Q. Really solid start for you. Kind of take me through, tough conditions throughout the day, how do you feel about the round?
SHANE LOWRY: Yeah, like I turned on the TV and watched some golf this morning and it didn't look much fun out there. I wasn't particularly looking forward to my round, but we got, I think we got favorable conditions. Even though it wasn't easy, I felt like did I a good job of making my way around the golf course. I was pretty happy with my result.
Q. Seems like you've been busy the last week.
SHANE LOWRY: Like you wouldn't believe, yeah, yeah.
Q. Take me through how it's all gone down.
SHANE LOWRY: Yeah, I haven't had much time to myself the last couple of weeks. TGLs, charity days, golf tournaments, yeah, but that's my job, so it could be worse, I could be doing worse things.
Q. Expectations low then when you come to a round like this?
SHANE LOWRY: No, my expectations are never low. I feel like I played pretty good at the Cognizant last week. I've been tinkering a little bit with drivers. I think there's something wrong with the driver I was using last week for a few days. I used something different on Sunday and I used something different again today. So I don't have a hundred percent trust in that yet, but I did hit some really nice drives there towards the end, apart from 18. I'm pretty happy with what I have in the bag, I just need to be able to stand up on holes like 18 and trust myself to start it down the left and commit to that shot. As the week goes on hopefully I'll do that and, yeah, you never know where it will leave me.
Q. Do you know what model you're in?
SHANE LOWRY: What model? It's another Srixon one. I have no idea. I had about 15 drivers on the range on Tuesday here, so no idea which one I ended up with.
Q. If it were just balmy out there, it seems like the golf course would still be tough. What is it, is it the greens, is it the rough?
SHANE LOWRY: Yeah, it's the greens and rough. The greens get quite crusty in the afternoon. You see what Rory did on number 13, 14. Just around that hole is very crusty. That's why I was kind of scared of my putt, really. I putted off the green on the 10th hole, then I knocked my next one eight feet by. Yeah, it was weird. Yeah, it just gets crusty out here, the rough is tough, and when you miss a green it's hard to chip it close. Other than that it's easy.
Q. Is that surprising, even though we had a good bit of rain yesterday?
SHANE LOWRY: That's the way these greens always are. It's just historically has played like that. As the week goes on they get browner and browner, and it plays tougher and tougher.
Q. You and Rory played well at Pebble together, played well today out here. Rory said that when you are paired with him that because you're such good friends, you have to work hard not to be comfortable.
SHANE LOWRY: Yeah, yeah.
Q. Is that the case for you?
SHANE LOWRY: Yeah, because can you kind of get into one of those modes where you're not doing your job and you're just having a good time. I think we were out there doing our jobs today. We did the same at Pebble. I think that obviously worked. So it is nice to be playing with one of you are friends and it's nice to have a little few chats on tee boxes and stuff, but on a course like this you really need to be switched on to what you're doing.
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