Q. You were asked in a joking matter, there's still some daylight out there. Are you still going to have some work today?
VIJAY SINGH: Yeah, we always do that. A lot of guys don't do it, but I always go to the range when I finish. I have a routine that I go and wind down. You know, just feel that, you know, I'm through with the day. Go hit a few putts, get through with the day. My routine is always going to the range afterwards. I'm not about ready to change that.
Q. People talk about the way you finished last year, how strong. Do you really not look at it as being in a streak? Are you just playing the way you feel you're capable of or do you look at this as something you're riding for the last four or five months?
VIJAY SINGH: You know, I'm swinging the club well. And when I finished last year, I played well - even the last tournament I played, I was swinging the club well. I only took two weeks off. So you can't go from swinging the club well for six months, coming over here, and totally losing it.
But I kept practicing. You know, I took three, four days off. I kept going to the range, kept in touch with the golf swing. You know, I was preparing for this week. You know, I was hitting shots for this week and doing things to, you know, chipping out of the Bermuda roughs to prepare for this week. So I was in tune when I came over here, I was prepared to play.
And with the swing still being there, I was confident I was going to do well.
Q. You won two majors. Have you ever been more confident about your game? Have you ever been swinging better, even after those majors?
VIJAY SINGH: Well, I mean, you keep playing well, your confidence rises. I feel very comfortable out there when I'm playing. I'm not fighting with my golf swing. If I hit a bad shot, it's just a bad shot for me. You know, I'm not going to say, "Well, what went wrong with my golf swing?" If I'm going to hit another good one again or no. I just go out and tee it up and hit it again. I'm not really fighting that I'm going to hit a bad swing on a golf club. I'm just going to go tee it up and see the shot and hit it. That's what I've been doing the last six, eight months. It's a good feeling to have.
I think my golf swing is in tune with me, and I just feel comfortable with it. I'm going to keep riding it as long as I can.
I'm really looking forward to the rest of the season. I'm looking forward to the majors, and don't get too ahead of myself. I like to take it a week at a time, but it's still in the back of my mind that the bigger tournaments are what I'm looking forward to.
THE MODERATOR: Can we finish up the Back 9 with your putts.
VIJAY SINGH: 10, I hit driver, pitched it to about five feet.
13, hit driver, pitched it about three feet.
15, I hit it two on the green, 2-putted from 30 feet.
16, I hit driver, sand wedge, about five foot.
Q. Yesterday, Stuart shot 6-under on the back. Today you were 8-under on the back. In these wind conditions, does the back play a little bit easier than the front, tuning?
VIJAY SINGH: I think we got a little fortunate. I think the earlier starters, the wind was still strong when they were playing 18, 17. Yesterday, when we were finishing, we comfortably reached 18, and 17 as well. I hit 3-wood on 17.
I think, you know, playing late, when this Kona wind kind of dies down, I think we are a little bit lucky. I don't think it plays any easier; I just think we had the better side of the draw. Two hours, two and a half hours from the first guy that tees off. Wind normally dies down in the evenings. That's what's been happening.
If you drive the ball well, the backside is a lot easier to make birdies on also.
Q. Last year, Ernie shot 31-under. Is that unrealistic at this stage?
VIJAY SINGH: I'm not really worried about that at all. I'd take it right now and not even play. I think that's very unrealistic this week.
THE MODERATOR: Thanks for coming by.
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