Q. Matt, solid playing, 3-under 67, a chance into Sunday in your first PGA TOUR start as a member. How would you assess the day and what you were able to do well out there, particularly on the front nine?
MATTHIEU PAVON: Yeah, it was pretty good. I kind of played solid. Struggle a little bit on the back nine. Had some poor wedges coming down the stretch and bad up and down -- I mean, happened two putts on 18. Could have been a better one but, it's still under par so we move on.
Q. Getting your dual membership via the DP World Tour, what was that like, the dramatic finish you had to get into the top 10 and being here as a member?
MATTHIEU PAVON: Yeah, means everything. Since I'm a kid I dream about the PGA TOUR, playing there, winning there, so having a chance to come here and play is just incredible, and I'm very pleased the way I handled my season last year to get myself into the PGA TOUR for rookie season.
Q. What do you remember about that kind of final four birdies, just the dramatic finish at the final event?
MATTHIEU PAVON: Yeah, it was. Everything kind of clicked in. I slowed down a little bit between like 10 and 13 or 14, and all of a sudden the game came back. I dropped some putts, hit some pretty good and quality shots, and you end up having a birdie to do on the last to get maybe lifetime changing.
That was pretty exciting. We managed to make a nice 4 to end that round and that was just fantastic.
Q. Did the course play differently today than yesterday or was it fairly similar?
MATTHIEU PAVON: To be fair, it's similar. I don't see anything really different. It's about the same.
Q. Where have you been based throughout your career and being a dual member on the PGA tour, will you have an American base?
MATTHIEU PAVON: Yeah, the thing is I am from Europe and I live in Andorra in the slopes since now six years. Yeah, I going to kind of adjust. Not sure going back home in between tournaments. Just too much jet lag to be fair.
So I just become a member at the Dye Preserve in Florida, so I can't wait to go there and meet everybody. This is pretty much the area around West Palm where I'm going to settle for this year.
Q. Anyone that recommended it to you?
MATTHIEU PAVON: There is a French guy who play on TOUR before, Thomas Levet. He live there since a while and I know him quite well. It was so obvious for me to go there and have some time and experience with him.
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