Q. The start to the match, winning four of the first five holes, what was the key for you there?
SEAMUS POWER: Yeah, it was a bit of both. I actually had, I almost made birdie, had a bad lip-out from 7 or 8 feet and Tyrrell missed a putt on 1 which was a lucky start for me.
On 3 he got a bad break. He didn't hit the best tee shot but we're not really sure where his ball went.
And so 2-up through 3, and then I hit really good shots at 4 and 5 and like was able to like get 6 with a birdie as well. So I was really able to put the pressure on. I played well on the front nine. I made a lot of birdies. Like, I had a bad lip-out on 7 for another birdie and then birdied 8.
So it was a really good start and it was match play, so I was able to have the honor, put some pressure on him. I wasn't making any mistakes to give him any easy ones to get back into it.
So it wasn't his day, obviously. Like, he didn't, putts didn't drop for him and breaks didn't go his way and they did for me and that's match play sometimes.
Q. This is the third time in four matches that you've been able to close it out by the 15th hole. Is that, just like you said, not making mistakes? What's allowed to you do that so well?
SEAMUS POWER: Yeah, I don't know. I mean, you just have a mentality that you just don't want to let guys back into it. Tyrrell's a good enough player that he could birdie the last four, five holes.
So even on 15 there I was dormie up, but I still stayed aggressive, hit a good wedge shot to maybe 8, 10 feet and it puts your opponent under pressure. I'm not sure. It could be just coincidence, but my mentality is just to try and close guys out because you just don't know. Everyone here is good enough to birdie all of the holes that are left, so you just try to get it over as fast as you can and move on.
Q. Looking at the time here, you've got about an hour and a half or so until the quarter finals this afternoon. How are you going to spend the time?
SEAMUS POWER: I'm going to go back and relax. I'm staying close by with friends, so I'm going to go back for a couple minutes, kind of change shoes, socks, all that kind of stuff, and I'll be back up and start warming up and get ready to go again.
Q. You came out in attack mode today. Was that part of your plan?
SEAMUS POWER: I mean -- yeah, I mean obviously you're going to make birdies, especially this morning there was no breeze. So yeah, I was able to make some putts early and kind of get um and didn't make any mistakes from there and was able to close it out.
Q. You have a little bit of time now before you tee off this afternoon what will you do with that time?
SEAMUS POWER: Not much, go get some food and rest and start warming up again a little bit before but it's going to be a long weekend, so got to get some rest and make sure I'm ready to go.
Q. I think you had six birdies and missed only two greens through 15 holes, that's solid.
SEAMUS POWER: Yeah, played nicely. Didn't play my best yesterday so kind of just did some work on the range and was definitely better this morning. But made some putts and especially kind of early made some birdies and in match play if you can get up and not make any mistakes, keep the pressure on. So all in all a nice morning and look forward to this afternoon.
Q. I walked with you a lot over the last year and a half your game is, I don't see a weakness right now?
SEAMUS POWER: Yeah, it feels pretty good. There's always something in golf you're working on, but everything -- at least I kind of know where it's going, even if it is going to be a little off and that sometimes is more important than anything else. So hopefully I can keep it up this afternoon and play either Billy or Scottie, so it's going to be a fun match and look forward to it.
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