"It's a shot I used to play and practice as a kid," [Daniel Chopra] said. "We used to have little chipping games around the greens and used to find the most difficult spots.

"I didn't take full advantage of having it going," [Woody Austin] said.

"I thought in the last few weeks that it was time just to have the surgery and then call it a year," he said. "But I really wanted to play here and really wanted to try to defend."