Q. 5-down and you certainly back and made a match out of it.
JEG COUGHLIN III: Yeah, we had a great match. What a week. Just a marathon of a week. It's definitely the most amount of golf holes I've ever played in my life in a stretch like that.
I was super fighting my golf game early. I was super nervous. Desert golf is so tight; if you start to lose your swing a little bit, it's gone. I had to change my clothes midway through the round because I was in the desert so much.
But he played really well. I think we showed our talent a little better the second match. Had a great match going there, but just a little too late. What a shot he hit there on the last.
Q. What did you do differently between lunch and the start of the second round? Did you go to the range and try and figure something out?
JEG COUGHLIN III: Yeah, Kevin and I hit a few balls. I just knew I was getting a bit quick in my transition. But my girlfriend Madelaine and I just went into a quiet space and meditated a bit together, and that definitely got me more grounded going into this. That was it.
Q. He had a birdie putt to go 6-up early and a hard lip-out. Was that your opening did you feel?
JEG COUGHLIN III: Yeah, I mean, it's a good question. Honestly, at that point -- it was funny, on 1 I felt like I hit a great 3-wood. I pulled it obviously, but it's in a cactus, so that was that.
Q. 2, I hit two great shots and hit a poor putt. So we're walking to 3 and I'm like, I feel like I haven't made a bad swing, and I started making good swings finally.
Yeah, the door opened there a little bit. We were able to get some, then had a good run through 8 through 10, but just a little too late.
Q. What do you think you learned about yourself this week?
JEG COUGHLIN III: I learned a lot about myself on that second 18. I had good composure, good fight. Kevin did such a great job of trying to motivate me. My family behind me did such a good job trying to ground me, and we just took time to honestly try to slow down and just rely on my faith, too, my faith in God. Learned a lot this week for sure.
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