Maybe fate and destiny is on my side.

[The Dane was one up through 22 holes, but lost seven of the next eight holes - a run which included McGinley sinking an 85-yard pitch for an eagle 2 at the 29th.] I was the last man in and hopefully I'll be the last man standing, ... Maybe fate and destiny are on my side.

We have been friends for 15, 20 years and he has been on and on about caddying for me and it has never worked out. When he finally sold his company, he became unemployed and I said I would employ him for a week.

I was the last man in and hopefully I`ll be the last man standing.

It was great today. I feel I played better than a 68, but it is a good score and we'll take it.

Nothing has come easy to me in golf and I've had to work hard for everything but the [recent] NEC [third place] was a big tournament, a big turning point. I learned I could win at that level.

You know, it was a day for battling, and I really battled. I started out great, just striped it the first five or six holes, then missed a few fairways by a yard. It seems every time you miss by a yard, you're stone dead. Every time I was, it was a chip out. But I managed to get pars.

We are taking this very seriously. It is good to have a different perspective on the bag every now and again and he certainly brings that.

Anyone can do yardages and more or less pull a club. It is friendship I need more than anything else when things aren't going your way. You need someone you can count on.