Rocco Mediate (67): "Since Deutsche Bank two years ago, I've been a mess, and I was trying to recover. Coming in here I was pretty excited to play. It's been a long time since I had a chance to play good."

Olin Browne (67): "I drove it pretty well. I think I hit a fair number of greens, and when I didn't hit it I missed it in the right place. It was a management day."

Lee Westwood (68): "I didn't feel too great when I got up and for this event you want to be fully fit, but I played well. Any time you shoot two under at a US Open you've got to be pleased."

Luke Donald (69): "I was a little bit heavy-handed on 16 and 17 - they were clumsy bogeys - but overall I'm very happy with that."

Tiger Woods (70): "I didn't drive as well as I wanted and my irons weren't as precise as I wanted, but level par is always a good score at the Open."

Jonathan Lomas (72): "Play a loose shot and this course bites you."

Ian Poulter (77): "Inside I'm raging and I think it's best to get it out of my system now."

Paul Casey (85): "It wasn't fun for a while - it can't be when you don't know where the ball is going to go."