimes. That's what I was trying to do. Maybe that helped me stay settled and not get wrapped up, but every time I did take my time, I ended up hitting a good shot.
Q. Robert Allenby said that his mindset will be tomorrow to go out and try to shoot a 62 or 63. Is that what you're going to take into tomorrow, also?
CLIFF KRESGE: Well, I guess you're going to have to make a ton of birdies if you're going to win the golf tournament. The first 11 holes you've just got to make as many birdies as you possibly can, and other than that, on the par-5s you've got to play some good golf. It's crucial to get off to a good start because you can make a lot of birdies in the first 11 holes as Tiger did today. If he slips up and shoots even par and you shoot 4- or 5-under, then you've got a ballgame. Other than that, what can you say.
Q. Were you guys ever put on the clock today?
CLIFF KRESGE: No, I don't think so. No, we waited on par-5s both times on the front, so even though we got behind with my shoe thing and waiting a few shots, no, we never got behind at all that I know of.
TODD BUDNICK: We'll go through your birdies. No. 2.
CLIFF KRESGE: No. 2, I hit an 8-iron probably -- just short of pin-high left, made about a 15-footer there.
7, I hit a good drive there and I hit a wedge to about six feet or so behind the hole, maybe more.
12 -- I holed a bunker shot. I was short-sighted on the back part of the bunker, I had the bunker to carry.
Q. How far?
CLIFF KRESGE: I only had about 20 feet, I just had no green to work with.
The bogey on 14, I hit a shot from that bunker, which was a good bunker shot. I hit a good shot about six feet and I just pulled the putt.
15, I hit a nice wedge in there to about six feet and I made that one.
Q. What did you think regarding Tiger after seeing him go 6-under after the first seven?
CLIFF KRESGE: Me and my caddie were wondering if he was ever going to miss a putt. What can you say, it's hard to catch a guy that makes every putt. All you can do is try and make some putts yourself. I guess we're fortunate he made two bogeys or we'd be eight shots behind.
Q. Where did that fan yell at you to --
CLIFF KRESGE: No. 4. First thing, that was when I put -- I first put some Band-Aids on my foot and I had to put my shoe on and I never had an opportunity to take a look at the shot and then it's my turn. I'm trying to think about my shot, and then I stepped off it a couple times, and some guy said, "hit it," and I said, "I will."
Q. You put it pretty close, too, didn't you?
CLIFF KRESGE: I hit it pretty good. It flew farther than I thought it would and it spun back.
Q. Just a follow-up on the shoes, were they new?
CLIFF KRESGE: No, I wore them before, it just felt like my heel was slipping out of the shoe more than it should, almost like either the heel wasn't like high enough so it would grab the bottom part of my heel or the hole was a little too big or something. It just felt like my foot was coming in and out of the shoe. That's why the Achilles and the heel back there were rubbing up and down.
Q. That never happened before?
CLIFF KRESGE: Not to that extent. That was pretty uncomfortable.
Q. New shoes tomorrow?
CLIFF KRESGE: Yeah, different shoes for sure.
TODD BUDNICK: Thank you, Cliff, and good luck tomorrow.
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