Q. Doc and Sam, nice playing out there. Nice finish there, eagle at 7, birdie there at 9. What was the key for you guys out there today?
DOC REDMAN: I think we both played really well, and that freed us both up. We were both in it really solid. It was just a matter of time before we both made birdies.
Q. Sam, you guys got dressed very similar, pink on top, Navy Blue on the bottom. Did you guys plan this before you got to New Orleans or once you got here?
SAM RYDER: We had a brief talk about it before we flew out here. We're coming from the same area in Jacksonville, so we were kind of like coordinated a little bit. We're not going to try and get overly matchy, but just trying to get everything dialed in.
Q. You guys are in the Northeast Florida area, you play a lot of golf together, practice a lot. Is that what led to this sort of pairing?
DOC REDMAN: Definitely. We've been good friends for a while. We play a bunch. We just always have fun together. I think that's what this event is about.
We're here to win, but we're here to have a good time.
Q. Sam, one bogey on your card today. What happened out there?
SAM RYDER: Yeah, my partner -- I knew -- it's like we joke about it, but I said it after he hit his drive, oh, this is Doc's favorite hole because he typically pipes a drive on that hole. I just kind of honestly just got a little careless there and flared one and made a bogey.
All in all, it was just he was teeing off first. He was putting the ball in the fairway consistently. I was putting it in the fairway. We just hit a lot of greens together, and it was just a very -- he was hitting some good shots on the par-3s, and it allowed me to be a little bit more aggressive with my shots.
We had a good thing going last year, and we're just keeping it rolling.
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