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MCI HERITAGE

April 16, 2004

Ben Curtis

HILTON HEAD, SOUTH CAROLINA

p> LAURY LIVSEY: We'd like to thank Ben Curtis for joining us here in the media center. You're currently our second round leader after a 66 that goes with the 68 you shot yesterday. You had a hole out from the fairway, that makes two tournaments in a row. Start with talking about that and a few opening comments.

BEN CURTIS: First of all, I played very well today. I think I didn't hit very many good drives, but other than that I played very well. I hit good iron shots and had key ups and downs, and holed some good shots. It was a sand wedge from 110 yards on number one. I got a lucky bounce, hit on the front fringe and kicked to the right and bounced right in the hole. It was a lucky break, but overall I'm very happy.

Q. How important is it to take advantage I imagine the weather conditions, scoring conditions were better this morning than what you faced in the afternoon, was it important to take advantage of that?

BEN CURTIS: Exactly, yeah. There's not much wind out there. There's a little bit, but not a whole lot. So I think guys are going to go out there this afternoon and play well and shoot some good numbers. I wouldn't be surprised if someone else shoots 8 or 9 under for the tournament. There's some easy pins out there, and I think the course is firming up, so it's playing even shorter. The greens are still pretty receptive.

Q. You said yesterday that you were in no rush to do well and win another major. Have you come close to that feeling you had last year at the British of playing that way, getting on a roll since then?

BEN CURTIS: Well, when I went over to Japan last year, I finished second there. I played pretty solid and it felt good to get in contention again. I was very comfortable in that position. And actually, sometimes it's surprising, because in the past you get there and you'd be a little nervous. But the last few years I get there and I feel more and more comfortable. But I think that just comes with experience and the more times you get to do that. So for the most part that's the only week I had a good chance of winning. So it felt good there. And hopefully this weekend I'll have a chance.

Q. All four days, everything clicking?

BEN CURTIS: I opened up strong, shot 65 the first day. I played well all four days. The conditions got tougher as the week went on. I ended up losing by four or five.

Q. This week you've had two good days, is this starting to feel like it could be a winning week?

BEN CURTIS: It could be. I'm not going to make any predictions. I feel good about the game. I need to hit some better drives this weekend. I won't get as lucky today as I did with some of the those drives. If I can get that going and just continue with the short game, I'll be fine.

Q. What were some of the bad drives or maybe less than stellar drives you hit today and what did you end up getting out of them?

BEN CURTIS: Well, the biggest one was No. 3. I hit it way right. And I had to punch out just short of the green and I chipped in from probably 50 yards from the pin. That was one of them.

15 I hit a bad one, it kind of kicked back towards the fairway. And I ended up missing from the green and chipping in there. It was one of those days.