THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT

May 26, 2000

Tom Scherrer

TOM SCHERRER: Again, very happy with how I played. Didn't drive the ball quite as good as I did yesterday, and made a few bogeys because of that. But every time I made a bogey, I seemed to bounce right back with a birdie. So, I didn't really have time to get upset at myself.

TOM SCHERRER: I bogeyed the 3rd hole. I hit my tee shot just a few feet in the rough, and really had a terrible lie. And it's too risky to go over the water; so, I just kind of took my medicine and chipped out and left myself a reasonable chance for a par. Missed about an 8-footer. And then bounced right back on the par 3. I hit a 6-iron in there about maybe 10 feet and knocked that right in. So I kind of righted the ship right away, which was nice. 6th hole, hit a great drive, wedge in there about eight feet and made that. I bogeyed 10 again. I hit that just in the rough and couldn't go to the green. Had to lay up short and didn't get up-and-down. And sure enough, I bounced right back and I birdied 11 to make a nice putt, about a 15- or 20-footer right down in the hole. And then birdied the par 3 12th hole. Made about a 15-footer. Sure enough, 14, I bogeyed. Didn't hit really a bad shot in there, just a little long. I was worried about short and right with the water; and hit it in the bunker played for a bogey, basically. Came right back and birdied the par 5. Hit it just over the green and chipped up to a few feet and tapped it in. 18, hit a good shot in there, just hung up in the back fringe. I mean, that ball should -- you know, just a half a roll, and it rolls right back about 15 feet. And had a really difficult sliding, big left-to-right breaker and hit it by about six or eight feet and just missed that.

TOM SCHERRER: There could be. I think the wind was picking up a little bit as we were coming in. Certainly not like yesterday. But the greens are so good that I think someone is going to make a little run. I guess Harrison is certainly doing that.

TOM SCHERRER: It's hard to tell with what's coming. I think growing up in upstate New York, I think -- hopefully, that it might help me, certainly, growing up in bad weather. But I think the big thing is if we do go off the two tees, everyone is going to be kind of bunched together on the course. You're not going to have guys going off the tee at 7:00 in the morning and leaders go off at 2:00, because the conditions can change so much between that. So I think everyone is going to have kind of the same conditions to play in; so, it might be harder for those guys to make up some ground.

TOM SCHERRER: On the Nike Tour a few times. I don't think I've played with him out here in the last few years, but on the Nike Tour, I think I played with him a couple times.

TOM SCHERRER: Well, he's better than he was back then. I think we both are. You know, he's a big hitter, which I think probably favors him here this week, and he's certainly taking advantage of it.

TOM SCHERRER: I don't think I'm in Harrison's class, but I can get it out there once in a while if I hit it solid.

TOM SCHERRER: Orange is my favorite color. So my sponsor bought me some orange shirts.

TOM SCHERRER: A little bit. The Florida Gators; it's a Gator shirt, or Syracuse or Illinois or Clemson. So I make a lot of friends when I wear the orange.

TOM SCHERRER: Certainly, Harrison and I can get it out there pretty good. I don't know who else is on the leaderboard, but certainly Tiger, that will favor him, the longer hitters, definitely.

TOM SCHERRER: Callaway. Callaway driver. 7.5.

TOM SCHERRER: 45. And I'm kind of guessing, but I think that's right.

TOM SCHERRER: I've used a Callaway almost two years.