Q. Great playing. 4th place currently. What was kind of the key for your round today?
CHASE SEIFFERT: Today I drove the ball a little better than yesterday. But the key for the week has just been my putter. I've been working so hard on my putting, it was one of my weaker areas and so I've been putting a lot of time in and it's really nice to see it paying off, now that I'm hitting quality shots and able to make the putts.
Q. For those who may not be familiar with the intricacies of the priority ranking and what it takes to qualify for a PGA TOUR event. Can you walk us through the hectic week that you've had that led you to where you are right now?
CHASE SEIFFERT: It's actually been two weeks. So we tried to play the Korn Ferry event last week, ended up first alternate all week, didn't get in. So we kind of spent the whole week just practicing, thought we were going to get start, but ended up just practicing.
And then this week we went and did the Monday qualifier as a second alternate, found out early in the round that we were first alternate, so kind of hoping, the first alternate has a good chance.
And then played a nice round, got into the crazy 16 for 1 playoff, which was a fun experience.
And then as soon as we finished the playoff I came here to practice and got the call that I was in.
So it was really a relief, a weight off my shoulders that I didn't get through the playoff but was able to participate in the event.
Q. Is it hard to shift your mindset from, am I going to get in, am I not going to get in, to, okay, now I'm in, now I've got to focus on the tournament at hand or are you able to block that out once the tournament gets started.
CHASE SEIFFERT: We were kind of preparing as if we were going to get in, because first alternate's almost always going to get in that early in the week, especially at a place like this.
So we were preparing as if we were going to get in and fortunate we did, so it was nice to then flip to the excitement instead of the anxiousness and just prepare for the week, get ready to go.
Q. Lastly, T-3 here last year, obviously having a lot of success this week, what do you like so much about this course, how does it fit your game?
CHASE SEIFFERT: I have just wonderful success at all of Nicklaus's golf courses, even back to my amateur career. For some reason his courses look good to my eye.
And I'm not sure if it's just the small areas for iron play or whatever, but all of his courses look good to my eye, here, Muirfield, and it's fortunate that I'm hitting the ball really well too the last two times I've been to this track, which is nice.
Q. Hole 15, 16, 17, the Bear Trap, could you talk about your performance going through that stretch?
CHASE SEIFFERT: Yeah, that's a nerve wracking stretch of golf. Luckily, the last two days I had great numbers on all of the holes that I needed to, so that was a good thing.
I hit a beautiful 7-iron today into number 15 in there to maybe like 12 feet and was able to pour that in, which was a huge momentum boost.
16's just a hard golf hole. I hit hybrid, 4-iron in there, good 2-putt.
And then I didn't hit my best shot on 17, but I got a little fortunate it ended up in a nice spot with a good birdie look. But just happy to get through there with putter in your hand. You don't ever want to mess around with any of the water or anything like that.
So I've been fortunate, every time I've come here, I've hit quality shots on those holes so it's nice to look back on those thoughts.
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