Q. Could you talk about what happened on three, and then the two birdies you made to get back, to get those shots back?
JEFF MAGGERT: Double bogey on the third hole was definitely not what I was looking for when I'm trying to shoot three or four or 5-under today. But it happens. I was in that bunker and I had a perfect lie. And I don't know, I just tried to hit it too good, I guess, and just kind of half bladed and half shanked it. I've had about a dozen shanks this year the way I've been hitting it. I wasn't really rattled. If it would have been any other year I might have been scratching my head. I was like, here we go again. And I tried to make a good 4 there, but missed kind of a short putt there. But that was a good comeback, birdying 4 and 5, to get back to even at that point. I liked my chances of being able to shoot a good score from there. But certainly the birdies on 4, 5 is definitely put me back in it.
Q. When did you feel you were too far out, was it after 7 or later?
JEFF MAGGERT: Actually when we came back from the rain delay, I had a short putt on 12 for par. I was a little nervous, I wanted to get that in. And with the soft conditions, I was thinking birdie -- if you could birdie three or four holes coming in, which realistically was possible, given the conditions, I thought I'd have a chance. And I didn't birdie 13 or 14, which are definitely birdie holes. And then I drove it in the rough on 15 and made bogey, so it was kind of my tournament there. It's tough touch to keep yourself motivated. I'm sure my caddy was trying to keep me going, looking at the score board, but when you get to this point, especially in my career, seconds, thirds, fourths, fifths, it's a good week, but there's really no difference between a third or fourth or fifth.
Q. Did you watch the leader boards much today or did you just listen to the crowd?
JEFF MAGGERT: You could pretty much tell by the crowd. But there's not a lot of leader boards on this golf course, not until you get to the back 9. I don't remember ever seeing a leaderboard on the front 9. I think there's one on the 9th hole, but I didn't pay attention to it much, until -- towards the end, there, everyone was watching Tiger, to see what he was going to do, if he was coming back to the field any, but he never did.
Q. 18 professional majors has always been the gold standard. Does Tiger have to have a resume that looks like that, before you can start calling him the greatest player ever?
JEFF MAGGERT: You know, it's safe to say that he's the greatest player his age that's ever been. I don't think you can compare it to Nicklaus or Hogan or whatever. He's got 20 years ahead of him. There's just no -- there's no telling what he can accomplish over the next 20 years. Maybe more than that. He might be winning tournaments when it's 60, who knows.
Q. Some of the perks, you're back in the Open, you're in Augusta. Was that in your mind at all today?
JEFF MAGGERT: You know, really I was more concerned about the British Open. I don't know if my finish here will qualify me for the British Open. I wasn't really worried about The Masters. But it will be nice to get back to Augusta. I missed Augusta this year. I think I had a streak of about 40 major championships in a row, and not being at Augusta this year was definitely kind of a low point. But it will be fun to get back and maybe this will start another streak of 40 more majors in a row.
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