Q. Nico, shot 4-under 68 today, another bogey-free round, bogey free through 54 holes. That means you're doing things the right way.
NICO ECHAVARRIA: Yeah, living the right life. It's been -- yeah, it's been good golf, it's been solid. Played very smart today. It was pretty tough out there in the last six, seven holes, was able to hit quality shots. Haven't three-putted, a lot of good two-putts today with the wind. So kept myself in there and hopefully we can keep it going one more day.
Q. You'd love to have a couple more birdies down the stretch. You had a couple chances, right?
NICO ECHAVARRIA: Yeah. I hit one of the best shots of the day was on 16 in between pitching wedge and 9-iron, went with a 9-iron blowing off the left. Hit a perfect draw 9-iron to probably the best place you can leave it up the hill and I misread that putt.
And on 18 I hit the right -- I felt like I hit the right chip shot and it just rolled a little more with the wind. Again, I think I misread it with breaking right to left and the wind left to right, but it's part of golf. It won't change how I'm going to feel for tomorrow, so we can keep it going the way we are and everything will be good.
Q. Tomorrow you're heading to the final round in a three-way tie. Talk to us about that.
NICO ECHAVARRIA: There's going to be nerves, it's normal. I've been in this position luckily, I've gotten it done. It's just a matter of being calm, controlling the nerves because there are going to be nerves. Hopefully there's wind because I like playing in wind. I think I can manage the wind pretty well out here. So we'll see. I won't change my strategy, but maybe good golf will be enough.
Q. I remember the start of the week, the press conference, you said it will be amazing if I'm in contention at the end of the tournament. You're there, you have led or had a share of the lead for five of the last seven rounds on Tour, which is amazing.
NICO ECHAVARRIA: Yeah, it's amazing to hold that lead, but I don't think there's a coincidence in there. I've been playing good golf and I've been putting the right amount of work, the correct work with my team and here we are in the best position week.
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