U.S. SENIOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

July 6, 1996

Bob Charles

BOB CHARLES: That is right.

BOB CHARLES: Well, pretty much the same as yesterday. I got away to the same start as I did yesterday. Missed the fairway left and had an impossible shot out of the rough, just buried in the rough. Couldn't get on the green, chipped and 2-putted. The second hole was a carbon copy of yesterday. I hit a super tee shot; just little three-quarter wedge to the green - same shot as yesterday - it landed in the middle of the green and, two bounces up the back about 30 feet past the hole. And 3-putted again just like yesterday. So that was -- the whole round was just a succession of some good holes, some birdies, and just a lot of bad swings and bogeys.

BOB CHARLES: All right. Well, the first hole I drive it in the left rough, and as I say, had bad lie in the rough, came out short of the green, chipped it six feet and 2-putted. Second hole, 3-wood wedge to the back of the green, 3-putt off the back edge. Then I parred 3. I parred 4. Parred 5. 6th hole, I hit a drive and 2-iron to geez, it was only six inches from the hole for an eagle 3. Parred 7, 8 and 9. Parred 10. 11: Hit a bad swing, bad tee shot left rough; had to chip it out sideways. Actually, I made a par there, didn't I? Got it up and down on 10.

BOB CHARLES: 11 -- well, I hit a 6-iron on the front edge of the green, 2-putted for a four. Bad swing, bad tee shot on the next. I pull-hooked it into the trees. I had to chip it out sideways; pitched it on; 2-putted for a bogey. 16: I birdied - yes - drive was in the right rough buried again; hit a tremendous shot with a 7-iron to get it back on the fairway; hit 6-iron to about eight feet and holed the putt for a birdie. Then 18, good tee shot, hit a horrible, just a wicked swing on the last hole, pull-hooked it short of the green right, skulled my chip about 18 feet past the hole and 2-putted for 5.

BOB CHARLES: What are my thoughts? Well, it is nice to be playing with the leader of the tournament. Obviously my skills are nowhere near comparable, but there I am, I am in second place and have the privilege of marking a card for the champion tomorrow.

BOB CHARLES: Absolutely -- I know I can't the way I am playing. I am just hacking it from one -- well, I play some holes good. I had an eagle at the end of the day, and a couple of birdies, but just making too many swing errors to come up with good numbers, and he is playing solid golf. Mistakes he does make, he gets it up-and-down. He is just putting beautifully. He 3-putted from the edge of the -- where was it? 4th, yeah, fourth hole today. He actually was human in that he missed the putt from five feet, so I guess that is the only putt -- well, the shortest putt I have seen him miss.

BOB CHARLES: In three days, yeah.

BOB CHARLES: Thank you.