RHONDA
GLENN:
Ladies and gentlemen, we have with us Catriona Matthew, who fired
an even par round of 70 today. And she is at even par for the
Championship.
Catriona,
first of all, just give us your general impressions of the day
with sort of haphazard effect of the rain, the starting times,
the way the course played.
CATRIONA
MATTHEW: I hadn't teed off yesterday, I was just on the 10th
tee, so I played 36 holes today. So I'm delighted with 2‑under
for my 36 holes. I played well this morning and shot 2‑under.
And really played well this afternoon, just ‑‑ I had
quite a lot of chances, hit quite a lot of greens and a couple
of bogeys there, one on 17, which is playing like a 4‑and‑a‑half,
anyway. And I bogeyed 11, a bad second shot. Overall I'm pretty
pleased.
RHONDA
GLENN: You had one 3‑putt green and a total of 32 putts,
not nearly as good a putting round than this morning when you
had 28 putts.
CATRIONA
MATTHEW: Yeah, I missed a few greens this morning.
Q. How much
of an advantage do you think Karrie had, only having to play 18
today? Could you have focused a lot more easily if you didn't
have to play the 36?
CATRIONA
MATTHEW: Yeah, obviously it was an advantage only playing
18 today. But I really don't feel too bad at the moment. It
won't be too early tomorrow. It was nice to get out and play
the course this morning. It was the same kind of wind as it was
this afternoon, so you knew which way it was going.
Q. Did you
find yourself getting fatigued mentally at the end of the round?
CATRIONA
MATTHEW: Maybe a little bit. But I just tried to kind of
concentrate on each shot and tried to hit a fairway to give myself
the best chance of trying to make birdie.
RHONDA
GLENN: I do notice one stat, and it may be a sign of fatigue,
but on your driving average, in the morning was 240 yards. Of
course we know sometimes on the measured holes you might miss‑hit
one. Your driving average on those two holes in the afternoon
was 204 yards, a 36‑yard difference.
CATRIONA
MATTHEW: Certainly on ‑‑ I'm not sure which ones,
I think 15 is one of the ones, I kind of blocked, hit it kind
of high right. So it didn't go very far. And I'm not sure of
the other hole.
RHONDA
GLENN: 7.
CATRIONA
MATTHEW: Yeah, I did the same, actually, on that drive, just
blocked it a little bit on the fairway, but not going as far.
RHONDA
GLENN: Those were miss‑hits, not fatigue?
CATRIONA
MATTHEW: Yeah, they were just really miss‑hits.
Q. Going
into tomorrow's round trailing by it looks like 6 shots. Are
you going to have to be more aggressive tomorrow or can you still
afford to be patient and play for pars?
CATRIONA
MATTHEW: I think obviously on the ‑‑ not that
there are many real birdie holes, but the ones with slightly easier
pin positions, you've got to attack them. Obviously I'm going
to have to try to shoot under par tomorrow. You never know around
this golf course, it can jump up and bite you at any moment.
You've got to be patient. There's no point throwing it away trying
to go for birdies.
RHONDA
GLENN: Thank you very much. Well done, Catriona
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