Q. Solid round, put yourself in contention. I know Bob is pretty far out there, but still top 5 as we speak. What do you like about what you've done the first two days?
HARRY HALL: Yeah, hit the ball nice. Found some fairways out there, and haven't put myself into trouble too much and hit the greens around here. There's a lot of bowls, so using -- picking what holes you can really attack and which ones you can't. I've putted nice, too.
Q. You look at your statistical profile from this year, it looks relatively similar to years past. You're obviously having a very good putting season, but this is probably your most consistent year on TOUR. What do you attribute that consistency to?
HARRY HALL: Yeah, putting I've got a little bit better but not much. The big thing is probably not losing a stroke tee to green and just being average, which I knew if I could just being average tee to green, then I could have a very good year, and it's looking like all the numbers are saying that I'm average tee to green.
It's really nice, yeah
Q. Have you always been a great putter, like even back to junior days? Was that always the strength of your game?
HARRY HALL: I remember in my junior days, I could putt great, but I wasn't always a great putter. When I got to UNLV and I worked with Coach Knight, who's a renowned putting guy, he really helped my technique.
I remember when I got there, I used to putt way different. Now I'm probably a lot more modern. Ever since I've started using my feet to read the greens, as well, that's helped a lot.
Q. Is that what you refer to when you say modern, just like AimPoint --
HARRY HALL: No, more stance and stuff. I remember when I got to UNLV I'd set up really open and be hunched over and kind of feel the putts, and he got me very square, very upright. So that's why I feel like more athletic.
Q. You're obviously playing well at a good time for a European player. Have you had many convos with any of the Ryder Cup as you're I'm sure trying to make that team?
HARRY HALL: No conversations recently, no. Just trying to play golf.
Q. Is it on your mind?
HARRY HALL: Yeah, it has been the last couple weeks. Yeah, just got one job to do, and that's go recover now and get ready for tomorrow.
Q. Did you at least go through a fitting for the team uniform and all that sort of stuff?
HARRY HALL: No, I haven't.
Q. What would it mean to do that, to be on that team?
HARRY HALL: Yeah, it would be massive. I remember growing up, and Phil Rowe, my assistant coach in college, and he was like my idol growing up, he played in the Walker Cup in '99. We have his bag in the clubhouse.
People always used to say, H, are you going to put a Walker Cup bag up there one day, and I always said, a Ryder Cup one.
Q. How do you feel like the heat today has changed maybe how you prepare or your time out on the course today?
HARRY HALL: Yeah, normally I work out Friday or Thursday mornings, lift heavy, but this week I just knew it would be such a strenuous week walking around this course, and with the temperatures, I just stuck to my working out on Tuesday and doing a bit of warmup before I go out there, and then obviously drinking a lot of electrolytes. Just trying to get through it.
I've felt like I've done a good job staying healthy this year and working out a lot, and I feel good.
Q. How big a goal has TOUR Championship been for you?
HARRY HALL: Not that big of a goal, if I'm honest. It was more so just getting a little bit better at everything and getting better tee to green. I knew that was where I could make the most improvement, and I knew if I did that, then I could gain a shot a round, or close to, and I think I'm doing that this year.
I knew -- I like to look at the numbers, and I know if I can just average gaining 1.2 strokes a round, then it equates to playing really good golf and getting really far in the FedExCup.
Q. How important do you think that up-and-down was on 18 to keep momentum heading into the weekend?
HARRY HALL: Not that important, I don't think. There will be up-and-downs that I don't get this weekend. Yeah, just made a really good decision, actually, to leave me a good number coming in. I could get a 9-iron out of the rough on the last, but it would have left me 60 yards, and I kind of wanted 75. I left myself 70, but I knew that was better than being 55 for me, use that backstop and spin it back like I did. Just little things like that. Making good decisions has been a priority of mine recently.
Q. You've referenced it a couple times, just saying numbers to us recently, average strokes gained 1.2. Are you a guy that pays close attention to the analytics and statistics and what you're doing?
HARRY HALL: Yeah.
Q. Always been like that?
HARRY HALL: Yeah, I'd say so. Definitely when I've had access to the data. I remember getting to UNLV and I'd never hit on a TrackMan or anything like that until I was 18. Yeah, just all the bits that you can use these days to get better, whether it's TrackMan or data, and when I had that accessible, I really tried to get to use it.
Q. Are you still using the same driver that you had at the beginning of the year?
HARRY HALL: Yeah.
Q. Are you surprised at all that you haven't heard from Luke Donald or somebody from the Ryder Cup?
HARRY HALL: He'll text me now and then, but I haven't got any measurements.
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