Q. It is tough to win out here. You so proved it. You had so many chances coming down the stretch, and the putter didn't quite cooperate. Here you are a PGA Tour winner. Give me your thoughts on the day.
AUSTIN SMOTHERMAN: One more lag putt, which is just my nemesis down the stretch, which is all I was asking for coming to 18. A lot of good shots, those drives coming down the stretch as well, just piping it down the middle of the fairway, being committed.
It didn't have to be pretty. I got some nice bounces. Made some poor swings, but this game doesn't have to be perfect.
Q. Absolutely. Golf is not a game of perfect. You got a bad bounce and a bad lie in the bunker at 13. Then you had a 6-footer for eagle, then you had a 6-footer for birdie on 14 and 15. Go ahead and take me through the birdie putt at the par-4 16th hole. And look at the video someday and see how close you cleared the bunker by. And the drive on 18 was wonderful too.
AUSTIN SMOTHERMAN: I saw that bounce off the bunker edge. It was one I was trying to keep right all day with the soft pitching wedge. If I tugged it, kind of like I hit the shot on 17, on the very next swing, it probably would have been long left and been in a dicey spot.
I hit it to the fat side. I had a bit of a lead, I guess, and trusted myself on the 18th.
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