Q. Here with Nasa Hataoka who ground it out today. Maybe not your best stuff, but got it under par. Tell me about your day out there.
NASA HATAOKA: To be honest I feel like I was striking the ball really well today, so just a little disappointed how I putted today.
That's how I played today.
Q. How do you stay patient whether or not you're not really scoring like you feel like you should?
NASA HATAOKA: You know, I was checking the scoreboard couple times, and I kind of noticed leaderboards haven't really changed much and I felt on a tough condition like today, I think the patience is the key to play well.
I feel like I was able to do that.
Q. I was talking to Grace. It died yesterday in the afternoon; picked up again today. How are adjusting with the back and forth conditions with the wind?
NASA HATAOKA: Yeah, it's definitely one of the toughest condition. Right before I hit the ball the wind kind of started to like -- there was like a sudden gusty wind that made me kind of uncomfortable.
But I think I was able to play patiently.
Q. Mindset heading into tomorrow?
NASA HATAOKA: I feel like the last birdie putt, birdie on 18, was good momentum for me so hopefully I can keep that momentum for tomorrow.
FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports