Q. Billy, what does it say about the way you were playing that you were able to fight back after a pretty rough start there?
BILLY HORSCHEL: The front nine was weird. I hit a great shot at No. 2. It went just over the green and had a little nasty lie. I hit the chip too good. I literally hit the chip too good. If at least it's a little bit more, has six more inches of pace on it, it's a tap-in. Hit a good putt that broke across.
I hit a really good chip at 3 that sort of checked up and didn't release out. Great birdie at 5, right back in there. 1-over par through 5. Pretty much got done through that little difficult stretch on the front side a little bit, so got to get through 8.
A really bad swing, a really bad just thought process on the third shot on No. 6. Looking back at it, we were trying to muscle a 52 and get a lot out of it to get it to our landing spot. And I think looking back, it probably should have just been a chip cut pitching wedge to take the water out of play and just let it land on the green and release back there.
Then I hit a really great shot at 8. I thought that was going to be stiff, and it flew a couple yards too far. I had a little nasty lie, a little weird lie back there, and then get that up and down.
Then the bad one at 10. I just got too cute. I was trying to cut spin a lob wedge in from 55 yards to get a little more spin on it, and I just wiped across it. So a little -- like I said, just some errors I don't usually make, and you just can't make late on a Sunday, especially in conditions like this if you're going to try and win.
Q. Looked like you were able to get back in it was kind of where I was driving. It's kind of like this course, you're in it when maybe you're not so sure you are.
BILLY HORSCHEL: Yeah, I knew I was still in it on No. 11 tee. I just needed to play a really clean round coming in, and I did that. I made two birdies. I wish I would have made that birdie at 16. Once again, I just didn't do a good enough job on that third shot, that chip.
Listen, I think you guys know me well enough, I don't give in. I don't give up. I'm going to battle till the end. I'll go down in flames before I tap out.
Q. What was the emotional roller coaster like from 6 through finally getting those birdies on the back nine?
BILLY HORSCHEL: Yeah, I think it was pretty good. I was pretty level. Didn't beat myself up, didn't get down. Just knew I messed up a little bit, knew I still was in a spot to have a chance to win this golf tournament.
I just did a really good job of trying to execute the golf shots and stay patient. I felt like I did a good enough job. Unfortunately, I just came up a shot short today.
Q. The second shot on 18, that's kind of in that Tiger putt range. Did you envision that in your mind?
BILLY HORSCHEL: Yeah, I knew where that putt was, and I knew he'd made it many times. I'm not going to lie, I read it, and I've heard Tiger say he's read it and he's always played a little bit more break. I played it probably two more balls than what my initial read was. And I think I hit it a little too hard, played it a little too much high, either one of those.
Obviously, it's a really difficult putt. It's a difficult second shot. I felt like I did a really good job with it. Like I said, I'm a little disappointed, but we'll wake up tomorrow with a lot of good things and a lot of momentum going into next week.
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