Q. Are the crowds out here typical golf crowds or a little more a New York issue?
BILLY MAYFAIR: I think the crowds out here have been wonderful. We had someone throw a golf ball at us on the 16th fairway, which I don't think was very nice. Unfortunately -- everyone sees that. But I think, overall, the crowds are wonderful, very supportive, very golf-oriented, very knowledgeable of the game of golf. I hadn't played at Westchester last week for 10 years, I went back and played last week, and I was surprised not at how nice the people were, but how golf-knowledgeable they were. I think the crowds have been wonderful.
Q. If you didn't hit it into the rough, I guess it wouldn't be a fair question to ask you about the rough today, but maybe you practiced in the rough or earlier in the week, can you give us an idea of what the rough means and what it might mean in the conditions this weekend?
BILLY MAYFAIR: Well, Phil Mickelson and I came last Wednesday and played a practice round in the afternoon after the Pro Am. The one thing with Phil, because he hits further than I do, I noticed if he missed a fairway and I missed a fairway, no matter how long you were off the tee -- you can usually get it somewhere up on the green, and that's not the case here. If Phil misses a fairway, and I miss a fairway, we're going to be in the same layup area to hit the green. A long hitter has an advantage if they can knock it in the fairway, but if not, they may not have an advantage like some places.
I think Tiger, when he won at Pebble Beach, there were a few times he missed the fairway, but he was so far up, it didn't matter, but you can't do that here at Bethpage, no chance.
RAND JERRIS: Could you run us through your club selection?
BILLY MAYFAIR: The par-5 was the fourth hole. I hit a good drive off the tee, a 4-wood down the side, 35 yards from the green and hit a chip shot up there about 15 feet from the hole and made that for birdie.
On 16, I hit a 4-iron in for about 186 yards, about 35 feet from the hole, and unfortunately, 3-putted from there.
On 18, I hit a good drive off the tee, 9-iron in for about 133 yards and made about a 15-footer. Just the type of round you love to play at the U.S. Open. A lot of pars and few mistakes.
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