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Q. A lot of smiling going on out there, but the last hole, you had us all sweating. What was going on?
SHANE LOWRY: Yeah, myself and Bo, we were aiming at the HSBC sign but his one was 30 yards right of the one I was looking at. Yeah, new course, I thought I hit a perfect shot. I couldn't believe it came down where it did. It was a bad mistake to make because we shouldn't be doing it in that situation. I got very lucky and fortunate in the ice plant and made a good 2-putt afterwards. Could have been a different story. I'm not sure I'd be standing here. I might be sitting in the locker room sulking right now.
I'm happy with the way I've played overall. I'm really happy with the way the week is going and I'm looking forward to tomorrow.
Q. Going back to the previous 17 holes, how did it feel to be Shane Lowry on the links today?
SHANE LOWRY: It felt good. Felt comfortable. I had a lovely time with Thomas. I enjoy his company. We played some good golf. Alex struggled but rallied at the end and did very well. It was just a pleasant day out there. It's a nice golf course. It's tricky, a bit of wind blowing, I quite like it. I like the way it fits my eye.
So yeah, I'm looking forward to tomorrow. I see Scott is on 10-under. Whoever I'm paired with tomorrow it will be a good day but there's one thing in my mind, to be standing here tomorrow with the trophy again.
It's great for the first tournament of the year to be in contention. There's been plenty of times my first tournament of the year I've missed cuts ask stuff like that and it gets you off to really bad starts. It's nice to be where I am, and like I said, I'm really looking forward to tomorrow.
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