June 28, 2001
PEABODY, MASSACHUSETTS
Q. Very up and down, pars, birdies and bogeys today. Ask him to describe that kind of play.
ISAO AOKI (Through Translator): He forgot where he birdied. Number 5, he missed his tee shot on 5. Towards the hazard. And he thought bogey would be fine there. Then right after he hit a bad tee shot on 8 which caused another bogey. Parred 9. And then bogeyed 10. He thought he would finish about 2-over, but he made a good birdie on 11. And a good par on the next hole. Made another about four meters par putt on the next hole. Then made another good par-saving putt from about three meters. But after he made the putts to save par, he said he started putting better again. And he said on the back 9 he started putting better. Hopefully his feeling for tomorrow will -- he said bogey on 18 he's not concerned about it. He said 1-over today is fine.
Q. You kidded about the fact that 1-over par is not somebody that people want to talk to, but that's a very good score today. What's your feeling about the way the course played in terms of difficulty?
ISAO AOKI (Through Translator): He said the course was very difficult. He would have loved to be in at even par, but 1-over, everyone is telling him it was a good score. So hopefully he can carry on for tomorrow.
Q. Now that you've got a score that's near the lead, does that change how you approach tomorrow?
ISAO AOKI (Through Translator): He said he's going to sleep on it, and when he gets up, he'll think about it.
Q. Thank you, sir.
ISAO AOKI (Through Translator): Thank you.
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