Q. Congratulations on wrapping up that Open spot. How does it feel to be knowing you'll be playing at Royal Portrush for the first time you'll be in the Open in two years?
SERGIO GARCIA: Well, I want to make sure that it is true --
Q. It is, yeah. I can confirm.
SERGIO GARCIA: It's going to be my second time playing at Royal Portrush, and it's obviously nice. It's one of the goals that you have at the beginning of the year, to try to play as many majors as you can with the limitations that we get. I didn't help myself very much the last three months, but I'm glad that I got enough work done in the first third of the year, I guess, in the first part of the season.
I'm excited about it, and hopefully I'll play well.
Q. The top 5 guys on the leaderboard today are 12 over par. How does it feel to go out there and shoot an under-par round and go out there and take that spot?
SERGIO GARCIA: Yeah, obviously it was nice. It's been tough because I feel like I played a little bit better this week than I have been in the last couple of months. But both of my first rounds I finished terrible. I bogeyed three out of the last four in the first round, and I shot 6-over in the last seven holes yesterday. So obviously I knew that I was putting myself in a tough spot, and this course is not playing easy, but I was able to play a little bit better today. Drove the ball better, hit a few more greens, and I was able to make a couple putts here and there that were important.
Q. Two-week stretch, Valderrama, Open Championship. What's that mean to you?
SERGIO GARCIA: Well, actually it's a five-week stretch, so it's going to be Dallas, BMW Munich, Valderrama, British Open and JCB, so it's a big stretch. But thankfully I'm doing well physically, even at my age, and hopefully I'll be able to get through the five weeks well.
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