Q. How would you assess your match today?
BILLY HORSCHEL: Yeah, solid round of golf today. Didn't do anything special. Min gave me a few holes which in match play we're always happy to get. After that I felt like I built a lead, it was just play smart, do the right things, give myself opportunities to make birdies. And then sort of make Min have to do something special to fight back.
Q. Why do you feel like you're such a tough out in match play?
BILLY HORSCHEL: I think I just don't ever give up, I just, I hate losing, I mean I honestly hate to lose. I hate not performing to the level that I want. So it fires me up to play better and I just, I don't give a shot away, I try not to. I battle until the end. And I've got a secret weapon in a putter that I make a lot of putts inside 10 feet which saves me a lot of times.
Q. Do you feel like your confidence is riding at an all, not all-time high, but pretty high right now as we're heading into a big part of the season?
BILLY HORSCHEL: Yeah, I don't know the last time my confidence was this high, even last year. I did win some events and it was nice, but when I sit back I look at it, I didn't hit the ball as well as I would have liked over the last year and so it was sort of always a hit or miss how I was going to be striking it on a daily basis.
This year Todd and have I done some really great work and figured a few things out and it's sort of stuck and it's showing in my results, I've been playing really well since Torrey, since really the Hawaii swing, even though the results don't show it, but since Torrey it's been a lot of really good solid golf and I'm excited about where the game's going. Still going to work hard, still going to try and get better, but confidence level I feel really good where I stand right now.
Q. When I think of consistent players we think of you. Seems like even tournaments you don't win you're in the top 10, top 25. What does that do in a match play environment knowing that when you're not on your best or winning a tournament you're playing good golf?
BILLY HORSCHEL: Yeah, that goes back to what I said earlier about battling and not giving up. Not throwing anyone under the bus, but there's guys out here that obviously don't play well week-in and week-out, but they throw a few shots away and they wind up missing cuts and if they would have just battled out and grind it out and try not to do anything stupid then they would have wound up top 25 maybe snuck out a top 10 if they got hot for nine holes. So I hit a missing cuts, I'm always playing to give myself a chance to go into the weekend, even if I'm 8, 9 back I still feel like I got a chance if I find something.
So just one of those things where I just hate giving shots away. I know I'm going to hit some bad golf shots here and there but I hit a just throwing shots away on a regular and so that's why I'm always grinding it out and trying to make the best of the situation I have.
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