RHONDA GLENN: Ladies and gentlemen,
Morgan Pressel, who is eating Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough ice
cream.
MORGAN PRESSEL: The good stuff.
RHONDA GLENN: Birdied the last
hole today for a 77. She beat 20 professionals and most of the
amateurs.
Morgan, tell us about the birdie on
the last hole first.
MORGAN PRESSEL: That was relieving.
I was happy I had a birdie on the last hole. It made me feel
good, that maybe I can play, well, better tomorrow. I hope I
have a better ball-striking round.
RHONDA GLENN: Overall how did
you feel about your round of golf?
MORGAN PRESSEL: It was okay.
It wasn't great. It wasn't bad. Like I said, I missed a few
short putts, pulled a few birdie opportunities, short ones, and
I could have hit the ball better into the greens.
RHONDA GLENN: Well, maybe it
wasn't a perfect round, but it's a great round on a Women's Open
course, your first championship. You should feel very proud of
yourself. Were you a little nervous today.
MORGAN PRESSEL: I was nervous
starting off. But it calmed down a little bit. You'd be surprised
how far a three-foot putt looks in the Open. (Laughter.)
Q. Morgan, the hardest part of
today, was it the galleries? What bugged you the most out there
today?
MORGAN PRESSEL: Well, I don't
think it was the galleries, because -- well, the first hole the
gallery is big. Then as I kept bogeying they got a little smaller
(laughter.) But they stayed there. I didn't know I had that many
friends. No, it wasn't the galleries. I don't think anything
really bugged me, except for the rough. But that's pretty much
it.
Q. Morgan, did the course sort
of surprise you? You've been playing it when it was wet, because
so many of your shots were great, but they more or less like just
kind of hold over the edge and once they caught that edge they
just kept rolling away from you. But actually I thought you played
well and were on target. But did the course dry out and get a
little faster; did it surprise you?
MORGAN PRESSEL: I don't think
it surprised me, because I knew -- I figured it was going to dry
out a little bit. But, yeah, it was a lot drier than it had been.
We got a little rain, but it still stayed fairly dry.
Q. Morgan, a couple of questions.
First of all, what would have been more enjoyable for you, playing
in this event or playing in a junior event that you had a chance
to win, just from a playing standpoint?
And the second question is when you
let your --
MORGAN PRESSEL: Wait, one at
a time (laughter.) Probably -- definitely the Open, because Opens
-- it's a great experience for anyone. And just getting to play
in it is a big honor. I know I played well to get here.
Q. Second question, as you got
close to this morning's round, when you let your imagination really
run wild, how good did you imagine this round could have been?
MORGAN PRESSEL: Probably par.
I thought par would have been a really good score, and it was,
it was three behind the leader. I would have been happy with
par. I'm happy with what I had, but I could have shot a lot better.
Q. Were you aware of the fans
following you around, did it effect your game at all?
MORGAN PRESSEL: No, not really.
I try not to pay attention to too much of that. That can -- it
can throw you off sometimes. So I tried to stay focused.
RHONDA GLENN: Did you -- par
is perfect. Did you want to be perfect today?
MORGAN PRESSEL: It would have
been nice (laughter.) Yeah, par would have been perfect. Maybe
I would have been happy with 73, maybe. But I'm not that disappointed.
If everyone doubles their scores and shoots the same tomorrow
I'd make the cut.
RHONDA GLENN: Is that the thing
that's mostly on your mind?
MORGAN PRESSEL: Yeah.
RHONDA GLENN: You're in real
good shape.
Q. You started getting a little
emotional out there at the podium and a little bit now, is that
relief, overwhelmed or what do you think?
MORGAN PRESSEL: I don't know.
I don't know.
Q. Morgan, so many of you good
athletes, as I said, I thought you hit the ball very well today,
but a little adrenaline there, some of those shots, they kind
of took off on you and maybe went a little further than expected?
MORGAN PRESSEL: No, not further
than expected. Probably more left than I expected. I pulled
a lot of shots, missed a lot of greens, skulled a chip.
RHONDA GLENN: Se Ri Pak said
when she came in, our former Women's Open Champion said she was
just exhausted because this course demanded that you think on
every shot. She said I'm so tired. Do you feel that way too?
MORGAN PRESSEL: Well, maybe that's
why she played well. (Laughter.) No, not really. You have to
think. It's very difficult. You do have to think. But I don't
know if I'd be exhausted from thinking (laughter.)
Q. What was your best moment,
not necessarily best shot today on the course. And what was your
worst moment, not necessarily your worst shot today on the course?
MORGAN PRESSEL: My best moment was probably
the last hole. Birdying the last hole, finishing like that, that
was good.
My worst moment, probably would have
been when I skulled my chip. That wasn't good.
RHONDA GLENN: When it went over
the green and into the bunker?
MORGAN PRESSEL: Yes.
RHONDA GLENN: Let's talk about
your two birdies, No. 12, birdied that hole, hit the fairway and
into the green, 1-putt. What did you hit into the green?
MORGAN PRESSEL: 7-iron.
RHONDA GLENN: How long was your
putt?
MORGAN PRESSEL: 15 feet.
RHONDA GLENN: Okay. And I forgot
on 18, what club did you hit in there?
MORGAN PRESSEL: 8, and 8 from
about 143 yards, but.
RHONDA GLENN: And your putt
was how far again?
MORGAN PRESSEL: 8 feet, maybe.
RHONDA GLENN: You had two 3-putt
greens, one on 10 and one on 11. How long was your first putt
on 10, approximately.
MORGAN PRESSEL: Probably about
40 feet and the same on 11.
RHONDA GLENN: And you told us
that you hit the ball about 230 off the tee. Your average tee
shot today was 224.5 yards. Pretty good with the rain that's
been around.
MORGAN PRESSEL: Yeah, the fairways
were a little soft. I hit a couple of shots with mud on the ball,
so I didn't know where they were going to go. My driving was
probably the best part.
RHONDA GLENN: Are you having
any fun?
MORGAN PRESSEL: I'm having fun.
RHONDA GLENN: Thank you so much
for coming in. Good luck tomorrow.
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