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BELL CANADIAN OPEN


September 4, 2003


Hidemichi Tanaka


ANCASTER, ONTARIO

MODERATOR: Hidemichi Tanaka, our leader in the clubhouse now. Your first visit to the Hamilton Golf and Country Club. If you could talk about your round today.

HIDEMICHI TANAKA: The course is very tough. It's not a long course. The important thing is where I put the ball on the fairway, so I just concentrated on that point.

MODERATOR: Where were your birdies and par saves today?

HIDEMICHI TANAKA: No. 3, bogey, 30 yards short, about ten feet for the miss.

4, birdie. Tee shot, left side bunker. 9-iron, lay up. Third shot is 126 to the pin. And pitching wedge, 5-foot.

No. 8, 5-iron, about ten feet.

11, tee shot, fairway. Second shot 181 to the pin. 5-iron, about 20-foot approach chip-in.

12, 3-iron tee shot, 156 to the pin, 8-iron, one meter, birdie.

No. 17, tee shot, fairway,244 to the pin, 3-iron, 35 yards short. Chip shot is sand wedge to about five feet.

Q. Can you give a general comment on your play today, how you played today?

HIDEMICHI TANAKA: I started off with a bogey this morning and I was a little bit -- I knew that good management is important on this course. So I just concentrated on how to I put the ball on the fairway and to be patient.

Q. Why did your game score so well today?

HIDEMICHI TANAKA: I think that this course, the most important thing is not long hit and be patient and to put the ball on the fairway. So I just keep that point in mind today, so that's why I think I played well today.

Q. This is a much older course. There are lots of newer courses, and this has a very old clubhouse. What do you think of playing an older course compared to some of the newer ones?

HIDEMICHI TANAKA: The fairways are very undulating and very tricky. At this point it's very tricky from other new courses. But when I play, I just am trying to play well. So it really doesn't matter, a new course or an old course.

I like this kind of course. There are a lot of trees and so I like playing this course.

Q. Is it similar to courses you grew up on in Japan, with the hills and trees?

HIDEMICHI TANAKA: Yes, there are a lot of similar courses in Japan. I tried to play well and just keep being patient. Even though my ball was in the rough, I take a bogey and just avoiding the big miss.

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