WGC EMC WORLD CUP

December 7, 2000

Frank Nobilo

Greg Turner

FRANK NOBILO: Hello, first of all. It was great. I haven't seen much of Greg over the last year or so, since the Presidents Cup. But we have played so many World Cups and team events together, it's almost like a trip down memory lane.

GREG TURNER: He sent me an e-mail the other day that said this might be our last chance and we should try and do it one more time. We had dinner the other night; obviously get on well. I started off pretty good today, and he just took it from there. I thought he just played flawlessly from there. Golf doesn't always go that way, so it was nice to have a fun day, and it was.

GREG TURNER: I think the presentation is flawless. I haven't played on greens that have been like this all year, and the fairways are perfect, also. I think that when the wind doesn't blow, when the course is in a condition like this -- it's not a long course; it's playing quite quickly. Then the scoring, you know, you really can shoot a score, and I guess there's no news in that.

FRANK NOBILO: Yeah, this was fun. (Laughs). It's totally different. I mean, I think this is -- this is a team event. This is what you look forward to. What happened last week was a necessary evil. I don't think you can compare the two. You get to play with someone who is actually on your side, rather than 170 people going the other way.

FRANK NOBILO: Yes, it has. I remember the 10th hole being a par 3. And if I had my way, I probably would have played the course the way it used to play. The front nine is pretty much the same. That's not a criticism of the way it is right now. I just thought, you know, there was less walking, obviously, from green-to-tee. The course plays very well right now, but I did enjoy it very much, you know, six years ago. I had a lot of fun here.

GREG TURNER: Everyone will be interested in Argentina tomorrow. So whether or not that will be a good thing, who knows. But we have played foursomes quite a bit together before; Presidents Cup two years ago. But foursomes is a completely different game. Today, you get a chance to try and birdie every hole. Tomorrow, you know, par can be a good score.

GREG TURNER: There was someone calling for me quite often to wish me well; I would hear their mobile phones going. (Laughs.) But we didn't have huge crowds for some reason. I don't know why. (Laughter.) It may be slightly tomorrow, I suspect.

FRANK NOBILO: At one stage, you could hear them singing, obviously, because the Argentinians, Eduardo and Angel were doing quite well, and it was nice to be at a golf tournament where you could hear the crowd really enjoying it. It was a little bit like Maradona making a goal with his hand. We don't play soccer in New Zealand.

GREG TURNER: I would like to claim that one. But it was Frank. He had a birdie, which was pretty good for me. Driver, 2-iron to 15 feet in two and holed it. There you go.

FRANK NOBILO: Driver, 2-iron, 15 feet.

FRANK NOBILO: Probably about six weeks ago. I think, roughly. I think Michael Campbell pulled -- I was very surprised. I thought Grant Wait was in, but -- I still don't know why, but I'm very happy, obviously, to be here.