What they said

"I was just praying. I always pray right before my round on the first tee. And so, yeah, that's all I was doing. I wasn't emotional or anything."

Cole Hammer, 15-year-old amateur, when asked if he was crying before teeing off

"It's very interesting. I thought it was pretty cool. No 8, I've never played an entire hole in a major championship with no gallery. It was eerie. It was kind of odd. And there's the delayed reaction from the crowd, because they're so far away."