Loren Roberts Quotations

I had one bad swing, ... I hit the ball well, but I played poorly. My putter let me down today, just went cold. I couldn't make it from anywhere.

I was just amazed at how good the course was, just incredible the shape it was in with all the rain. I only had to take casual water relief twice, and the greens held up very well.

It is a great start. I'm thrilled to death to be here. I hit the ball really well.

Really, the only bad shot I hit the whole week was the tee shot at 17. I hit a poor shot. That's my fault.

It feel great. There are a lot of great names on this trophy and I am just thrilled to death that I can put my name on it.

When it's windy it's tough to control your speed and that's the whole key to putting for me. The good putts you make are the ones you make for par. ... If you can make those 4- or 5- or 6-footers for par that's huge.

When you're putting well, it really does take a lot of pressure off your game. It's not the birdie putts that are key. On tough days like this, the par putts that are key.

Those were the two best putts I made all week, and they came at the right time,

What a week to break in. It's a great golf course and you just have to go out and battle the weather. It certainly makes it exciting.

Except for a couple of blips in the middle of my round (at Nos. 9 and 10), my day went well. The golf course is in excellent condition. Certainly, I felt it was an advantage to have played at the Sony last week. I love playing there because it's in Hawaii. I think it's an advantage a little bit just to have an extra week under your belt. But the courses are totally different.

I started out pretty good. But that fifth hole is one of the hard ones and I made a poor swing and hit a flare into the lake. I wasn't that upset. It was early in the round and could still make some birdies.

Things are going your way when that happens.

The three wins this year, they've all come different ways. It was a pretty ugly back nine today, but I holed a couple of putts when I had to.

I've always enjoyed playing over here. It was great to keep my tour card and still be able to play in the Champions events when I can. It's really the best of both worlds. Spending all this time in Hawaii is wonderful.

I wanted to come out here and do well and establish myself early. That's why this win is so sweet to me.

It was going a little too hard, but it went right in the back of the hole. That was just icing on the cake. I couldn't have hit a better putt.

Everybody's in the game here. You don't have to fly it 320 yards off the tee.

The birdies were out there and I just didn't convert,

It was nice that it went in. Realistically, when I hit it, I was thinking about getting it down there. I just wanted to get it around the hole. It went in a little faster than I wanted it to. But it went in and it went in pretty hard.

No lead is ever big enough. I just want to get out and make a couple of birdies early. If I can make a couple birdies by (the sixth hole) that will be my goal.

It was a good par on 16 and 17 was key. I got to make that putt to even have a chance. Those putts on 17 and 18 were the two best putts I hit all week and they came at the right time. I'm delighted with the way I finished. I finally finished a round off.

It's wide open with 15 people within three shots. It's hard to separate yourself. We'll see what happens tomorrow and Sunday. I think it's going to be a shootout all week.

They are usually the ones in there looking at the computer, figuring out who they passed or what they need to do,

The chip-in on No. 10 was key. That got me back on track. I really went for every pin except for 17. All the guys were going low, so you had to be aggressive.

I left some out there -- I could've birdied every hole on the front nine, and I didn't hit the ball as well on the back nine. We'll see what happens on Sunday.

I'm looking forward to next week. This week is over, it was kind of a week to get ready, and I'm looking forward to getting down there and playing.

I missed my line by a whole cup, I thought, and it went right in the hole.

I remember last year, I was pretty excited, ... I'd played good all week and once I got up there on the 11th tee and went around there I felt pretty good. But you are going to get tired here if you're not in shape.

I'll have to be at my best to keep up with these young guys. A win would be great. It would allow me to do what I want to do over the next couple of years. Fred Funk gave us all hope after winning this tournament last year.

I hit the ball very solid today, especially on the front nine and got off to a good start. It's nice to get a good round in early because you never know what the weather is going to do here.

I hit such a great second shot here at 18 and then Dana hit that great bunker shot. You get to 17 and anything can happen. Unfortunately, neither of us played the hole very well, but I feel bad for Dana that he finished that way.

I played real solid. I got a little wake up call on the first hole when I made bogey and then reeled off three birdies after that. I played real solid today after that first hole.

I played really solid the last two days. But the key is that I've driven the ball well. Anybody who's put a low score up has driven the ball in the fairway.

I couldn't have asked for a better start to the year. I hit lots of close iron shots and everything started going in starting at No. 3.

I feel comfortable and I feel good with the way I'm swinging. I'm not having to make a lot of swing thoughts. I'm basically getting up there, seeing the shot and ripping at it.

You can't predict how things go, but I did feel really ready to play this year. My game was in order when I showed up.

You've always got three sets of players, ... You've got guys that are trying to get into the top 30 and guys trying to get into the top 70, and then you've got the guys going through the roller coaster around the 125 number.

The courses are totally different. You can score on this course if the winds are low. It was perfect out there today. You saw that with all the low scores. I had a pretty commercial 63. It's a good way to start the year.