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fortunate to live in arica and play golf and have family and friends and be on the llage. >> you look at this medal hanginground your neck in a lickle bit and home at sam houston state you can tell stories with friends about what this week has been like. what will that medal represent for you? >> hmmm, just enjoying the game. having fun. i had a great time. i had fun up until the end. my caddy ge me a bad read. going left.t i don't know he was thinking. [laughing]. i will just tell them can do it. players that are not ranked the highest in the world. that work hard and that's of a ride.nt's just been a hell it's fun ai am so blessed. > we have beenblessed to watch you compete. you came up against a tough competitor in john augustein. he is with curtis strange. >> he play a wonderful match. he was flawless. that putt i missed on 14 was just that was the turning point. needed to make something happen. the best short game besides -- mi just kidding. i was was by.tter toda all of the best to him. hope hewins. >> thank you very much. over to curtis with john. >> thanks, michael. i am here

san juan, and having an municipalities play stronger role in terms of directing the future of what arica thank you. >> this gentleman here in the front. >> this question is for gretchen. federico jesus, former administration official both are here and in puerto rico and consultant. i want to address this question to gretchen by anyone can enter the part of the corruption issue in puerto rico was in the private sector especially in the media. they revealed a to play with reporters been fed questions and pay to play schemes. i think corruption in puerto rico has been institutionalized but if you can talk about how the media and the government and corporations also involved in the scheme, i think that would explain the societywide indignation beyond the maria deaths. >> thank you. go back to gretchen and pedro, then another round of questions and comments. [inaudible] microphone, please. >> my understanding is they used to have experience in handling these types of grants. cdbg grants, whatever. but what we're now talking about is a program of humongous amounts of funding. whatever capabili