Graeme McDowell (66): "I think I am playing well enough. I will just keep my head down and hopefully put myself in a position."

Tiger Woods (67): "If you hit good shots you can make birdies. The key part is to stay patient and keep putting yourself there."

Greg Owen (67): "When I led in 2001 I just got ahead of myself. I've learned to stay patient and trust what I do. If the golfing gods are in my favour it will be good enough to win."

Anthony Wall (67): "I live in the real world. I'll go and do my best tomorrow and worrying about it isn't going to make me play any better."

Sergio Garcia (68): "I did enjoy the way I drove the ball and if I roll the potato nicely I will be OK."

Ernie Els (68): "You definitely don't want to shoot yourself out of it on the first day. So you're not taking as many chances. You are basically trying to play a solid round of golf. That's what I try to do anyway."

Marcus Fraser (68): "I was a bit overawed by it all and still am. But it is now under control. I am happy with the way things are going."

SK Ho (68): "This is a major championship so I'm very satisfied to have shot a score like that. It's now in God's hands."

Darren Clarke (69): "I'm just trying to do as well as I can and for the last few weeks I've been pretty good - until Sunday afternoon."

Lee Westwood (69): "A 69 is a lot better mentally than 70-odd and I made the most of the par fives, that's where you make the most of your score."

Paul Casey (72): "I've got some work to do. It was a bit of a grind, I didn't hit the ball great, the greens were difficult to read and I didn't roll the ball particularly well."

Stephen Dodd (73): "I just played badly. It is simple as that. I do not know what went wrong."

Peter Hedblom (73): "I left myself a lot of chances out there and I hit a lot of good putts but nothing was dropping. One birdie is just not enough out there."

Luke Donald (74): "I drove it in about every bunker I could drive it in I think and those are the hazards you can't afford to go in and I found too many of them."

Padraig Harrington (75): "I think I've played myself out of it. I just had one of those days. I'm not blaming anything. I just couldn't do much right."