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THE HONDA CLASSICFebruary 24, 2018Alex NorenPalm Beach Gardens, Florida Q. Lowest round by anybody this week, a 65. What was that down to? ALEX NOREN: Well, you know, yesterday I came off a bad start, 4- or 5-over early, and then tried to push myself making birdies and that didn't go so well. Today, I tried to play a little more conservatively. Tried to hit the greens, if I made birdie, that's great, but tried to make pars and get on the green because chipping out here is very fast, tough bermuda. But I hit as many greens as I could. Probably a little bit easier that way. Q. Special shot into 18. Does it remind you of Wentworth when you shot a 62 last year? More challenging this one, though? ALEX NOREN: Well, I don't want to watch myself -- Q. I'll just tell you how good it is. It's in the air now. ALEX NOREN: Good. Yeah, it was a little bit easier wind on 18 I would say than yesterday, and straight off the right, and I had enough club, which is always good when you're trying to hit a fade. When it came off, it's exactly what I wanted. Q. You're no stranger to winning golf tournaments, but you came so close a few weeks ago at Torrey Pines. Can you lean on anything from that experience that helps you going into tomorrow? ALEX NOREN: I think over here, like I said earlier, you need to hit fairways and greens, just don't force too much. With the greens a little bit softer, you can go for it a bit more. But here, even though with the rain last night, they are pretty firm. Just try to make pars and 5-under, like you say, was a low round. It's a tough golf course, and I was 5-over yesterday. I'm very happy about today but I'm just going to try to play my game and see what happens. I'm happy with the way I played today. Q. Big improvement from yesterday. How were you able to get it around in 5-under? ALEX NOREN: Well, like I played yesterday, I felt like I didn't play so bad. But when you miss greens out here, it's tricky, and today, the ones I missed, I managed to make up-and-downs and just maybe hit a little bit better, try to hit a lot more greens, even with wedges, not trying to go for the pins as much because they tuck those away. Then you start off with a few birdies the first few holes, and then you're such a different mind-set. It shouldn't be but it is. Yeah, just overall, just a little bit better I guess. Q. We're seeing lower scores today. How is this course playing differently than from what we saw Thursday and Friday? ALEX NOREN: I would say less wind, a little different wind, not straight in on 17, for example. 15, as well, plays a little bit easier. And then, you know, the rain last night, made a little bit of a difference to the greens. You can go for them. They hold a little bit better, especially with iron shots, like hole 10, they stop a little bit quicker. Then people probably get more aggressive and you've got that feeling that you could actually make birdies. Yesterday was just brutal. Q. You had a chance to win a month ago at Torrey Pines. How much will that experience help you as you're in the mix heading into Sunday? ALEX NOREN: A lot; this is why I play on Sunday. I'm a few back but anything can happen, and I'm just trying to put a good round in. I know there's so many good players ahead of me, and behind me, as well; I know that from the past. You think you have a chance when you're leading and stuff. You just have to post a good round and see what happens. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports   |
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