LPGA CORNING CLASSIC

May 24, 2001

Johanna Head

JOHANNA HEAD: I hit 7-iron in there, 7-wood off the tee; then 7-iron in to about four feet. I had a snakey putt left-to-right; managed to hole it. Next birdie was on 9, I hit 7-iron in there as well to twelve feet and holed the putt. Next hole is 12, that was a par 5. I just -- I tried to go for the green in two but came up about 15 yards short and chipped up, holed the putt.

JOHANNA HEAD: The putt was four feet. 13, well, hit a great drive down 13 and we had 170 to the flag and because it was uphill and slightly into wind, I thought I'd hit 7-wood, but I actually hit the wrong club. I hit it 20 yards over the pin and had the worst possible putt back, but I actually holed it - (laughs) - don't know how. It actually lipped out and then hung on the hole for about 1 second then just dropped in. Quite pleased.

JOHANNA HEAD: It was about 35 feet past the pin. Then 14 hit a wedge in, came up a bit short, but had about a 25-footer and holed that. 16, hit I was actually in a divot for my second shot and I just punched in a 51 degree wedge and I hit that to five feet and holed it. 17, I hit a 51 again and hit it to a foot and then that was it. That was all my birdies.

JOHANNA HEAD: I shot 65 in the French Open two years ago, this is the lowest in the LPGA.

JOHANNA HEAD: No, I didn't first year.

JOHANNA HEAD: It is lovely. Great course.

JOHANNA HEAD: It was really nice to play with her and Marie and it wasn't until I actually teed off with them that I realized that Ann Marie won a few events and Cindy has won a few events so it was nice to play with them.

JOHANNA HEAD: No, it actually gave me another ten minutes to practice my putting and also to stretch a bit because I was a bit stiff this morning after going to the gym yesterday. It was fine. It wasn't a problem.

JOHANNA HEAD: As you can see, I have got my shorts on so I was actually expecting it to be nice today. But apparently -- well at the beginning of the week I heard it was going to rain all week so I was expecting a week like it was last week but it is great that the sun has come out.

JOHANNA HEAD: Well, for the last -- this is actually my only fourth tournament on the LPGA and I have struggled over the last four weeks and not really with my game, but it is just my head and just because I am here and I am playing with the top players in the world. I am actually starting to play well now. I am striking the ball better and putting is starting to get better as well because I haven't holed a putt for the last four weeks.

JOHANNA HEAD: I think the thing I find most hard is that you cannot drop one shot out here because one shot means either you make the cut or you miss the cut. Hopefully in a couple of years time I will be thinking one shot is to win or not to win. But for the moment I am just thinking that way.

JOHANNA HEAD: Yes, absolutely brilliant. I haven't shot 65 for two years and I am really, really pleased.

JOHANNA HEAD: It is gone now. (Laughs).

JOHANNA HEAD: Well, although this is my second year, I didn't play last year. So this is only my fourth event in the last four weeks. I found that -- I found it good actually. It is so nice to be able to play every single week because at home I am playing -- we have a tournament -- we had one in May. We have got one in a couple of weeks time and it is just difficult to keep playing well. And if you have got like two weeks off and then you have got a week off and then you have got three weeks off, so and it is good to be able to play all the time everyday, yeah, it is good.

JOHANNA HEAD: I didn't play over here last year. Last year I had a card which would have got me into about 5 tournaments but I decided that I wouldn't play over here because I didn't want to come out and have to hope that I'd get into a tournament.

JOHANNA HEAD: Yes, this is my fourth one.

JOHANNA HEAD: No, because I am teeing off at 1:50 tomorrow. So it will be nice if everyone went off on time.

JOHANNA HEAD: Well, I don't know. I think someone will probably come in 8-under maybe, I think so, yes because I saw a Crafter out there go to 6-under when I was on 17 and luckily I just hit it (inaudible) I thought I am not having her tying with me.

JOHANNA HEAD: Well, funny enough, it would normally, but this time it didn't. It made me actually want to get another birdie and I even tried to get one on 18, but didn't make it. Just had a 2-putt.

JOHANNA HEAD: No, I didn't think that --

JOHANNA HEAD: I mean, I started off and I had a par putt on the first to make which was like a 5-footer. And then after that I had hit a few stray drives and then I was just missing my putts and I was thinking: Oh, God, one of these rounds again where the putts just miss and Terry, who caddies for me, said to me, I don't you should be about 4-under par after those five holes. So I thought well, yes, and then I managed to get two birdies on the front 9. Then I said, okay, now it's time. Just keep getting some birdies but I wasn't expecting 65.

JOHANNA HEAD: Yeah, I do.

JOHANNA HEAD: I was only one off the lead in Texas after the first round and then finished quite badly after that. But hopefully I have learned a lot from that and I can go into tomorrow feeling confident and I am playing well and I can hole some putts as well.