GTE BYRON NELSON GOLF CLASSIC

May 13, 2000

John Huston

JOHN HUSTON: Yeah, it was another difficult day. I'm happy with the score I shot. I think I never really let it get away from me. I would have liked to have driven the ball a little bit better, but, you know, the bad drives that I did hit, I ended up with a shot to the green. You know, the back nine I played pretty solid.

JOHN HUSTON: Well, I didn't play this course the first day. So, I don't know how -- how the different wind was on the first day, but I would imagine that the first day was a little bit different, you know, it was a different direction. But certainly, it was a tough day today. The wind was gusty, and so it -- it was hard to hit right at the right time. And I think you saw some of the shots that Davis hit were very good shots that just were the wrong distance, you know, wind change or whatever. I think that it was difficult to pick the right club.

JOHN HUSTON: Oh, probably a club-and-a-half. It was never really -- I don't think it was ever really as hard as it was the first day. But at times it would be almost calm, and then it would be blowing pretty hard.

JOHN HUSTON: Well, basically I just wanted to go out and shoot a good round. You know it was a tough day. I don't think that you could try to say, " I want to go out and try to shoot 62 today," on a day like today. But I've put myself in good position. If I keep playing the way I have been playing, I should have a decent chance.

JOHN HUSTON: I think any time you win a golf tournament, it gives you more confidence for the next time. So I think that, you know, certainly the guys like Tiger have won so many times just have that -- they have that feeling. You know, when it's been a while, it is a little bit tougher, but you still have to just go out and do the same things and stick to your game plan, and, you know, not get caught up in the moment when you've got four or five, six holes to go. I don't think you can get caught up in the moment. You've just going to, you know, stay in the present tense.

JOHN HUSTON: Yeah, I think that's normal. I think most of the guys that play a lot through the first part of the year, really, looking for the Masters, and probably take a little bit of time off before this stretch, which is another really good stretch leading up to the Open. And then once the British Open is over, it's kind of -- it just feels like you've been on the road for the whole year, and I think that that has a lot to do with it. Certainly, by the end of the summer, most of the time, you know I'm needing a long break. So I usually, after the PGA, take a pretty long break.

JOHN HUSTON: No. 5, I hit a 6-iron short left of the green and chipped it by about 20 feet and missed that putt; made bogey. Then No. 7, I hit a 3-wood about six feet for eagle, and I missed that putt. No. 10, I hit 7-iron about 10 feet. And No. 11, I hit a sand wedge about five feet. 14, I hit a pitching wedge about 15 feet.