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THE CLUB, YOU COULD HAVE LOST HOLD OF THE CLUB, FELL BACKWARDS AS YOU ARE HITTING IT. BUT JOHNSON WAGNER IS ON THE SPOT. WHO BETTER TO GO DOWN AND RE- CREATE THAT? >> HE IS NOT PUTTING THIS ONE. >> WHO KNOWS? HE HAS THE WEDGE. HE WILL CHIP THIS BABY. CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH THIS. >> IT HAS BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED THIS WEEK HOW FIRM THESE GREENS ARE. THIS EXPERIENCE FROM DOWN IN THE FAIRWAY PLAYS UPHELD DEPENDING ON HOW FAR YOU HEADED OFF THE TEE. YOU CAN PLAY IT ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 13 YARDS UP THE HILL. THERE IS A MASSIVE CHIPPING AREA OVER THE SCREEN THAT THE PLAYERS WERE REALLY WANTING TO AVOID. AND HAVE ENDED UP IN THE BUNKER THERE ON THE GRASS. HOW FAR OVER THE BALL ROLLS OVER THE GREENS. WE TALKED ABOUT THE FAIRWAY. IT IS ROLLING 25 PACES OVER THE GREEN. THAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY AWKWARD SHOT. PLAYERS BUMPING INTO THEM TODAY. THE HOLES READ HERE, THIS IS SO FAST COMING DOWN THE HILL. I THINK HE WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SENDING IT OFF THE EDGE OF THE GREEN ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE AND EAVING HIMSELF A BRUTAL UP AND DOWN TO SAVE PAR. TWO OF THE ONES THAT I REALLY LIKED ANDREW GREEN BROUGHT BACK ON THE GOLF COURSE. ONE, I THINK OF SEMINOLES. THERE ARE SO PLACES AT SEMINAL GOLF CLUBS WHERE THE CHIPPING AREAS ON THE GREEN ROLLED RIGHT INTO THE NEXT T. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE GOING HERE FROM 6 TO 7. ALSO 11 TO 12 IS DONE BEAUTIFULLY, AS WELL. DON'T KNOW THAT I AM INCREDIBLY EXCITED ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW. THEY HAVE THE FLATTER BOTTOM SAND BUNKERS WITH DEEP GRASS BASES. I HAVE GIVEN MYSELF A PRETTY GOOD LIE HERE. SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER HAS THE SPIKES ON. I DON'T HAVE THE SPIKES ON PEER, LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT GOING DOWN TO THIS BUNKER. AND YOU MENTIONED, I DON'T KNOW -- HE REALLY STRUGGLED TO FIND HIS STANCE HERE. TO CHOKE UP ENOUGH. IT WAS AMAZING, THE BALANCE THAT HE SHOWED. FOR ME, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY GRIPPED DOWN. I'M GOING TO GET THIS PRETTY QUICK. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE GRIPPED DOWN THAT FAR ON THE WEDGE. I DID NOT GO TO THE BUNKER. GET DOWN THERE. I MADE IT. IT WAS NOT THAT HARD OF A SHOT. COME ON. >> I'M CURIOUS. WHAT DID YOU THINK SHOTTIE DID OVERALL TODAY WITH THE 665. HOW CRUCIAL DO YOU THINK THIS WAS GIVEN HE HAS NOT BEEN PLAYING ALL THAT WELL? >> I THINK IT WAS CRUCIAL AND WE SAW IT ON THE VERY FIRST POLL. XANDER ERASED THE TWO-STROKE DEPTH IMMEDIATELY. I WAS IN MEMPHIS. A LOT OF THE NARRATIVES IS THAT HE DIDN'T LIKE THIS FORMAT. HE PLAYED TERRIBLE AT THE BMW FOR HIS STANDARD. GIVEN THE HISTORY, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE THINKING HE WOULD BE THE FAVORITE COMING IN. SHOTTIE PUT THAT TO BED TODAY AND PLAYED FROM THE 2nd HOLE ON WITH A BIRDIE AT THE 17th AND 18th. 6 UNDER PAR, SEVEN AFTER THAT BOGEY. IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME AND GET IT FROM HIM, THEY WILL HAVE TO GO REALLY LOW. >> IS THE PLAYERS WERE PLAYING THEIR FIRST EVER COMPETITIVE ROUND, THEY WERE LEARNING. WE WERE LEARNING AND I WAS WATCHING YOU. WE WERE TALKING THROUGHOUT THE TELECAST. WHAT WAS YOUR INTERPRETATION OF HOW THE GOLF COURSE PLAYED TODAY? >> I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY GENTLE. IT WAS A VERY MILD SET UP JUSTIN THOMAS SPOKE ABOUT THE GREENS BEING SOFTER. WHEN YOU HAVE NEW GREENS LIKE THIS, THERE IS NOT MUCH TO DO BUT SOFTEN IT UP. THE OFFICIAL SET UP TO PAR 3. GOING FORWARD. NOT GOING BACK ON 15 OR TO THE NEW T ON NINE. AS TODD SAID, I FULLY EXPECT THEM TO RAMP IT UP THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AND FOR THIS COURSE TO GET TO AS WE GO TO SUNDAY. >> YOU DID NOT FALL IN THE BUNKER. I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE DISAPPOINTED YOUR GUY WAS WORRIED ABOUT

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