Here are some of the best questions and answers from yesterday's Championship Pro-Am day at the RBC Canadian Open:

Question for Jim Furyk: "I noticed the tape on your wrist there. Is that an injury or just because the past two majors have been won by injured players and you're looking for good luck?"

Furyk: "That's a good point when you think about it. No, my wrist was just a little sore yesterday and why I don't know, whether it was from the hard ground last week or from the flight coming back.

"Sometimes you get some inflammation and such."

Question for Mike Weir: "What are your memories (of his playoff loss to Vijay Singh in the 2004 Canadian Open at Glen Abbey)":

Weir: "I remember everybody was very excited. I was in contention and Canada was playing for gold in the world championships so there was a different atmosphere than a normal golf tournament. I think everybody was ready for a bit of hockey, too. There were a lot of hockey jerseys out there.

"It was a special atmosphere. I was really disappointed. What can I say? I've had plenty of those in my career and that was right up there with a number of them. But you live and learn and go on. That's four years ago. I don't think about it much anymore and I'm going to try to win this week."

Question for Stephen Ames: "It seems no matter how good your numbers are (Mike) Weir always seems to be kind of the fan darling in this country. Do you ever feel slighted by that at all, or do you have any kind of healthy competition with him going?"

Ames: "Healthy, no, I don't have any healthy competition. We're always willing our best for the Canadian folks to play well and give back to the country. We're all congratulating one another.

"We're always wanting either one of us to play well and support one another."

Question for Anthony Kim: "You're only 23 but you've said in the past few years you've matured. How are you a different golfer from 2006 to this year where you've won two tournaments already?"

Kim: "Last year, there wasn't a pin that I didn't think I could go at and there wasn't a putt that I didn't think I could make. If there was a 320-yard cover, I would try to hit a big sweeping draw over the corner. It really made no sense and I got nothing out of it.

"When I made three or four mistakes, I would compound that and make other errors coming down the stretch and miss cuts and finish 50th.

"Now, I think my misses have gotten better as far as mental mistakes. I still get ahead of myself every once in a while and I feel I did that at the British Open. But I definitely feel more patient out there. I think that's helped me tremendously."

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