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U.S. SENIOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPJuly 13, 2012Jeff SlumanLAKE ORION, MICHIGAN MODERATOR: Ladies and gentlemen, Jeff Sluman shot a 71 today and is 2 under par for the Championship. JEFF SLUMAN: How is everybody? Phil, you feeling okay? Q. Feeling great. JEFF SLUMAN: All right. That's what I like to hear. No problem. For you, anything. The world. Q. Plus 1 today. What was the difference in‑‑ other than the score, was there a difference in how you struck the ball? Less putts rolled in? JEFF SLUMAN: I hit a lot of good putts that I only made one birdie. So obviously, I just didn't make anything, but I had a lot of nice putts. Frankly, I was just happy to play. My back's in pretty bad shape. Not hitting a shot after today's round and started really spasming up and that. Frankly, like I said, I was just glad to finish. I was somewhat surprised I was able to make 18 holes, and I'll be surprised when I make 18 tomorrow, the way I feel right now. But that's the way it goes. Q. Back been bothering you for the week? JEFF SLUMAN: This is brand new. Never had an issue ever with this part of my ‑‑ upper left part of my back. But they said I probably can't hurt it anymore, but it doesn't feel very good when you're playing, I can tell you. Q. Yesterday you talked about how much reconnaissance you had to do in the practice rounds. With trying to fight the hurt that you have, did you still get some more information about the golf course today? JEFF SLUMAN: Oh, yeah, absolutely. And they did a wonderful job, I thought, on setup. You kind of look and see where some of the pins are after two days, you're thinking, gee, I'm thinking like the USGA. I got them all in the same spots, we thought, and then they're thinking the same way. But, obviously, you got to hit them there, and then you got to make the putts. But there's so much break involved. You rarely get a straight putt out here. And when you do, you really have this feeling, I got to make this one because there's so many sleepers out there. I played with Tom today, Lehman, and he just played marvelously. Shot‑‑ I think he bogeyed the last hole for 66. He could have shot 62 or 63 easy. He played that solid. He plays like that the next two days, he can start the engraving. But it was just‑‑ it was fun to watch him because he really just put the ball in the proper spot, drove it beautifully, just had his ball under control all day. And that's what it takes out here. I was a little sketchy again today, but hopefully, I'll feel a little better tomorrow and put it in the fairway a little more often. Q. Nobody seems to be running away. There's nobody shooting 64s out there. I mean, Tommy‑‑ JEFF SLUMAN: 64 is a pretty good number. Q. Nobody is putting those together.  Seems like everybody is kind of bunched. JEFF SLUMAN: Yeah, the golf course is, like I said, very tricky. You can hit two quality shots and still make bogey out there, and it's getting pretty firm and fast. The wind's coming up. So it's going to present a lot of problems in the afternoon, as it did for us yesterday afternoon. The golf course got pretty firm, and you got to really adjust quickly. If it takes you two or three holes, you can make two or three bogeys before you realize the golf course has really turned hard and fast. So you work with your caddie on things like that, and you got to stay patient. Q. How do you feel with the uncertainty of your back now? JEFF SLUMAN: Not much I can do about it. Go into the trailer for a couple hours of ice and whatever they prescribe, and probably the best thing for me is obviously not to hit a single shot afterwards. And it felt pretty good for the first 10, 12 holes. Then just got fatigued and tired and started getting a little dodgy out there. But hopefully, tomorrow I can get loose and make it through the day. Q. Something that just came up this week? JEFF SLUMAN: Yeah, just this week. Maybe all the travel back and forth, you know. Q. We'll let you get off your feet. JEFF SLUMAN: All right, thanks. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports |
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