PHIL MICKELSON: I really did have a lot of fun, and this is why I've been working hard is just to have the opportunities. I didn't know how the result was going to play out, but every opportunity to play and compete in this situation is just so much fun, and I just cherish it, and I hope to have more.
Q. Talk about that shot at 17.
PHIL MICKELSON: So that was one of my better ones. It was one of my better ones. I don't know what to say because I have to aim so far left because I'm hooking it over my shoulder and trying to guess how much it's going to hook is the challenge. But it wasn't hard stopping it. It was hard guessing how much it was going to hook because it was soft greens and I had such an uphill lie, the ball was going to go high, but just judging how much the ball was going to come over my shoulder, that was the challenge. Even I was a little bit surprised.
Q. I know it's maybe not the most important chip shot or hole-out you've had, but it was the most artistic, would you say?
PHIL MICKELSON: It meant a lot to me because I wanted to finish this round off -- I had opportunities to make birdie, and I just had a couple of unfortunate breaks. So to get a good break like that and then to follow it up with a birdie on 18 feels really good. Like I said, just having opportunities to compete and win again is what's so exciting. I would love to have a few more this year and hopefully break through and get one.
Q. You can feel the love from the fans out there; they're excited to see you and the form you're in right now.
PHIL MICKELSON: They've been so great and supportive and have been so kind. I've loved it. I've loved being here.
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