Rocco: "You can show a little class when you shoot 75. People respect that."

Tim Carroll interviews Rocco about the U.S. Open, Augusta, the state of his game and asks what players can do for their tour.

WSJ: With the economy struggling, what do players need to do to soften the economic impact of the recession?

Mr. Mediate: I enjoy what I do. I smile a lot. We all get mad when we play bad and you're not going to smile as much, but you try to. You can be happy when you shoot 65, but you can show a little class when you shoot 75. People respect that. You have a guy watching PGA Tour golf at home making $60,000 a year. If you see guys complaining, well, if that's me watching television, I'm changing the channel. Because we're playing for $1 million a week, first place. A million dollars. If I finish 70th, I'm going to make a quarter of what he makes in a year.