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FBR OPENJanuary 31, 2008Kevin SutherlandSCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA JOHN BUSH: We've got our current co-leader Kevin Sutherland here with us after a 6-under 65. No bogeys on the card today, great playing. KEVIN SUTHERLAND: Yeah, I played very well. I putted very well. In the middle of the round I didn't hit -- in the middle of my round, which I teed off on the back, I really struggled hitting the ball. But I just kept making some putts for par and then all of a sudden it clicked again and I started hitting the ball good again. Who knows why that happens, but it just -- I putted -- one thing I did do well all day is I putted well. JOHN BUSH: Issue with one of your clubs today? KEVIN SUTHERLAND: Yeah, on 13, which was my fourth hole. There's that desert area between the two air fairways, and I hit it into the desert area, and there was a -- I don't know what kind, I don't know my cactuses, but there was some cactus. My ball was maybe a yard short of it and to the right, and it wasn't really in my line of flight at all. I wasn't worried about the cactus, but I had to stand right up against it. So I called an official, Jon Brendle came out and I wanted to know if I could wrap a towel around my leg so when my leg was up against the cactus or when I followed through into the cactus it wouldn't stick me. And he said that's fine. So we got some rubber bands and we wrapped a towel around my leg and we put some rubber bands around it. So I kind of leaned up against the cactus with my leg and it wasn't sticking me. I thought, this is great, this is going to be terrific. I swung my 9-iron and the 9-iron went into the cactus and it just broke, and I was shocked. I was so worried about my leg, it just never occurred to me the club was going to break. I didn't really hit the cactus that hard, I was so surprised. But that stuff is so sturdy and thick that in hindsight it never really had a chance. I didn't have a 9-iron, and I'm a Ping player, and as people from this area know, the Ping factory is in Phoenix, so Jon Brendle had a cell phone and we made a quick phone call to the -- going down the 13th fairway, made a phone call to the Tour rep for Ping, Matt Rollins, and said, "Hey, I need a 9-iron." I was kind of half expecting it would be coming tomorrow, but it showed up six holes later, which was pretty amazing. I broke it on 13, I actually made birdie on 13, so 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and then 1, and Steve Zeke, who is also a Tour rep who happens to live in this area, I guess that's why he brought it because I talked to Matt Rollins, but Steve Zeke was sitting behind the green with a 9-iron and gave it to me on the next tee. Pretty impressive for Ping to be able to get me a 9-iron in six holes. Q. That's a great story. KEVIN SUTHERLAND: It was an amazing story. The whole towel and the fact that they got me a club in basically six holes. And I used it on the 9th hole and made birdie. Q. Were you worried about the towel maybe causing a penalty or something? KEVIN SUTHERLAND: I was concerned, and that's why I didn't do it until I talked to a rules official. I didn't know if I could wrap a towel around my leg. I was concerned that maybe that would be a rules violation, so that's why I called an official, and he told me that as long as it's tied to your body, you're okay. But if I was to lay it on the ground or drape it on me or something, but as long as it was tied to my leg I was okay. So we just wrapped a towel around, put a rubber band around it and it held it on there and I didn't get stuck. I could see the stuff going into the towel but it never went into my leg. And unfortunately the 9-iron paid a price. Q. Did you miss the 9-iron in the six holes you didn't have it? KEVIN SUTHERLAND: I needed it at the very next hole, actually. Q. The cactus actually broke the 9-iron? KEVIN SUTHERLAND: The cactus broke the 9-iron. Q. It wasn't a saguaro, though? KEVIN SUTHERLAND: It's like this high in the air maybe and it has a bunch of round branches or whatever coming out of it. Q. Cholla? KEVIN SUTHERLAND: It has the needles about that long. Q. Is it one cactus? KEVIN SUTHERLAND: It's not like a round thing going up in the air. It's kind of like a bush but it has -- Q. Branching out? KEVIN SUTHERLAND: Little round branches and it has long needles on it. Q. And you broke the club -- KEVIN SUTHERLAND: It went right there. It didn't get past my hip, maybe not even that far. Q. Did it break the shaft? KEVIN SUTHERLAND: Shaft right in the middle. Q. Did you hit a good shot? KEVIN SUTHERLAND: Right down the fairway. I made birdie on the hole. JOHN BUSH: So the moral of the story is? KEVIN SUTHERLAND: Break your club in Phoenix so you get a 9-iron in six holes. Q. But you said you needed it on the next hole. What did you do? KEVIN SUTHERLAND: I kind of just bunted an 8-iron up there. I was just short of the green but the pin was on the right front edge, so I actually putted it and I was only maybe 30 feet from the hole. You know, I would have loved to have it there but it didn't hurt me at all, and actually I never needed it again until the very last hole and I used it and made birdie on the hole. JOHN BUSH: Kevin, thank you. End of FastScripts |
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