THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

July 20, 2013

Henrik Stenson

Q. Nice playing out there. Do you feel like the greens were a lot different today, speed-wise?
HENRIK STENSON: Yeah, gosh, the one on 18 was ridiculously slow. I hit that one in practice and it was kind of hard to get it up to the top of the crest, before it started going down, and even though I knew it was a slow putt, I still -- I hit it and I thought I did my best, and I got it up over, and it just completely hit the breaks and the downslope. So I didn't think I did a bad first effort, and still left me a nasty six-footer coming down that I missed. That was probably one of the most sour ones. Because I got it up in decent position on 18. Finishing with a par. I had a bit of a rocky start, a couple of bogeys early on, and then unfortunately I couldn't take my opportunities on 5 and 9; I had decent chances for birdie. And just didn't get the breaks that I needed on those two holes. And then I was hanging good and it's tough to get close on these greens, and didn't really have any close calls for birdie. A couple of chances, but sometimes you're on the wrong side of the pin, as well, so you get slick putts. I needed to pick up one or two even on the back nine or 5 and 9. Overall I was pretty happy with the way I was hanging in there.