WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. -- Jason Bohn was all done. He'd posted 10 birdies in the Greenbrier Classic third round, signed his scorecard of 9-under-par 61, spoken with the media, completed his post-round stretching routine, eaten lunch, retreated back to his hotel room and changed into a t-shirt and shorts to spend the remainder of this Fourth of July afternoon with his family.
He couldn't wait, either. He and his family have spent this week swimming and bowling and enjoying all of the amenities here at a place billed as "America's Resort." Now, Bohn was just about to take his boys fishing, nearly three hours after finishing his round with an 8-foot birdie putt on the final hole.
That is, until he received a text message.
It was from a PGA Tour media official, asking him if he'd like to join the CBS broadcast team in the 18th hole tower for a live interview on the telecast.
And so Bohn postponed the fishing trip for just a little while, changed back into the red, white and blue wardrobe he'd worn during the round, hopped into a golf cart and returned to the course for an interview.
"If somebody asks you, I never think you say no to the media," said Bohn, who enters the final round as one of four co-leaders along with Sean O'Hair, S.J. Park and Bryce Molder. "I owe it to my sponsors and I owe it to the media. If they want me in there, then there's a good reason. I want to help, whatever I can do."
That sentiment should serve as an ironic contrast to Tiger Woods, who declined post-round interview requests for the second straight day.
Their stories are hardly similar, of course. Woods has granted hundreds of more interviews over the years than Bohn; Tiger shot 10 strokes worse on Saturday and isn't in contention for the title; and he can't simply hop on a golf cart and wade through the crowd unnoticed without creating hysteria -- unlike Bohn.
"Well, maybe he's had more media attention over his career than I've had," Bohn said with a laugh. "I still absorb it and enjoy it."
While it's perfectly acceptable for a player of Woods' status to decline interviews every so often, it's refreshing to hear Bohn's take on the issue -- especially when he already had alternate plans.
"I think I owe that much," he stated matter-of-factly.
Bohn's motivation toward Sunday had less to do with going after his third career PGA Tour victory and more to do with staying under the covers.
"I just wanted to sleep in, to be honest," he said. "Now I don't have to get up early in the morning."
For a player who -- like so many others -- is using this tournament as an important week on the job and de facto summer vacation, he understands the difficult balance between focusing too much on either one.
"The time that you're here for your job, you just have to pay attention to it," he explained. "You've got to do your warm-ups; you've got to work out; you've got to stretch. That takes a lot of time, and that's hard to do.
"You've got to tell the family, 'Look, I'll be back in an hour-and-a-half.' But when you get back, then you've just got to be a dad, be a family guy. If you had to do that every week, I think you'd be worn out pretty quickly. But a couple of weeks a year, it's worth every bit of it."
He'll now be able to sleep in prior to playing in the final pairing of the final round with O'Hair. It will be a welcome rest for a guy who was motivated by the prospect of it on Saturday.
"It's just nonstop," he said of the combination of golf and extracurricular activities this week. "It's a lot of fun."
It'll be even more fun if he claims the title. Win or lose, though, Bohn will be happy to speak all about it afterward.