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THE PLAYERS Championship transcript archive  Q. I heard you tell
Jimmy you just didn't shoot the scores that you wanted to this
week.  PHIL MICKELSON: Yeah, it was a fun week starting with the
induction on Monday. I always look forward to the challenge of
this golf course because from a ball-striking point of view,
it's very demanding.  I played pretty well this week. I did not
score well. I didn't salvage the shots around the greens the way
I wanted to. I didn't putt that well. Certainly I didn't putt as
well as I had been putting all year and didn't post a number.
When it's all said and done, the only thing that matters in this
game and in this tournament is the score, and I didn't post a
good enough score. But the game doesn't feel far off; just a
little click here or there and hopefully I'll get it turned
around.  Q. So it doesn't surprise you that a couple guys shot
65??  PHIL MI