Q. How would you characterize the round today?
JHONATTAN VEGAS: A round of patience. I mean, obviously knowing that -- of course, if you hit good shots you could make a lot of birdies out here, but at the same time you have to be really patient out here. Started with the five-footer for bogey on 10. And I wanted to make a long one on 12 for birdie.
But like I said, I stayed patient. Kind of put the ball in the right positions. Not trying to be overly aggressive to some of these spins. Made a few putts luckily and I put a good round together. Purely playing smart golf and not really being, like I say, overly aggressive.
Q. Is that the key to this golf course, even with it being softer, is patience and picking your spots?
JHONATTAN VEGAS: It is. Because like I said, every single shot out here you can get in trouble. Like absolutely every single shot. Just putting yourself in the right positions, even if it is missing the greens at the right spots or even leaving it 30 feet from the hole. You have to be patient and just stick with what the course gives you.
Q. Where do you feel your game is right now as we're part of this part of the season?
JHONATTAN VEGAS: Game is good, solid for a while. Like I said still, still recovering a little bit from an elbow injury. And feel like I've been playing good golf for quite a while. And so feeling happy about my game.
Q. What do you feel like you have to do this weekend to keep yourself in contention as you go into late on Sunday?
JHONATTAN VEGAS: Like I said, exactly what I've been doing for the past couple of days, which is kind of just kind of playing almost stress-free golf around here, which is what you want to do, obviously. But like I said, hitting your spots, taking what the course has given you that day, because like I said, you can make a lot of birdies out here, but like I said, it's easy to go the other way as well.
So like I said, hitting solid shots around and hopefully making a few putts.
Q. Is it tough sometimes, you guys are so good, but to be patient and know that you -- not to get too aggressive at times?
JHONATTAN VEGAS: You know what, it's really hard. It's really, really hard. Like I said, let me give you an example today on 14, where I had 130 yards with the helping winds, you've got a wedge in your hands and you're aiming 15 feet left and, like I said, 20 feet short. Just kind of playing to give yourself a 15-, 17-footer with a wedge in your hands.
So like I said, just being patient that way and not getting really too aggressive at times because, like I said, missing some of these in the wrong spots is bogeys. You'd rather have a 20-footer for birdie even if it's from 130 yards. But rather have that than try to get it up-and-down from some of these crazy places.
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