May 24, 2009
QUICK QUOTES FROM:
DAVE STOCKTON
ANDY BEAN
BILL BRITTON
MARK O’MEARA
JEFF ROTH
AN INTERVIEW WITH:
Q. You really had to be patient out
there this week and really wait for your scoring
chances.
DAVE STOCKTON: Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Because the greens are so hard, if you land -some are, some aren't, but you really had to keep
the ball below the holes. The PGA did a great job
setting it up.
Like the 8th hole, basically they have no
pin placement on that hole. And they kept it down
below. Because when we're playing the practice
round we're going, okay, now, where in the heck
can they put the pin other than down here. And
they didn't. They just bit the bullet. So, no, it was
a good setup.
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DAVE STOCKTON
Q. Just wanted to get quick thoughts.
A little bit different Sunday walk than the last
time you were here?
DAVE STOCKTON: Yeah, the people
weren't nearly as friendly.
(Laughter.)
Q. What did you think of the setup, now
that you got 72 holes under your belt, did you
prefer it the old way, did you like it the way the
PGA had it setup this week?
DAVE STOCKTON: The golf course is in
immaculate condition. I thought the greens were
better, I thought the fairways were the best I've
ever seen.
I thought that the rough was a little bit over
the top. Even the strong hitters a lot of times were
just chipping out. I don't think they need that, but
that, you know, but it was a fair test. Boy, if you
missed in the rough, you knew what you had.
No, it was, all in all, I thought it was a great
test. I just enjoyed -- I mean it's a little confusing to
me with them changing the routes on stuff, but
once I got handle on that, I enjoyed it. I mean it
was a really good competition.
AN INTERVIEW WITH:
ANDY BEAN
Q.
Your low round in this event. What was
going right for you today?
ANDY BEAN: Well, it was -- you always
have to make putts. But I kept the ball in play
pretty well, had a couple of stray shots, but the
hard holes I seemed to play well for the most part
and that certainly doesn't hurt.
Q. Was there any one thing that got
you going today or was it just a nice steady
round?
ANDY BEAN: Not really, I started out, I
actually made a, probably a 10-footer on the first
hole for a par on number 10.
And after that I made a 6-footer for a birdie
on 12.
I went on around and made about a 7 or
8-footer on number 17, which when you hit it in
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there on, it was like 235 today, and I hit it in there
about six feet, I could sell that. I could probably
sell that for a hundred grand at least.
But, no, it was just one of those rounds
that I hit a lot of good shots, made a couple bad
shots, and I ended up paying for one of them. But
I birdied the last two holes, so hey, I'm
disappointed with the way I prayed overall, but
today was a good round.
Q. Now that you got all 72 holes in the
rear view mirror, what was your assessment of
the course?
ANDY BEAN: Well it's a difficult course for
me to play. I don't know, that's the best way I can
put that one.
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Q. Do you have anything else lined up
for the summer or what do you think you'll take
away from this experience?
BILL BRITTON: Oh, you're asking tough
questions today. What will I take away? Again,
you know, it's nice when you're around really good
players, it just makes you feel better about your
game and my experience.
I'll play the local tournaments in New
Jersey the rest of the season and maybe I get in
another one of these, it would be a treat.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH:
MARK O'MEARA
AN INTERVIEW WITH:
BILL BRITTON
Q. How did you enjoy your game this
week? I know it's been a long tournament.
BILL BRITTON:
It's great.
It's the
highlight of the year for me. I played Kiawah and
Oak Hill and it's the best tournament I play all year.
So for me at this stage of the game, at my age,
playing a tournament like this is really a treat.
Q. How does it feel to represent your
club and the area?
BILL BRITTON: Great. It's fun because
the people at home get excited. I've had a few
phone calls and I try not to pay too much attention
because then they -- but it's very nice, the people
get into it quite a bit. They get pretty excited. So
it's nice to be a part of that.
Q. Was there a certain part of the week
that maybe stood out or a certain hole or a
certain shot that you kind of won't forget?
BILL BRITTON: I don't think so. I mean
again for me to be out here with these grounds, I
played some practice rounds with some great
players. I got play with Dave Stockton who you
probably don't know, but he's a terrific player. So
it's been neat to play with great golfers and talk to
them and just play golf too. It's a great golf course.
Q. Reflections on the week that was.
MARK O'MEARA: It was nice. I got off to
a rough start on the back side the first day. I was
7-over after eight holes, where I made a double
and triple on 15 and 16, two par-5s. And one of
them with a perfect drive.
It was disheartening. But I could have
packed it in and I didn't, I kept hanging in there and
fighting and to shoot 70, 69, 68, that was a good
accomplishment. So I won a little bit of the battle, I
didn't certainly win tournament, but at least I fought
back.
Q. Go ahead and reflect back about, I
know we talked about it a lot, but 30 years ago
and today.
MARK O'MEARA: That's so long ago, you
know. It seems like it was ages ago, 30 years ago.
But that was the spring board for my career.
Certainly what happened here that September day
in here at Canterbury in '79 winning the Amateur,
that gave me a little bit, not that I was ever over
confident, because I never am, but it gave me a
little bit of the confidence to maybe take the next
step and look at professional golf.
And now here I am 30 years later winning
31, 30 tournaments around the world and 16 in the
United States and the great success that I've had
on the TOUR. I propel it all back to the Canterbury
win here in '79. So I feel very fortunate to have
played this great game for a long time. It's a tough
one. It's a tough game. Very tough.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH:
JEFF ROTH
Q.
Last year was your first time
competing and this is the weekend that you
made the cut. How was the experience overall?
JEFF ROTH: It was great. It was great. I
had Jeffrey on the bag early in the week and then
Justin came in and he took the weekend and.
Q. Is that your son?
JEFF ROTH: Both my boys, yeah. So
both of them on the bag. And the wife came down
from Michigan. So it was a lot of fun.
Q. What were your goals for the week?
JEFF ROTH: Well, the first one was to
make the cut, obviously. And then once I made
the cut it was just shoot a couple rounds in the
60s, which I did yesterday and I just got off to a
rough start today and played real solid though on
the back side shooting 1-under. And so, you
know, salvaged something out of it.
Q. What do you take away from this
experience going back home and going back to
the people that you work with and teach?
JEFF ROTH:
Well again I'm playing
full-time, so now it's back to the grind of Monday
qualifying, which, playing in a tournament, it's like
day and night. Monday is all about those four
hours and tournament's all about the kind of pacing
yourself and not making mistakes and then taking
advantage of where you're hitting good shots.
So it's like two totally different animals. So
now it's back to the Monday grind and the sprinting
and the not making mistakes and the playing
defensive and just kind of grinding it out.
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