KENNY PERRY: Well, shoot, that guy is a great player. Nothing ever surprised me from him, as good of a short game as he has. And he said he worked in the off-season on his short game so that kind of surprised me a little bit. Obviously it's paying off. He's 26-under.
All of these guys are great players. It's just a matter of you kind of getting in that zone and you getting in that ceiling, like I had those last few holes, I felt like I was going to birdie every hole and that's kind of the mind-set I need for tomorrow. I need to get in a good rhythm out will and hopefully a few putts will drop early and we'll just go out there and try to shoot a good, low round.
Q. You did talk earlier in the week about how exhausted you were. How have you gotten through this? Obviously these courses are a little bit easier than up at Pebble Beach or something, but has it been tough to stay focused or has it just been fairly easy?
KENNY PERRY: I've been more focused this week after missing the cut last week. I was pretty upset shooting even par and missing the cut by one last week. I actually played okay. I just didn't putt very well. It's nice to finally be on good, smooth greens and get away from that bermuda and that grain and go to a place where I understand and know how to play a little bit.
I think I've been very focused. And I'm not that tired. I go through phases to where if things are not going too well, yeah, you can get pretty frustrated in a hurry. But since things are going pretty good, I'm pretty optimistic and I'm looking forward to the challenge of tomorrow's round.
TODD BUDNICK: How about your birdie on 10?
KENNY PERRY: I hit a 2-iron and a 7-iron about 12 feet or 15 feet from the hole.
12, I hit a 5-iron probably 15 feet left of the flag.
14, I chose the wrong club. I hit a 7-iron. I had 171, kind of upshot in the wind a little bit and came up in the front bunker shot. I hit a beautiful bunker shot, missed about a two and a half, three-footer and should have made it. Let that one get away from me.
Then I birdied 17. I drove it in the right rough and fit it through a slot in the tree and hit it about 30 feet left of the hole and was just trying to 2-putt it. Thank goodness the hole got in the way. I hit it a little firm and it hit the hole hard and jumped up and went in. Got a huge break there.
So I ended up turning 2-under and then I shoot 30 on the front nine, which was my back nine, which was huge. I birdied the first hole. I hit a 3-wood and a pitching wedge ten feet short of the hole.
Then I had the two eagles. I hit driver, 4-iron probably 12 feet past the hole.
Then I hit a driver and a 3-iron on the next hole probably to about eight feet.
Then I made birdie on No. 8. I hit 3-iron, 8-iron probably ten feet left of the hole.
TODD BUDNICK: Thank you, Kenny. Good luck tomorrow.
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