Q. Aaron, how would you describe your round today?
AARON WISE: Pretty good. I feel like I hit the ball better, not anything great, but better. Chipped well, putted well. I felt like 3-under was a good score. I hit one really bad tee ball, which cost me a bogey coming in, and maybe a little bit of nerves starting out on 1 with a three-putt.
Other than that, I thought I played great golf with five birdies in there. So good stuff.
Q. Did you feel, knowing some of the scores out in front of you, did you feel the course is very gettable? Do you pay attention to that when you're out there?
AARON WISE: We talked about it a little bit yesterday. I don't have the best track record around this place, so I don't ever think it's too gettable. But I did see some low numbers, and that made me kind of think that I could get some birdies.
Like I said, this is a place you've got to plot your way around. If you're going to shoot low, you've got to play really, really good golf. So I just put my nose down and tried to put as good a score together as I could.
Q. When did you go to the broomstick putter?
AARON WISE: I went to it last season right before the playoffs. It's been great.
Q. It's an older head, though, right?
AARON WISE: Yes.
Q. It's got to be five, six years old or something like that?
AARON WISE: It's a Ghost head. I actually got the putter from my coach, Casey Martin, when I was at Oregon. I putted with it a little bit then and just kept it forever and wasn't putting very good and figured I may as well try it again. I had to cut it down a little bit. That putter's got to be ten years plus old. So it still works.
Q. What works so well with that style for you?
AARON WISE: I feel like it puts a lot of it in my right hand. I feel like I have good touch control with it, and I hit good starting lines. It's kind of, sometimes when your putting gets off, I felt like I putted bad for long enough that I was ready to try something completely different.
It kind of reset things for me, and I was able to start gaining confidence rather than losing it. From there, I've just kind of built with it.
Q. What's your biggest focus tomorrow to try to come out on top in the end?
AARON WISE: Like I said, just playing good golf. This course I think's really hard. Obviously I've done a good job. I've shot three straight 3-unders. So just go out, keep doing what I'm doing, get up and down, miss in the right spots, and just play good golf. At the end of the day, that's what it comes down to.
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