41.   The soft fairways will also take much of the roll off of tee shots and make the course play a lot longer.

42.   The reason the course played shorter was because the soggy sounds familiar to the Memorial Tournament in the past were gone.

43.   The wind was calm Tuesday and Wednesday, and the course is playing much longer this year, she said.

44.   Woods said earlier in the week that he wanted the wind to pick up so that the course would play like a traditional links layout.

45.   Gilder, who also had five birdies and a bogey, said the course played easier after the wind died down.

46.   In the damp conditions that prevailed early in the week, the course was playing long and the slimness of the fairways was less of a factor.

47.   Elkington said he knew the course was playing tough when he arrived to find one-under on the leaderboard.

48.   Lehman said heavy rains on Tuesday meant the Gary Player-designed Erinvale course was playing long, the way he liked it.

49.   The course played easier than round one, when only seven players broke par.

50.   The course was not playing as long.