TED PURDY: Everything. I hit the fairways when I needed to. That was probably the key because it gives you the opportunity to hit the irons close to the pin. I missed a few fairways, but I'm short of holes, so I could still get the ball on the green. If I had to attribute it, it was the driver. I hit the driver straight.
My iron play, last year I think I was one or second on the Nationwide Tour in greens in regulation and my iron game is my strength. If I can get it in the fairway, it's a lot easier game for me.
Q. Inaudible?
TED PURDY: Yeah, it's one of my dreams, one of my goals is that tournament. Yeah, I think I've dreamt about winning the Open for my whole life, since I was three years old.
JOEL SCHUCHMANN: Let's go through your scorecard. You started on the back side, birdie on No. 14, the par 5.
TED PURDY: I hit a driver and a 4 iron just past the pin and 2 putted.
15, I hit a 3 wood right in front of the green and chipped up to six feet and made the putt.
18, I hit driver in the middle of the fairway and I hit 3 iron 15 feet left of the hole and 2 putted.
No. 2, I hit 3 wood right in front of the green and hit a chip to six or seven feet and made the putt.
4, I hit I pulled my drive. I thought I pulled it in the hazard. There was no grass over there, it was a perfect lie and I hit an 8 iron about three feet.
7, I hit a 3 wood off the tee in the middle of the fairway and a wedge to about eight feet and made the putt.
9, I hit a driver and a 5 wood to about eight feet of the hole and I left it short in the heart. I was disappointed but, oh, well.
JOEL SCHUCHMANN: Thank you.
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