Q. Really a roller coaster, I'm sure you would agree. Take me through it a little bit. Describe the round.
THOMAS DETRY: Yeah, got off to a horrendous start, doubled the first. You're trying to be smart and mistakes out here just come so quickly. You sort of uncommit on a shot, sort of uncommitted on one shot, and then you sort of pay the price right away. It was a nice bounce back with birdie on the second, and then after that hole-out, that was a nice way to put me back into the tournament. After that I put some really good golf together. I've been playing some really, really good golf for the last two days, to be honest.
Those last couple of double bogeys towards the end of the rounds were just I feel not really deserved. The greens are sort of tough to read. It's getting dark. Just little mistakes are just so costly out here.
Q. Is this your first time playing at Oakmont?
THOMAS DETRY: It's my first time, yeah.
Q. What are some of your biggest takeaways from the first two days?
THOMAS DETRY: You know, like, obviously try to leave yourself an uphill putt. I've been so good with sort of lagging every single putt, and this one time where I didn't do it; I three-putted from three feet away on hole No. 5. It's little things like that. I just need to be so disciplined on every single shot, and I've felt like I have been, but maybe just that one bit where I was just trying to be a little bit more aggressive on the putt and then leave yourself another three- or four-footer. They're tough to readout here. It's getting dark, and there's footsteps everywhere. Discipline, number one key out here.
Q. What would you say was the best part of your game today?
THOMAS DETRY: The best part of my game has been driving. I really have been hitting loads of fairways, which is, I think, a key out here. If you're out of the fairway, you're pretty much useless, so I think that's the key.
Q. You had your best finish last year at Pinehurst. What are some things you have to do the next two days?
THOMAS DETRY: I mean, literally what I just talked about. I think discipline, like if I can avoid making a double bogey on those next two days, I will have achieved what I wanted to achieve. So that's sort of the goal. And keep playing well. I'm driving it well, feel like I'm hitting my fade again nicely, so I'm sort of visualizing fairways quite well, and it's really helpful.
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