THE NABISCO CHAMPIONSHIP

March 25, 2000

Karrie Webb

KARRIE WEBB: Am I conscious? I don't know. I didn't feel like it out there. Well, I hit -- from tee-to-green, I hit the ball extremely well. I think it's probably the best I've hit it for, I don't even know, maybe even the best I've ever hit it. I only missed really a couple iron shots. I only missed two greens. And I really even left probably four or five putts inside 12 feet; I probably missed at least four or five of those out there. I hit the ball extremely well today and just tried to play my own game and try not to pay any attention to what else is going on. I did realize that when -- Dottie and Chris started making some bogeys on the back nine that no one else had really done anything. I think it just made it easier to fire at the pin, because, you know, I was just trying to increase my lead as much as I could. No. 2, I hit my 53-degree wedge to about 12 feet. No. 4, I missed the fairway right. Was just short in the left rough to two and chipped it to about 10 feet and missed the putt. 6, I hit 8-iron to about 12 feet. 7, I hit 7-iron to about three feet. 14, I hit 8-iron to two feet. 15, a wedge to five feet. 16, a 7-iron to four feet.

KARRIE WEBB: Yeah, I think so. You know, I had had a number of putts that I had, like I said, inside 10 feet or so and didn't make any, and when you hit it to two feet, it makes it a little easier to make the putt. You know it just settled me down a little bit more. No, I was pretty nervous most of the day, but I think because I was hitting the irons so well, I felt really comfortable out there. Probably -- I mean, I'm not complaining, but I probably could have made a few more putts, but when I started hitting in close coming in, it was pretty hard to miss those ones.

KARRIE WEBB: I think I just never say that whatever the lead that I'm going to win. I never give myself that luxury until I finish out on the last hole. And I have 18 holes ahead of me tomorrow, and I'm not too sure what the weather is going to do. You know, I've got four or five hours of work left ahead of me that I still need to play some good golf, and I think that's always a key that you don't take it to -- too easy. And when you do have a lead, you know, two or three shots, the people behind you aren't doing anything, sometimes it's easy to bop down and just play the same sort of golf that they are playing. I tried to still play aggressively today and tried to shoot as low as I could.

KARRIE WEBB: Yeah, I think just fairways and greens, try and take -- try and make opportunities that I give myself, try and make some birdies. I don't really have to set a score, I don't think. I just try and do what I've done the last three days and keep it on the fairway, first of all, and then try and hit some good shots in to the green.

KARRIE WEBB: Yeah, I saw that, when I was standing on 17 green. I saw it -- I think it's Aree -- I can't tell them apart, anyway. No. We've been trading notes in our lockers this week, and they both asked if they could get to play with me at some stage. So Aree, she has played her way into that, I guess. I'm really looking forward to it. I just can't imagine what's going through her mind right now, 13 years old, in the last group of a major. It's hard for me to contemplate what she's going through, let alone contemplate what she's going through herself.

KARRIE WEBB: We'll just have to wait and see, I guess.

KARRIE WEBB: Some of the time today, I tried to put myself on the right side of fairway to come in at the pins. But I think I just tried to hit the middle of the fairway and ended up -- I don't know if it's just my mind set right now that I ended up putting myself on the right side of the fairway to come in to the pin. But I did notice that I had that a lot today, and a lot of it, I meant to do, but some of it, you know, just happened, I guess.

KARRIE WEBB: I think. I think sometimes that's a little hard for me to -- it's not hard for me to believe, but the fact that I used to that as a kid as well. I used to look up to Greg Norman and when I was a kid. I just wanted to be just like him, and now the women's version, I'm pretty close to what he's done. And, you know, I do have little kids, and I have two 13-year-olds that have been leaving me notes in my locker this week telling me I'm their favorite player and I get to play with one of them tomorrow. So I'm looking forward to that.

KARRIE WEBB: Because it's a major. It's The Nabisco Championship, and out of the majors that we play, this is one of my favorites. You know, I just wanted to play well, and when the putts didn't drop earlier, I just wanted to stay patient and not make any mistakes and just try and make some more birdies.

KARRIE WEBB: It wasn't when I was 13, that's for sure. No, I think when I was 13, I still had a 15 handicap; so I definitely wouldn't have been messing around playing on the LPGA. Like I said before, I just can't imagine -- I'm excited to play with Aree, just to see how talented she is. She is obviously an incredible talent and kid. I just hope that she has enjoyed every step of the way so far and has a good day tomorrow.

KARRIE WEBB: I think I just want to, you know, just do the same things that I've done the last three days and hit fairways and greens and give myself opportunity to make birdies and, you know, try and make them when I give myself the opportunity. You know, not overly try and protect the lead; still try and play the same sort of golf, but with an 8-shot lead, it didn't a good idea to be overly aggressive.

KARRIE WEBB: I don't think I have.

KARRIE WEBB: Well, I think the reason -- one of the reasons why I'm playing well this year is that, you know -- I don't know. I'm doing the same things that I've been doing last four years. I work really hard on my game. I think -- I've worked with one coach all my life and we both know my swing inside out. I think that always helps. I'm just doing the right things at the right time; hitting a lot of greens, like this week. And the greens -- when I don't hit a lot of greens, I get it up-and-down and I make putts when I need to and hit shots when I need to, and I think that all adds up to winning a couple of times.

KARRIE WEBB: Well, I think it is probably my iron game, and I have been driving the ball well this year, too. I haven't missed a lot of fairways of late, but I've always tended to hit a lot of greens in regulation.

KARRIE WEBB: Well, I don't want to get too far ahead of myself, but in the past year, I have thought about it and we'll just have to wait and see.

KARRIE WEBB: We'll probably have a bagful of golf at the Olympics, I'm sure.

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