What they said: Sean O'Hair

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Q. Sean, I know you knew where you stood going into the final hole, I saw you look at that leader board for a long time on 17, talk us through your second shot on the 18th?

SEAN O'HAIR: You know, I tried to hit a 3-wood off a big down slope and I just didn't turn. My swing felt this week, a nice back swing turn, get the shoulder turned on, and because I was on such a slope I was trying to really focus on squeezing the ball and not hitting it thin or hitting behind the ball. I just wanted to squeeze it a little bit and it kind of got a little lofty. I think it was more of a mental error than it was a technical. I should have taken a 5-wood and just kind of put it in the back of my stance and slung one around because your miss would be wide right and you make up and down for birdie. At worse you make par. But I think it was just unfortunately just a wrong decision at the wrong time.

Q. Did you think 22 was going to be the number Rory posted, 21?

SEAN O'HAIR: Yes, I played with Geoff yesterday and it wouldn't surprise me if he finished at 23. So I definitely thought 22 was the number. My caddy and I were talking about it and we felt the same, 22 was the number.

Q. You took a shot at winning the golf tournament so you can't fault yourself for that?

SEAN O'HAIR: Yes, it was a nice situation to be in the first tournament of the year. It got the juices going which felt really good. That's always a lot of fun. I definitely performed a lot better than I expected for my first event of the year.

Q. That's great, you took a lot of positives out of this?

SEAN O'HAIR: Yes, absolutely, there is no point in taking negatives. I played nicely, so I feel good about the week.

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