I don't know why my head wasn't in the right place at the beginning, ... I was a bit tentative and Simon started well which put a little bit of pressure on me. Getting up and down for par on the third and fourth was huge for me to keep me in the right mood and after that I started loosening up and made a few birdies.

You've got to realize that a lot of these majors, I'm contending without really putting well, ... and that's a tough thing to do. I've just got to get the potato going a little bit, get the putter going a little bit and hole some putts here and there, and if things start going my way, I'm sure I'll have a good chance.

The course is playing tougher and I've just managed to play a bit better, ... I felt so good out there.

I think that it's going to bring us (top players) a bit more together throughout those first probably eight months of the year,

just a little bit sore on the upper part of my back. It bothered me a little bit today, but it wasn't too bad, so I'll get it sorted out this afternoon, and hopefully by tomorrow, I'll be sweet.

Today was a little better than yesterday, even though I got off to a bit of a shaky start. I played quite solid, hit a lot of greens. It was good, and it's going to be an interesting weekend.

We've got a bit of bone stuck in our throat and we want to take it out of there. It would have been a wonderful thing to do that last year with so many people following us.

Scheduling for top players like we are will definitely be a bit different than it is now. We'll be playing a lot more here in the U.S. and I think that's always great.

It was a tough putt at the beginning. It was uphill to start and then down with a 6- to 7-foot break. I hit it a bit too hard, but I wanted to make sure to get it there.