Q. How about the Irish golfing fans? They're acknowledged as very knowledgeable?
SCOTT McCARRON: Very knowledgeable about golf. It's like the Masters a little bit, very knowledgeable fans. They've been fantastic all week. I'm looking forward to getting out here tomorrow and having them hooting and hollering.
Q. Have you sampled a pint of Guiness?
SCOTT McCARRON: One or two. I play golf, get a massage, go fishing, have a pint of Guiness and dinner. It's been fantastic.
TODD BUDNICK: Scott, walk us through your birdies.
SCOTT McCARRON: Birdied No. 3, par 3, hit 7-iron in there about eight, 10 feet past the hole, made that one.
Birdied the par 5, two good shots in front of the bunker, made that for birdie.
Eight, hit a big drive there. 238 to the front and fanned a 5-wood and chipped it down to about 5 feet and made that.
10, hit a good drive down there and hit 5-wood just over the back right of the green and had to hit it kind of up over a slope, really tough chip and chipped it to about 5 feet and made that.
13, hit a good drive, pitching wedge to about 3 feet.
14, a hit I 6-iron in there to about 15 feet, made that for birdie.
16, hit a drive in the right rough and then kind of played it to the right bunker. I didn't have a chance with a line like that. If I landed on the green it would have gone over the back, I holed that bunker shot.
17, just murdered a drive there, down the left side, hit a 6-iron into that green, on 17, the par 5. And just carried over the bunker and just missed the green to the left there, just to maybe a foot off the green, and chipped up there to about a foot and made that for birdie. It wasn't like I made a lot of big putts.
TODD BUDNICK: How far was that out of the sand on 16?
SCOTT McCARRON: Probably maybe 15 yards.
TODD BUDNICK: Thanks, Scott.
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