Q. Amen Corner, five birdies in a row, how do you do that?
COLLIN MORIKAWA: Well, you hit it on the green, you make a couple putts. All week I had to play within myself. I was never -- par-5s were always I was going to lay up, give myself wedges. The putter was really nice this week.
But on 12, I was 4-under total, 1-over for the day. I looked at Mark, we had a birdie putt from 20 feet, and I said, hey, leaders were at 11, I think, which means I had seven more holes. I was like, let's try and do something special. Just kept going and going and going.
Just proud of the way kind of everything played out.
Q. We have talked about this this week, but what a progression from the first day you arrived here to today.
COLLIN MORIKAWA: Yeah, this blew by any expectations I had for the week. Honestly, for me it was just survive each day, wake up, do the prep I needed to do, and go and tee off on one. I didn't know how uncomfortable it was going to be, but we managed to get through all 18 and all 72.
Q. I was asking Xander as a friend but also as somebody who recovered from an injury and was scared of swinging, how big it is what you did this week.
COLLIN MORIKAWA: Yeah, I mean, trust me, it's going to be one of the best tournaments forever. I'm going to remember this one for many reasons, but just more how strong the mind is, to be able to go out and convince yourself that everything is going to be okay.
Q. Maybe in reference to Xander, you have a baby coming soon. Is that extra motivation?
COLLIN MORIKAWA: Absolutely. It's motivation for me to get healthy. I want to be able to pick him up, roll around, play with him. I've got some work to do to get fully healthy, and we're going to find a way to make sure I'm back.
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