BUICK OPEN

July 31, 2005

Robert Allenby

GRAND BLANC, MICHIGAN

Q. Robert, talk about your round and that hole in one you made on No. 11?

ROBERT ALLENBY: The first nine holes wasn't too pretty, level par, very up and down. Then once I got to 11, I hit a 6 iron there straight at it, just took one bounce, a couple of rolls and straight in for a hole in one, that was quite nice.

Then I birdied 12, 13, 14, 16 and 18. So definitely changed my momentum which was good. I started playing a little bit more aggressive and just started rolling with it. A nice way to finish off there.

Q. What's your mindset when you go in and see the top of the leaderboard and see a guy like Vijay with that kind of lead?

ROBERT ALLENBY: Starting at 11 under, there's no way I was going to catch him unless he got hit by a bus on the way here, but that was probably not going to happen, either. Just try to go out there and try to shoot as low as I could and, you know, wherever I finish, I finish, and just try and build on the good play and take it into next week and then on to the PGA.

Q. Up and down week for you?

ROBERT ALLENBY: Yeah, I mean, I started 2 under, second day I shot 7 under, 2 under and 7 under. Funny enough, I get up this morning, I look at the scores the last few days, shoot 65 again, had the putt on the last from about eight feet and I just kind of knew I was going to make it. Everything was playing out nicely on the back nine, so all I had to do was hit it and hit a good putt.

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