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November 3, 2011
SHANGHAI, CHINA
IAN POULTER: I played okay today. I made the most of a couple of mistakes I made. But, you know, on the flipside, I still had some chances. You can't hole every putt, but when you give yourself a few chances, you're going to walk off the golf course a little disappointed even if you haven't hit it as good as normal.
2-under is okay.
Q. Did you feel at one point out there at 3-under that you were going to make more of a surge?
IAN POULTER: Well, yeah. I mean, I got to 3-under early and to that back nine, I holed a nice kind of 40-yard pitch, 50-yard pitch to get to 2-under. And then I have a 19 out of 20 up-and-down chance on 2 for birdie, and I don't get up-and-down. So, that's frustrating.
Good chance at the next, made birdie. And from there in, I hit some pretty good putts which just slid by. So, now he, it's a shame to bogey the last.
Q. Starting to see improvements in your driving?
IAN POULTER: I'm hitting it further but today my driving was off. And that's why I say I got away with the poor shots I hit. But that was a few errant tee shots. So, you know, last week, I drove it kind of 85 per cent in the fairway, from what the stats say. I definitely drove it really well last week, and I didn't quite drive it as good today. Didn't feel as good this morning on the range, so I knew I had to concentrate hard on the course today.
: I felt as if last week I played really nicely. It's a case of being patient and just keep working hard. It's back to basics and basics are you will get the rewards if you put the time in.
FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports
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