Q. Do you feel like you're back in England with just the weather, the conditions?

ROSS FISHER: England is quite nice at the moment. This is shocking.

But no, I mean, I think it kind of helps us Europeans. We are used to this weather. Just it's the same for everyone. You've got to chill out and relax when you're not on the course, and then you've got to be prepared when it's time to go.

I feel like, fortunately, I've been ready to go, and I think, unfortunately, I've left the putter in the locker room when I've gone out to the course. Hopefully I can take it out with me in the final round.

Q. You're not the first person to say that. What is making these greens so tricky?

ROSS FISHER: I mean, they are not ‑‑ for U.S. Open, they are pretty good, because they are not like lightning quick like they usually are. They are not firm and fast. They are soft and receptive.

The first thing in the morning when they cut them and roll them, they are really, really pure and you should be holing putts. You start missing a few and you start thinking: Is it me, is it the greens, is it my stroke?

So you knuckle down and try and hit good putts. Towards the end of the day, yes, it's going to get quite spiked up, but it's the same for everyone. You've still got to step up there, hit the putt and hopefully hole some.

First three days, I haven't done that, but ‑‑ or is it four days? Five days? I don't know.

So hopefully I can just try and figure out and find out why I'm not holing putts and try and get the stroke that I had Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, when my coach was here working with me.

And if I can get that roll on it, get that good stroke, I feel like I've got a really good chance.

Q. I'm not going to ask you about your wife expecting, but have you talked to Sean O'Hair about the situation?

ROSS FISHER: Yes, I chatted to him the first couple of days. I said I've got one on the way and he said congratulations and he was like, "How about you?" Obviously he's got two and he's got one on the way.

I said, "Oh, when she's due?"

He said, "Right about now."

I said, "Is your phone on?"

He said, "No, I've got someone in the crowd." I'm chatting about when my wife is due at the Open. I said, "My phone is going to be on." And if the time does come, I'll be straight out of there, because it's, you know, it's not something I've experienced before, and it's something that I definitely don't want to miss.

You know, he was very encouraging and said, "Yeah, you know, golf's right at the back of your mind." When your partner, wife, girlfriend, fiancée, whoever it may be, when they are giving birth, it's very special and you want to be there for it.

Q. Can you think either here or any tournament you've ever played where you're in contention, so the greens are going to be spiked up and wobbling toward the end, where one of them knocked a putt in that you didn't think was going to go in? Or does it go both ways?

ROSS FISHER: Yeah, sometimes you can hit good putts and miss, and you know, I think if you watch highlights of other tournaments, you'll see guys hit putts and sort of stand up and walk after it and look in disbelief that it's gone in.

So you can have it both ways. Hopefully I can get out there and hit good putts and see them disappear. I mean, it would be nice. Haven't seen it too often the first three rounds, but there's still a round to go and I feel like I'm owed a few putts.

Q. Is it difficult to find the green speed here from hole to hole?

ROSS FISHER: It was pretty difficult today. Starting out the greens, I was putting around that front and it was really quick.

Q. Really quick?

ROSS FISHER: Really quick. Whereas when we went ‑‑ we finished off, what did we do ‑‑ finished off yesterday, I can't even remember now, it's been so long, and they were starting to get quite bumpy and then they just single‑rolled them and went back out and played a couple of holes and they were really, really pure. When they do roll them and cut them, you can hole putts, but late on in the day with the field and stuff like that, obviously the weather plays a big advantage, so we got pretty lucky today.

Hopefully we don't get any storms and any more rain and we have a fair weather through the night and we can wake up tomorrow and hopefully get this thing finished.

Q. McDowell was saying earlier that one of the biggest challenges was just trying to figure out what round he was playing. It's just been like that kind of a week. Talk about that whole experience.

ROSS FISHER: Yes, it's mentally and physically draining. I feel like I got the right side of the draw, but at the same time, we had to play 28 holes the other day and I was absolutely shattered. Just wanted to get back, have some food and get to bed. I didn't eat until half nine and couldn't get to sleep because it was still sitting there and so couldn't get to sleep until 11:00 and the alarm goes off at 4:50 and you get straight back out and do it again. It's the same for everyone. You have to just focus out there and get the job done.

Q. Putting out here, they are supposed to be U.S. Open greens, but really aren't. Is it more of a guessing game this week?

BUBBA WATSON: The greens are still fast. You know, even with these conditions, the maintenance crew here has done an unbelievable job. The grounds crew, you can't even imagine what it would be like in a normal event. These guys have worked around the clock. Footprints are the only thing, because a lot of chubby people out there like me were making some footprint so every once in awhile you have to putt through a footprint and it bounces off, hobbles a little bit and goes offline.

These greens are still running fast. I know they want them faster but I don't know if you could do it faster, because you couldn't stop it in dry conditions. It's wet; it's a little easier to stop the ball now.

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