Phil Mickelson (66): "I don't feel I tried to stay off the radar. I wanted to have a little time to myself to get things going around. And a number of things went well today."

Rodney Pampling (66): "I was just hitting the driver really solid and the fact that I didn't make a bogey, that's definitely a bonus. Any time you can do that in a major is certainly going to hold you in a good position."

Ernie Els (71): "I was disappointed to finish with a bogey but one over's not too bad. I felt I played a lot better than that out there."

Padraig Harrington (72): "I suppose I must have been a bit rusty out there because all my dropped shots were on the front nine but it was great to finish with a birdie at 17 and I almost did it on 18. That would have been some finish."

Lee Westwood (73): "I felt I played very solidly. It's not easy out there - start missing fairways and you can run up some big scores."

Tiger Woods (74): "I just didn't drive very well and put myself under a lot of pressure because of it. It didn't matter what club I hit off the tee - I couldn't keep in play."

Paul Casey (79): "I was looking forward to it, but didn't didn't play well and that's much more annoying. I hit only one fairway with my driver and you can't do that."

Colin Montgomerie (82): "I missed too many fairways. Six pars were good, but 12 bogeys were not so good. Never mind - try again tomorrow."