DAVID HOWELL: No, I think what you mentioned, it's just been a natural progression, I've become a better player the last few years and I've worked hard in all departments of my game. The results have started to show I guess. What was the turning point, which could have been in a bad way, partly due to injury and coming back so well, you could determine that a turning point. Obviously I won soon after and I was obviously concerned that it was going to wreck my year and it was going to take a real battle to get back to where I was, but fortunately I've always kicked on. In a minor way that was a turning point.
That being said, the start of the year, it didn't start overly well. I had the new experience of playing a lot in America and I wasn't playing particularly well. And the week at the Masters, certainly, certainly helped me. I played better, that was a turning point in itself and happened to be the Masters which is obviously then gave me that extra little bit of self belief that I could compete in America. I knew I could compete in Europe. I've done both pretty well.
I guess maybe looking back, that was a big week for me. Had I not played well that week at Masters and gained that experience, maybe the year wouldn't have turned out as well as it has, but now that I think about it, maybe that week after saying it, it wasn't.
Q. You say you had dinner last night in downtown, what are your impressions of Shanghai downtown?
DAVID HOWELL: I didn't see much of it. We got a car straight to a lovely restaurant called Ta, which was very nice. It was in a nice part of town and it was very pleasant. I didn't get a look around the markets or anything, so I can't really comment. But where I was, it was very nice and like most big cities, the night spots are very nice and certainly very nice in Shanghai.
THE MODERATOR: Thanks again, David, for coming in and keep playing well for the rest of the week.
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