<p>Waking up at 4 am always means a long day. But if you can come out in the morning and have a good four or five-hole stretch, like I did this morning and had a bunch of birdies, it feels great. I am now tied for fourth, but there is still a lot of golf left in the tournament at the PGA Championships in Whistling Straits.<br /><br /></p>.<p>It just gets you going and gets you focused for the second half. <br />Obviously it's going to be a long day for a lot of us. So you've got to pace yourself and focus all day. I know it is a big day back home, as it is the Independence Day in India and it is good to play like that.<br /><br />I'm happy that I hit a lot of fairways in my second round. That's very important on this golf course. If you can keep doing that, you can go at some pins and you can hit a lot of greens. So, that has got to be the strategy.<br /><br />Yesterday (Friday) I was a little frustrated because even in the afternoon I think the conditions were good for scoring. <br /><br />I hit a lot of fairways, but I just didn't seem to hit them close enough, or when I did I just didn't make enough putts. I felt like I could have played really well in the 13 holes that I played yesterday. So, I guess it was nice to just get some sleep and calm down and just come back and focus. So that was good.<br /><br />The gameplan's been the same. It was always about coming out and hitting fairways. <br />Coming out this morning, I found the green on Par-5 fifth and two putted from around 25-27 feet. <br /><br />On sixth I hit the driver just short of the green and chipped close for a birdie. Then on seventh I hit one of my best shots of the second round. I hit a 4-Iron to under two feet and rolled in a third birdie. And it was nice to finish steadily.<br />I feel good and hopefully I can come back and play well in the next two rounds.</p>
<p>Waking up at 4 am always means a long day. But if you can come out in the morning and have a good four or five-hole stretch, like I did this morning and had a bunch of birdies, it feels great. I am now tied for fourth, but there is still a lot of golf left in the tournament at the PGA Championships in Whistling Straits.<br /><br /></p>.<p>It just gets you going and gets you focused for the second half. <br />Obviously it's going to be a long day for a lot of us. So you've got to pace yourself and focus all day. I know it is a big day back home, as it is the Independence Day in India and it is good to play like that.<br /><br />I'm happy that I hit a lot of fairways in my second round. That's very important on this golf course. If you can keep doing that, you can go at some pins and you can hit a lot of greens. So, that has got to be the strategy.<br /><br />Yesterday (Friday) I was a little frustrated because even in the afternoon I think the conditions were good for scoring. <br /><br />I hit a lot of fairways, but I just didn't seem to hit them close enough, or when I did I just didn't make enough putts. I felt like I could have played really well in the 13 holes that I played yesterday. So, I guess it was nice to just get some sleep and calm down and just come back and focus. So that was good.<br /><br />The gameplan's been the same. It was always about coming out and hitting fairways. <br />Coming out this morning, I found the green on Par-5 fifth and two putted from around 25-27 feet. <br /><br />On sixth I hit the driver just short of the green and chipped close for a birdie. Then on seventh I hit one of my best shots of the second round. I hit a 4-Iron to under two feet and rolled in a third birdie. And it was nice to finish steadily.<br />I feel good and hopefully I can come back and play well in the next two rounds.</p>
