May 21, 2009
QUICK QUOTES FROM:
JIM SOBB
JEFF COSTON
MIKE SAN FILIPPO
AN INTERVIEW WITH:
JIM SOBB
Q.
Nervous or anxious on that first
hole?
JIM SOBB: No, not at all. Not at all. I hit
the ball well, I hit it in the rough though, and every
time I did it cost me a double and two bogeys and I
shot 75. So if I could just hit it in the fairway, you
know, it's -- I wasn't upset, I thought it was great.
Q. You bogeyed the first hole and then
parred the rest of the front nine?
JIM SOBB: Yeah, I played the rest of the
front and I drove it in the fairway bunker on 10,
made bogey. And then I came back on 11. I
drove it in the rough on 12, just a foot in the rough
and it's just I make double. And I hit it in the rough
again and couldn't get out of the rough. And made
double there. And drove it in the rough on 14 and
15, make bogeys there.
So that's it. I parred the last few holes,
which are really pretty good solid pars. Hit the
green in regulation on the last few holes, so that
was good.
Q. The afternoon players are talking
about fast greens. Did that affect you at all?
JIM SOBB: They were fast, but they were
really crusty. You know, the ball was sliding all
over the place. But I didn't 3-putt at all. I didn't
3-putt a green, so I was happy with that. And I
kept it underneath the hole for the most part so,
that was good too.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH:
JEFF COSTON
Q. It looked like this afternoon scoring
was really tough. There were only maybe one
or two people under par all afternoon.
JEFF COSTON: All right. Well, hey, is
that supposed to make me feel better? You know,
like the weather was great, the golf course was
great, it's just, you know, it's a national, a Major
Championship, and so difficult conditions. You
definitely have to hit it in the fairway, you definitely
have to have great speed on the greens, because
you got some downhills that are really fast and
uphills aren't as fast.
So you got to be thinking properly out
there and sort of trusting your game. So it's a
difficult scoring golf course, at least it was for me
today.
Q.
You put together back-to-back
birdies on 14 and 15. Did that kind of, is that
something positive to build on for tomorrow?
JEFF COSTON: Thanks, I'll take that. I
need to. You know, yeah I felt like I did some good
things, especially the last 10, 12 holes, so I look
forward to my opportunity tomorrow and appreciate
the PGA of America having this tournament and I
appreciate being invited.
Q. You were the low club pro I believe a
couple years ago?
JEFF COSTON: I was. I was. I think I
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can build on that.
Q. But you're going off in the morning,
this morning scores were a little lower. Are
you going to go to bed tonight with a number in
your head?
JEFF COSTON: No, I was just going to
quit after nine maybe and get a really low number
in my head, you know. It's always nice in the
morning normally, right? I have no excuses, I
could have done a better job, but I look forward to
an opportunity tomorrow. I remember the PGA
Championship at Whistling Straights in 2004 I think
I had the low round of the second round, the low
round of the day, so I figure that might happen
again.
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one in New York and I made one in Kansas City.
But I wasn't in the hole-in-one pool. So that's the
story.
Q. Does this course look like it's a
potential for another hole-in-one for you?
MIKE SAN FILIPPO: Well, gosh, I don't
know, I'm just happy to make 3s on the par-3s.
The par-3's are really good. I came close on 17
today, I hit a really good shot in there with a 3-iron.
You know, hole-in-ones are, they happen, they're
lucky.
Q. You've had a number of them.
MIKE SAN FILIPPO: Yeah, yeah, actually
I have been lucky.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH:
MIKE SAN FILIPPO
Q. How did the game go today? 3-over
but you had some birdies.
MIKE SAN FILIPPO: Actually, I was four,
unfortunately, but it went okay. I hit the ball really
well, I did not negotiate the greens very well today.
Could have been a really good round. Had it to
1-over and finished with three bogeys, which kind
of left a sour taste in my mouth.
But all in all I'm pleased, I'm encouraged,
I'm hitting it good, now I just got to figure a way to
get it in the hole.
Q. You got a busy seven or eight years
senior, senior circuit.
MIKE SAN FILIPPO: Yeah, I've had sort
of a second career sort of transitioned into playing
the TOUR and it's been a lot of fun. It's been a
nice change of life-style for me, I do miss being a
club pro, I imagine I'll probably go back some day
to being a club pro. Especially if I keep putting the
way I'm putting.
But in the meantime, I'm having a great
time, playing with these guys, and you know, as
long as my wife's okay with it, I'm going to hang in
there.
Q.
Have you gotten any of those
holes-in-one on while you were on the Senior
Tour?
MIKE SAN FILIPPO: Well, yeah, well,
actually, I did make a couple out there. I made
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