May 21, 2009
QUICK QUOTES FROM:
MIKE MALASKA
GARY ROBISON
JEFF ROTH
WILL FRANTZ
ROBERT GIBBONS
DENIS O’SULLIVAN
BRENT MURRAY
AN INTERVIEW WITH:
MIKE MALASKA:
Yeah, my rescue,
because I had to hit it out of the rough so many
times. So that's a good club, that utility, rescue,
out of the rough, that's about the only thing that
you can advance down the fairway more than
about 140 yards, so you miss the fairway, that's a
good option. So I used that quite a bit today.
Q. Any adjustments for tomorrow?
MIKE MALASKA: Yeah, I just didn't drive
it very well. I didn't keep it in the fairway. That's
usually my strong suit and I just didn't drive the ball
well and every time I missed a fairway it was
tough. And it was a double. But the golf course is
very fair.
There's nothing out there that's
ridiculous.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH:
MIKE MALASKA
Q. Other than two tough holes, pretty
satisfied with the round today?
MIKE MALASKA: I played okay. The
greens were, you know, I got, I 4-putted the first
hole from about 15 feet. I hit two bad drives, both
drives I couldn't even move the ball. So but, yeah,
I was okay. You always want to play better, but
no.
Q. Any surprises on the course today?
MIKE MALASKA: Not really. No, it's very
fair. You just have to hit it in the fairway. If you hit
it in the rough, it's just a gamble as to what kind of
lie you're going to get or if you can move it too far.
So, no, I think the golf course, there are
going to be some good scores. If you can keep
the ball below the hole, the greens are not, they're
not bad at all. So it's some great -- it's in great
shape, it's just sitting there.
Q. Is there a best club in the bag?
GARY ROBISON
Q. You parred 16. Now that's a tough
hole.
GARY ROBISON:
Yeah.
Good
Q. How did you handle that?
GARY ROBISON: I hit a good drive and
good 3-wood and had about 65 to the hole and hit
it about 15 foot and made that.
Q. You're a northeast Ohio guy, have
you played the course a number of times
before?
GARY ROBISON: A few, not a lot. But
probably a half a dozen times before this.
Q. How did the greens play today?
GARY ROBISON: They were fine. The
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golf course is absolutely perfect, so if you hit it
where you're looking, you got a chance.
first one up, hit a bad drive and just kind of
chopped my way up the hole and made bogey.
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Q. The fourth was a challenge today.
GARY ROBISON: Yeah, it was. I just,
you know, I didn't hit a good drive and I hit a bad
chip and hit it in the bunker and didn't get it
up-and-down from the bunker and just a bad hole.
AN INTERVIEW WITH:
Q. What was the best club in your bag
WILL FRANTZ
today?
GARY ROBISON: I'm not sure any of
them were real good. I don't know, I hit a lot of
good shots, I just never made any birdies. And it's
hard to when you're not making any birdies, you
can't score. So just a lot of 2-putts, so.
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Q. How did the course play today?
WILL FRANTZ: Pretty difficult, I thought.
Greens were pretty firm and pins were tucked
away and greens were very fast here. I played in
seven Majors now and seven Senior Majors,
probably the hardest greens of any place I ever
played.
AN INTERVIEW WITH:
Q. What did you think of the back to
back par-5s? You birdied one or you parred
one of them.
WILL FRANTZ: Yeah. Yeah. That's a
real nice streak, especially if you start on the back
and then you come around and play the back
again tomorrow, so we started on 10 today, so
we'll have the back nine again tomorrow.
JEFF ROTH
Q. Talk about that monster, 16, what
did that do for you? You parred that one.
JEFF ROTH: I parred that one. I hit a
couple nice shots down there about 50 yards from
the hole, actually, and had a short putt for a birdie,
maybe six, eight feet and didn't make it. I got by it
all right.
Q. Did the course play the way you
expected?
JEFF ROTH: Yeah, it played just perfect.
The fairways are nice and fast and firm and the
greens are firm and difficult. You just have to
make sure you stay below the hole and stay on the
right side of the hole.
Q. You got a birdie on 3?
JEFF ROTH: Birdie on 3? Yeah. Yeah, I
made a nice putt there. I was kind of back deep
behind the pin to the left a little bit and I was along
the ridge and I got the speed down real good and it
kind of turned to the right and then it stayed
straight and went right in the middle of the hole.
Q. What did you think of the back to
back par-5s?
JEFF ROTH: That's unique. We don't get
a chance to do that very often. And I botched the
Q. You birdied the third hole.
WILL FRANTZ: That was my lone birdie,
yeah. I birdied that hole almost every practice
round. So it just fits my eye, one of those greens
where the wind is just right and it's just one of my
favorite holes out here.
Q.
Did the course play like you
expected?
WILL FRANTZ: Yeah, a little bit thicker
rough than I was expecting before I came here, a
little bit more difficult in the rough. A little bit more
penal. It's almost like a USGA event, the way the
setup is.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH:
ROBERT GIBBONS
Q.
Robert Gibbons, who had a great
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game today.
Talk about the back-to-back
birdies on 15 and 16.
ROBERT GIBBONS: 15, hit a great drive
up the right, hit a 4-wood middle of the green,
2-putt, birdie.
Then 16, driver, 4-wood, wedge, about 10
feet and made the putt.
Q. How are the greens playing today
for you?
ROBERT GIBBONS: Fast. Very difficult
and fast. You want to hit the ball pin high and
maybe below it. Don't be above the pin.
Q. You had another birdie as well out
there.
hundred percent really. My back's not great. But
that's no excuse, I just didn't hit it good enough out
there. And if you don't hit it in the fairway, it's
dead. I hit it on four into the rough and I had four
hacks out of the rough before I could get it out.
So, not the thing to do.
Q. Change of game plan for tomorrow?
DENIS O'SULLIVAN: Just play better.
That's all. Hit it on the fairway. Hit it on the green
out there. It's such a tough golf course. And the
scoring is, 66s? Not even in my dreams.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH:
ROBERT GIBBONS: Yeah, on the fifth
hole I hit it about two feet. So I made that one.
BRENT MURRAY
Q. This is your debut in this event.
ROBERT GIBBONS: Yes, it is. I'm the kid
of the bunch. One of the kids.
Q. You started off today, you birdied on
the first hole. How did you feel out of those?
BRENT MURRAY: Well, I had one good
thing happen, that was it.
Q. Did the course play the way you
expected?
ROBERT GIBBONS: Yeah, I played three
practice rounds and it helped me on some of the
par-3s picking the right club, etcetera. But it
played just like practice.
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Q. Did the course play the way you
expected?
BRENT MURRAY: I think the course was
very good. The greens are fast and tricky and it's
important to hit the ball in the fairway.
AN INTERVIEW WITH:
DENIS O'SULLIVAN
Q. How are the greens playing today?
DENIS O'SULLIVAN: Too fast. Much too
fast for me. They're wonderful. The place is
absolutely fantastic. But I'm not used to speed like
this. Never. In Europe we don't get that kind of
speed. So it's a bit tricky. But it's awesome.
Q. You did birdie on 15.
DENIS O'SULLIVAN:
Yeah.
awesome.
Q. What did you think of the back to
back par-5s? That's pretty unusual.
BRENT MURRAY:
That is kind of
unusual, but, yeah, it's kind of odd, you don't play
any of them until you get to 15 and then you get
them both. But it's a great golf course. It was fun
to be on it.
Q. Did today's play change some plans
for you tomorrow?
BRENT MURRAY: Yeah, I might go and
have a few drinks tonight, I don't know. I didn't do
very well. Hopefully I can do better.
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Q. Back to back fives there.
DENIS O'SULLIVAN: I had a rough day
out there. No, I just didn't hit it good. I come off a
couple weeks of back trouble. Really I'm not a
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