Q. Rickie, what are the emotions you're feeling right now?
RICKIE FOWLER: Obviously bummed. I knew what I needed to do. Really just made a poor swing. I just needed to give myself a little bit more time and get fully committed to what I was trying to do. 8-iron into 14, I hung it out, left it out right. Really don't feel the breeze down there in the fairway, and just got my start line out to the right too much, and I had the ball below my feet. A few variables. So bummer on that one.
Next hole, I thought I flagged an 8-iron, ends up airmailing the green. There wasn't that much room behind the hole, but I thought I was going to put one in there and have a good look at birdie and walk away with double. Kind of a kick in the you-know-what there.
Been a lot of good stuff. Been a fun run through the summer. Nice to have a chance, and other than really the one swing to execute and play the way I did, it's hard to look back on 15 and say I did a whole lot wrong. I hit one down the middle and thought I flagged an iron shot. Just went a long ways.
Tried to make a couple coming in, but yeah, I wish we were playing next week, but we'll head off and get to recovery and get ready for next year.
Q. Did that pitch on 16 skip on you a little more than you thought it might?
RICKIE FOWLER: I was in kind of the tightly-mown area. A lot of the greens within 10 or so yards, it changes into a really tight cut. It's almost like -- close to chipping off of the green. I just caught it a groove low, so just kind of came out a little lower and a lot hotter. Just such a tight lie there, and you're trying to get it up and over the bunker, proper flight and then spin it, so that was on me. I mis-hit it.
Afterwards come to find out I probably needed to get in at at least 10. I thought 8, 9 maybe had a chance. So yeah, a lot of good stuff, but unfortunate just at the end not enough.
Q. Are you proud of the way you played and fought the last two weeks, also through the summer as well?
RICKIE FOWLER: Yeah, I started to feel better and better as the summer went on. Played a lot. I was getting worn down, but I was ready to keep on going.
I started feeling more and more comfortable as the weeks went on, and felt great this week. Really didn't make a whole lot or take advantage of how I was hitting it until I made a few yesterday to kind of get back and get things going. So yeah, it is what it is, but take a lot of positives away from the last few months.
Q. Do you feel like your game is a little bit rejuvenated now later here in this year, maybe moving towards the fall?
RICKIE FOWLER: Yeah, I'm really happy with where things ended up going, like I said, the last few months. I'm not sure how much I'll play through the fall. We'll kind of reassess.
I have some -- I want to get the body into a better spot, so that's kind of first priority, and then go from there.
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