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AT&T PEBBLE BEACH NATIONAL PRO-AMFebruary 8, 2014Phil MickelsonPEBBLE BEACH, CALIFORNIA Q. Disappointing way to finish, but anything under par today was pretty good. PHIL MICKELSON: Yeah, I played well today and it is just that one hole there that was disappointing. But I played well. Q. Nice save on 6. Pretty long putt? PHIL MICKELSON: Yeah, I made a good one there for par and fought for some pars today that were challenging. It was a tough day, tough conditions, but I played pretty well and I shot 1‑under. Q. Still okay to be here though, as opposed to Pebble? PHIL MICKELSON: I think so, with the trees. Q. You got 1, 2 and a good save on 3. PHIL MICKELSON: Yeah. Q. The save on 3 was pretty good. PHIL MICKELSON: I had a bad lie down there, yeah. Q. What was the lie in the bunker like on 6? PHIL MICKELSON: It wasn't good. I don't know how ‑‑ it didn't plug in its own divot but it plugged like on a bounce. It was weird. It happened yesterday at Pebble, where it one hops in, but it plugs in like a half divot. I've never seen it. But it happened to me on 2 at Pebble yesterday and it happened here today. Q. The wind came up just as you hit that shot. It knocked it down. PHIL MICKELSON: It was a marginal club selection too, being able to carry that bunker. I really hit that good, but it didn't carry. So, it was a tough one because you don't want to go over the green. So. If I drop down to a hybrid and go over, it's a very difficult up‑and‑down there. Q. How do you view your position going into tomorrow? You were T‑3 at one point. And I think you're six back at the moment. But there's not that many players in front of you. PHIL MICKELSON: No, I got to go out and get a hot round, kind of like I did a couple years ago. I think, I certainly think it's out there. That's what I'll be gunning for. I'm playing and hitting the ball well enough to do it. I'm going to need to get a hot hand on the greens, but that's out there. If you can do that, you can make a lot of birdies out at Pebble. Q. For you, when you have a lot of ground that you have to make up do you want the conditions tougher or does it matter? PHIL MICKELSON: It doesn't matter. If it's nice conditions, I've got to go out and make birdies. If it's poor conditions, I've got to let the leader come back a little bit and so it won't make a difference either way. I've got to go out and shoot a good round tomorrow relative to the conditions. Q. You were throwing the football around again on 9 tee. PHIL MICKELSON: Yeah. Q. That football takes you out of it every time. PHIL MICKELSON: I guess it does, yeah. That's terrible. Terrible effort on the last hole there. That chip. Q. You've been so much a part of this tournament for so long, how important is it in your career to win it again? PHIL MICKELSON: I haven't thought about it, to be honest. It's not something that I really think about, I just enjoy playing up here. I enjoy being in contention and I love coming down the stretch at Pebble Beach with a shot to win the tournament. I mean that's what's really fun. So it's not that ‑‑ I haven't really thought about how many, but I just know that the four I have won I really enjoyed and I would love to do it again. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports |
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