U.S. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

August 25, 2001

Brian Nosler

BRIAN NOSLER: Thanks.

BRIAN NOSLER: Thank you.

BRIAN NOSLER: I was feeling great. We sat on the tee there for about 10 minutes and it was really slow out there. I think we waited on about every shot on the back nine. But I was feeling good and I hit a good drive there. I had I think 193 to the hole or something. And I hit 5-iron. My fade hasn't been working that week, my draw has. But that's not a very good draw hole. I left it in the bunker and had a really hard bunker shot, just couldn't get up-and-down. I didn't think that was any big deal. I had hit a good drive on 16. And I had a hard time getting the right club today. I misclubbed a lot. I misclubbed into 16, but I made a good 2-putt par and chipped in and that was the start at the end so --

BRIAN NOSLER: I was hitting the ball pretty good. I didn't quite hit the fairways that I hit yesterday, but I wasn't that far off. I was in the first cut a few times. I played pretty solid. All week I made the putts: the 8 footers, the 12 footers that I needed to. Can't complain about that.

BRIAN NOSLER: Yeah. He had putted first, we both were in the right bunker and he putted first. And I think he was up there about a foot and I conceded the putt. And I was maybe five, feet inside of him or so and missed it. I was about six inches, maybe a foot. I don't know exactly, but it was definitely something that should be conceded. And he was back, he was on the next tee at the time. And I asked Mr. Holland, you know, if he conceded the putt or not. And Mr. Holland asked the -- asked him, called him back over and asked him if he conceded the putt and he said no. And he asked Mr. Holland if I picked it up. I thought that is about the worst sportsmanship I've ever seen. Yeah, I made him putt his 2-incher on the next hole. Disappointed I couldn't beat him. Obviously. But it was his day. So he played very well.

BRIAN NOSLER: No. I think I said a bad word. But I didn't say anything to him. I told my caddy, you know, he is going to putt everything the rest of the day. And that was that. I think that a couple of the USGA officials thought that was pretty screwy too.

BRIAN NOSLER: I wasn't expecting the putt on 17. I could see chipping in on 16 there. That can happen. But that putt on 17, that was pretty good.

BRIAN NOSLER: After he hit it over there to the right, I thought that's not going to be an easy up-and-down. And I think he got a pretty good lie over there. But he still had some work left. But I hit 3-iron and hit it right where I was trying to. So I had about -- I don't know what I had, 25 feet or whatever. And just under read it a little bit. But you know it was a good roll he made the putt there I was expecting him to make that he had the momentum going. It was kind of like me yesterday with Quinney.

BRIAN NOSLER: A lot. Yeah. It's hard to just take one shot at a time out there, not be thinking ahead. When you get 2-up you start thinking about things, and I didn't play those last few holes that bad. So I don't think that was the problem. But I started thinking about it, so --

BRIAN NOSLER: This week it seemed like it was going 320. That's -- I hit it really well this week off the tee. College golf, I'm probably a little bit longer than average.

BRIAN NOSLER: I don't think it affected my game at all. I wanted to beat him more, but it -- maybe a few years ago that stuff would have really bothered me. But I think that it really didn't have much effect. I hit the best pitch shot of my life on 12. And so, it was -- it is okay.

BRIAN NOSLER: Yeah. Thank you.