<p> May 27, 2010</p><p>QUICK QUOTES FROM: TOM KITE: Oh, well it was a pretty steady round. I got off to a bad start with a bogey on the very first hole, but then played really well from that TOM LEHMAN point on. I made four birdies and the rest pars and it was a pretty steady round. TOM KITE Kind of scrambled a little bit in a couple NICK PRICE places and got some pretty good breaks, but all in all a pretty good round. LARRY MIZE Q. Holes 15 and 16 had back-to-back birdies. How were you feeling at the time? Just in the zone or what was clicking at the right time? Tom Lehman TOM KITE: Well I hit, knocked it on both those par-5s in two. And that always helps when Q. How was your first round today? you do that. And I was able to 2-putt. TOM LEHMAN: I played very well. Obviously 4-under with the wind blowing the way it Q. Same plan of attack for tomorrow? was was something that I'm very happy with. I TOM KITE: Hopefully the weather will be started with a bogey on the first and I finished with a little calmer and I'll play a little better. a bogey on 18 and in between I played extremely well. So I have no complaints. Nick Price Q. What was the toughest part of the Q. Can you describe your birdie on 18? course for you today? NICK PRICE: I hit a really good tee shot, I TOM LEHMAN: Just dealing with the only had an 8-iron in my hand and I kind of pulled it wind. The wind was very gusty, very strong. and got it on the wind and actually got a pretty Trying to get the right club especially. You have to good break because it bounced straight and sort of hit it solid. You have to hit it solid when the wind is was just off the back left edge of the green. And I blowing like this. If you hit it solid you can deal was in a sprinkler head and I took relief. with it. And today I did that. And actually had a pretty nice putt. It was one of those putts that you just felt that if you got it Q. How is the altitude, has it affected rolling on line it was going to get to the hole. So you at all? trying to get it started on line and I had dead speed TOM LEHMAN: I played enough here at and it just kind of fell in on the left edge. So the International so I'm pretty familiar with how the dinner's going to taste a little better after making shots will fly. And it's a bit of a guess at times, but that one. I think we did a really good job today of pulling clubs. Q. Any comments on the round as a whole? Tom Kite NICK PRICE: A little bit -- the start was really tough today. The first five or six holes, when Q. What were the highlights for you the wind blows this hard even the downwind holes today?</p><p>089cf2484b278a59cbec4979c2dafa 1 25.doc visit our archives at asapsports.com are difficult. Because the ball, with the altitude, and 12 plays really hard. So -- and then the coupled with the altitude, the wind the way it's downwind holes it's just hard to stop the ball. blowing, very difficult to get the right distance. So either way the wind really is affecting Especially pulling iron shots for your the ball. And in the cross breeze the wind really is, second shot. It's just very difficult. So you sort of at this altitude, I think it affects the ball a little more. are looking at where do you want to miss it if you So you really got to play it. do miss it. So it's almost like playing a little FastScripts by ASAP Sports negatively today. But the back nine I played really well today. I hit a lot of good iron shots, a lot of good tee shots, and I made some putts, which was good. So all in all anywhere under par today, this afternoon particularly, is a good start. </p><p>Q. How do you feel this sets you up for being in contention the rest of this week? NICK PRICE: Well, tomorrow hopefully we won't have, we'll have the same conditions as the guys who played this morning had. Hopefully we'll be able to take advantage of it and make some birdies and go from there. But the wind's tough here in the afternoon. I mean, it blows hard and the greens were a little bumpy this afternoon, which is understandable with the amount of traffic that's been over them. But they're holding up really well and you know, all in all I would be very happy, I would have been very happy this morning if you said, Nick, you're going to shoot 2-under.</p><p>Larry Mize Q. How is the course playing today? LARRY MIZE: I thought it played tough this afternoon. Tom shot 2-under, I thought that was a very good round. Anything under par this afternoon I thought was good because the wind gusted up pretty good at times and I thought it played hard. </p><p>Q. What adjustments are you going to have to make going into tomorrow? LARRY MIZE: Get the ball in the hole sooner. I played okay today. I just got to get the putter going a little bit better tomorrow and get a little momentum off that have.</p><p>Q. Talk about the impact of the wind a little. Specifically what that did to your game. LARRY MIZE: Oh, well it's been blowing every day we have been here, so we're kind of used to it. But it really does impact it. Some of those holes, 4 and 5 play really tough into the wind</p><p>089cf2484b278a59cbec4979c2dafa 2 25.doc visit our archives at asapsports.com</p>