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Trevor Immelman lines up a putt.
Trevor Immelman:"At least I broke par today, so I guess that's a positive. You know I was kind of gaining on them, maybe if we had a couple more rounds! Off the golf course, I had an incredible few days and plan to spend the rest of the week here."So you know, all in all, I had a great time. Unfortunately the golf wasn't what I would want it to be. Somebody asked me yesterday if they thought I was going to win and I said no, there was way I thought I was going to come back and win this thing. I was just trying to go out there and play well and shoot a good score.

Trevor Immelman:

"At least I broke par today, so I guess that's a positive. You know I was kind of gaining on them, maybe if we had a couple more rounds! Off the golf course, I had an incredible few days and plan to spend the rest of the week here.

"So you know, all in all, I had a great time. Unfortunately the golf wasn't what I would want it to be. Somebody asked me yesterday if they thought I was going to win and I said no, there was way I thought I was going to come back and win this thing. I was just trying to go out there and play well and shoot a good score.

"I was just playing as free as I could while these guys had the pressure on.

"This is a tough golf course for me. It doesn't exactly suit my eye. It's not the type of a golf course that I would play well on week-in and week-out. You know, I knew it was going to be a tough road and maybe I convinced myself of that before the tournament started. I'm not the best kind of blind-shot player. Those kind of things don't work that well for me. The course for me set-up really difficult."

Retief Goosen: "Third looks like about as good as I can do in these events ¿ I have had three thirds. I'm happy with the week and it's nice to get in and play. I played okay but putted bad.

"It's a pity I couldn't be there a little bit closer coming down the run, but I enjoyed the week.

"I found putting difficult, I drove the ball well. I like the course."

Padraig Harrington:

"Well, I clearly lost my focus on hole 15. I hit a bad tee shot. Besides that, you know, I was pretty much in there all day. I take from this the fact that I won two majors in the middle of the summer. And if I was to get the right break at the right time I would rather keep it for those events than this week.

"I think the last time I came down the stretch with Jim (Furyk) was when I won at Westchester, 2005, and I holed a 66-foot putt on the last. I broke his heart on that day, so it's swings and roundabouts.

"It's disappointing and I'll be disappointed tonight but I'm not disappointed in the sense that, you know, I know that these things happen.

"As I said, when I look back at this year my putt on the play-off hole could have dropped, or I might have lost on the next play-off hole if it did - we never really know in a situation like that.

"But I'm sure I holed the right putts at the PGA to win there, and I'm sure I hit the right shots at the Open to win there. You kind of have to look at it like that overall. You can't look at one result and sort of hang your whole season on it."

Jim Furyk:

"Obviously I am very happy with the outcome. I was kind of fortunate just to be in the tournament to be honest with you as I didn't win a major championship. You know, a good friend of mine, Tiger Woods, unfortunately hurts his knee and he's out. It's kind of a wonder that I'm even in the event to start with.

"We came on Friday after the kids got out of school, hung out at the beach, went to the pool, the kids swam with the dolphins, we checked out a sports bar in Hamilton and watched a little American football, had a few drinks.

"I don't go on golf vacations but it was a little like a golf vacation. Rarely do I kind of go in and just think about having fun. I'm usually all business and maybe it's something to learn from.

"It was a solid year. I was probably a touch disappointed that I didn't win a golf tournament this year on the Tour. That bothered me. But being able to be on The Ryder Cup team that won this year definitely lifted my spirits tremendously.

"To be able to come here and win this event is the icing on the cake and it definitely changes my perspective of the season again.

"I'm now taking a bunch of time off in the winter. I won't play again until late December and then I probably won't start the season until early February.

"One breath, it makes me a touch nervous because in taking time off you can get a little bit rusty. But I want to spend more time with my family and get away and do some of the things that I haven't been able to do for years."