What they said: Billy Mayfair

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Q. All right. Billy, obviously a great week for you. It's looking like it's going to be tied for third. What did you do different this week?

BILLY MAYFAIR: Well, I just hit a lot of good iron shots. The golf course is in immaculate shape. It's the kind of weather I like. It was hot and warm, and it's a good golf course for me. You gotta drive the ball well, and made a few good putts here and there.

It's just one of those weeks. Yesterday I hit a lot of good shots on the front and had a lot of birdie putts inside five or six feet and made those and made the putts I was supposed to.

Q. It looked like you were rolling the ball out there with your putter.

BILLY MAYFAIR: Yeah, a lot better. And the putt on 18 I'll probably have nightmares about that one, how that didn't go in.

But overall it was a great week, and it was fun to get the blood flowing again. And I proved a lot to myself today, after Wachovia and losing there and shooting 77 on Sunday, after having a two-shot lead and being in contention this week and finishing up good is really a good confidence booster.

Q. What does that do for your confidence going into the next event?

BILLY MAYFAIR: Well, obviously I'm not in the PGA next week, so Top 10 here will get me into Greensboro and all that. So I need one or two more good weeks, I need another good week at Greensboro to keep going for the FedExCup.

Q. Are you friends with Bill Lunde?

BILLY MAYFAIR: Not really. I'm pretty close. His locker is pretty close to me. Nice young man, and he played great today.

Q. I was going to say, looked like you were pretty happy for him.

BILLY MAYFAIR: Yeah. Anytime you get your first win out here it's a big improvement. Seems like a lot of guys I'm right behind them when they get that first win, so maybe one of these years the old guy can maybe come through.