Q. You hit more greens today than you did either of the first two rounds, and it seemed like it was a more difficult day to play. Do you feel like you played better today than yesterday?
CARL YUAN: I think I definitely hit a lot of solid shots. I think just being very smart, knowing where to leave the shots. I think I did a pretty good job of it. I really trust my lag putts. I know I'm going to have some lag putts on those fast green, and I worked quite a bit on distance control on those. I was comfortable hitting it to 20 feet, 30 feet from a tough spot and know I'm going to have a chance of rolling it in. I had a couple really good putts that barely lipped out. But yeah, I was happy with the way I played the course today.
Q. I don't want you to look too far ahead, but a player born in mainland China has not won yet on the PGA TOUR for the men's category. Are you thinking about that at all, and if you do win, you can be the first one?
CARL YUAN: Yeah, for sure it means a great deal to me, to my country. Definitely there's something I definitely carry on my shoulders, and I'm looking forward to playing great tomorrow.
Q. It seems like after a bad shot at times you keep that zero emotion on your face. Have you kind of carried that throughout your career a little bit?
CARL YUAN: Yeah, definitely that's something I've been working on for sure, just trying to -- I wouldn't say stay more level emotionally, but just accept good shots or bad shots. It's just a golf shot, good or bad, stay focused on the next one and move on.
Q. There's only been three players from main land China that have played on the men's PGA TOUR. Do you kind of want to see it grow a little bit?
CARL YUAN: Yeah, yeah, for sure I would love to see more kids and more players out of China playing on the big Tour out here, for sure. I'll do what I can to help grow the game back home.
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