THE MODERATOR: Bob, another week, another major championship for you. How would you summarize your four rounds here at Congressional.
BOB SOWARDS: I played solid. Yesterday I let the wind blow me away. Didn't handle the wind very well and kind of shot myself out of the tournament. But the three days I played solid.
Today I had a lot of birdie putts and just couldn't make any putts.
Q. After last week and this week, you're a golf professional; do you want to take a few days off from this?
BOB SOWARDS: Yeah, I have lessons starting tomorrow at noon, so I get to take a few hours off in the morning and then I start right back at it. I'm 12:00 to 6:00 straight and hopefully make it home for dinner.
Q. During those lessons, how many questions are going to be about this week?
BOB SOWARDS: Quite a bit probably. Most of them are my good-playing juniors. They've been texting me all week the last two weeks, make some birdies, and are the par-5s tough, and I'm just playing them bad.
Q. Do you see this as an inspiration for them?
BOB SOWARDS: Yeah, absolutely. One of the things that I try to get across to them is how it feels to be inside the ropes because being nervous and playing well is the ultimate in my opinion. It's what you play for is to be nervous. Then coming through and hitting good shots when you're ready to throw up, that's the ultimate.
Q. You've done a lot of this; do you still get a kick out of playing with the Tour professionals at both levels?
BOB SOWARDS: Without question, yeah. I'm too old to play with the juniors now, but I'm going to try to play in the U.S. Open. I'm going to try to qualify again. But playing with those guys last week, I'm hitting hybrids and 5-woods into these par-4s. As I was growing up and one of the longer guys on the club pro ranking, playing with the older guys and they're hitting hybrids and fairway woods into every hole, I was like, I don't know if I'd play if I had to do that. But now I'm that playing 7800-yard courses. But 71 I can play and play well. But still trying to improve.
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