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SHELL HOUSTON OPENMarch 31, 2012Carl PetterssonHUMBLE, TEXAS Q. Phil, 2-under Par 70 in the third round. How would you characterize it? PHIL MICKELSON: Well, I played really well today. I was pleased with the way I played. I hit the ball well, was patient all today, and had a lot of putts lip out. I hit a lot of good putts. I was really pleased with the way the day went. I'm looking forward to tomorrow because I feel like I'm real really close to lighting one of these rounds up. Q. How frustrated were you to see a lot of them burn the edge? PHIL MICKELSON: Instead of getting frustrated, I came in contact and hit more good shots. I gave myself good opportunities. I'm really pleased the way I played the first three rounds. Hopefully I can get a really hot round tomorrow. Q. Was there a change in putter? CARL PETTERSSON: Just for today. I'll do this every now and then when I feel like my alignment is off and I'll go back to the blade tomorrow. I like the way I putted. I just did it for alignment purposes. Q. You know you can go low here on the weekend. You did it a year ago. Will you draw on some of that experience? CARL PETTERSSON: Sure. Sure. I'll be going after it tomorrow really firing at pins and putting and having them go in at a little more pace. I think there's a really hot round out there I think that some guys shot that today. I feel like there's a 65, 4, 3, out there. Q. How pleased are you with today's round? PHIL MICKELSON: I'm pleased with how I played, but I'm disappointed in the score. I need to go a little bit lower. I feel like I'm playing well to where I can get a really hot round out here. I did it last year, and I thought I'm even playing better to where if I get off the a good start or make a few putts, I feel like I can really get it going tomorrow. Q. Were conditions tougher out there today? PHIL MICKELSON: I thought they were very comparable. We saw some low rounds. It was there. I had a really good chance on a number of holes to get the round going low. I didn't quite get them to fall in. I had a bunch of lip-outs. Q. Talk about the mindset going into tomorrow, knowing you've done well here before on the final day? PHIL MICKELSON: I know I need to shoot a really low round out here, but I know it's there. I know that I can do it. I've done it. But I know that with the conditions right now, you can shoot 6, 7, 8, 9 under par, and hopefully that's what I'm going to be shooting for tomorrow. Q. Are you dining with Doctor B tonight? PHIL MICKELSON: Yeah. That's our ritual out here. Q. You said you didn't get frustrated, you played along. Was there a stretch of holes where you could have gotten frustrated and you just -- PHIL MICKELSON: Yes. 10, 11, 12 was an area of the round where I needed to make something happen, and I hit three shots that on the green, two putts on 11 and 12, and a chip on 10 that I thought all of them were going to go in. They all missed just barely, and instead of letting it get to me, I fought hard and birdied 13, hung tough. Those are going to have to fall tomorrow and I think they might. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports |
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