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April 7, 2007
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
Q. Talk about your round today.
PHIL MICKELSON: A tough day. One of the most difficult. I've seen some difficult ones in the past. Only one person under par.
Q. The conditions.
PHIL MICKELSON: Tough as I've seen. It wasn't as hard as it could have been because they put water on the greens. Think it's not impossible. I will try to gather a game plan tonight. It's tough to be aggressive at all with these conditions. You have to be patient. It was a fair challenge.
As tough as it is, I didn't think it was unfair by any means. It's a challenge to make pars. You have to fight on every hole to make par here.
I don't feel like it's unrealistic, I've seen people come from seven shots back. It was a very good round for me. I played pretty well and fought hard to make a lot of pars. Obviously I needed to shoot under par to really put myself in contention. I fought hard enough to where at least I have a chance. I was looking at the leaderboard to get a game plan and what I have to do tomorrow. Only two people are under par. Tomorrow, I feel like I have to shoot in the 60s to have a chance. I think I have to make 14 pars and four birdies. That's kind of the game plan.
There are four birdie holes, but you are limited on those birdie chances. Certainly I need to get closer to even, but over par will win the tournament.
Q. Game plan tomorrow.
PHIL MICKELSON: It will be the same, but to execute better and I have to make more birdies on the par-5s. Had good chances on 8, 13 and 15. Didn't capitalize on those.
Q. No square driver?
PHIL MICKELSON: With it be being windy, I hit the other driver to hit low shots. I used it exclusively today.
Historically in this tournament the winner has come from the final pairing for however many years.
There's a good chance that somebody that goes off early and posts a good number can possibly take the title this year.
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