RHONDA
GLENN: Ladies and gentlemen, Se Ri Pak played 34 holes today.
She was even on the day, and remains at 1 under for the Championship.
Se Ri, first
of all, tell us how you feel after 34 holes. I remember how tired
you said you were on Thursday. How are you now?
SE RI
PAK: Actually, not too bad at all. Out on the first round
it looked like ‑‑ I think too much focus, actually,
for the ‑‑ to play well in the first round. But today
it looks like I needed more golf, I still hoping to play more.
But it's pretty good, actually. A pretty good feeling right now.
I'm not much tired at all. So pretty good shape.
RHONDA
GLENN: How did you feel about your golf today? You hit some
wonderful approach shots and some shortish birdie putts that didn't
at all fall.
SE RI
PAK: I missed so many great birdie chances for 34 holes.
I kept missing putts. I misread or missed speed. It was a little
confusing. But I just ‑‑ actually, I find out something
on the 18th hole that I'm going to be working on tonight. And
I think tomorrow everything will go into the hole.
Q. How
difficult do you think it will be to try to make up a five‑stroke
deficit on Karrie?
SE RI
PAK: It's not going to be easy, actually. Everybody knows
that, and I know that. She's a great player. She's strong. And
I know she's not going to be easy to keep up. So the thing is
I need to be strong. And, actually, this golf course many things
happen. So I just need to try to play my golf and try to be myself
and place as many as I can. And that's going to be the best things
to do in this golf course, to work on being a little relaxed and
make sure I'm going to be smart enough to make myself out of trouble,
I think.
Q. Se
Ri, if you had had an outstanding putting day today, do you feel
you could be tied for the lead?
SE RI
PAK: If I make some putts, yeah. I think if I make a little
bit more putts, probably I would be in really good shape. Maybe
I'm going to leading by maybe a few shots. But the golf, as you
can tell, I get great opportunity all day, but I couldn't make
any putts at all. That's why I just finished 1 under. But it
still feels really great. I can try tomorrow. And it feels really
ready, actually.
Q. You
said you discovered something on the 18th hole which you were
going to work on it. What was it?
SE RI
PAK: I think it's my putting. I missed so many putts. I
think just somehow my setup probably a little bit of moving, maybe
just too much open, my shoulder and maybe too much thinking before
I hit the ball. So I just think it's not a good idea to spend
time for extra things. So tonight I'm going to work a little
bit of, make myself a little comfortable setup and tomorrow just
trying to be easy as I can, just one, two, one, two.
Q. How
much of an advantage do you think Karrie had today because she
only had to play 18 holes and you played 32?
SE RI
PAK: Well, there's a big difference. These golf courses after
18 holes, mentally you're already tired. Every hole ‑‑
even for one second you can't relax, every shot, every hole, just
even one second you can't even think anything at all. So especially
two days, 34 holes, trying to play best I can, that is extra work
‑‑ Karrie played 18 holes and have time to rest.
I have to wake up at 4 o'clock and get ready for dress up, and
have to start at 4:0 in the morning and until ‑‑
I don't know, what time?
RHONDA
GLENN: 8:00 o'clock.
SE RI
PAK: Pretty much all day I played golf already. But she's
had enough time to rest and she's enough to thinking about her
situation, so it's going to be a big difference.
Q. How
do you get those miss‑putts out of your mind? After a few
of those you just seemed a little bit upset. Do you take that
hole to hole or how do you forget about it?
SE RI
PAK: Well, we are always under pressure, used to it. Every
hole ‑‑ nothing I can do if I'm upset, mad or happy,
still I can't do anything at all. Even if I'm upset, I try to
make myself happy before I tee off. I don't want to have any
trouble for myself. Just forget it and trying to keep telling
myself I have a pretty good chance next hole. Or I have still
many holes to go and just keep ‑‑ make myself keep
it up. That's the best thing to do in the golf course.
Q. Obviously
you were playing with Karrie, and she had a couple of bogeys down
the stretch. Does that make it more realistic a chance that you
can come back than if she had closed strong, would that have ended
it?
SE RI
PAK: Yeah, somehow ‑‑ yeah, to tell you the truth,
just really going to be big helping, actually. This golf course,
so many things happen, I tell you before. If I miss, and anybody
can miss every little short putt or driver, every hole. So just
tomorrow I think me and Webbie actually play again. But, well
‑‑ Webbie going to try the best she can, so I'll try
the best I can. So just trying to be great golf tomorrow for each
other.
RHONDA
GLENN: What's been your biggest comeback? How far have you
come from and then been able to win?
SE RI
PAK: Well, of course everybody goes trying to win and get
to this U.S. Open trophy. We really want that. The biggest thing
is I think how to control myself on the golf course. That's going
to be a big helping for if I play good or not. No matter what,
of course at the same time I don't want to push myself to make
it her time. I just trying to enjoy it and trying to be playing
best that I can and trying to be as smart as I can. And after
while we ‑‑ I'm really happy, no matter what happens
tomorrow.
RHONDA
GLENN: Have you ever been five strokes behind and then won.
SE RI
PAK: I don't know, actually. Did that happen? I don't know.
I have no idea.
RHONDA
GLENN: Thank you so much for coming in.
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