THE SOLHEIM CUP

October 23, 1994

Brandie Burton

BRANDIE BURTON: To begin with, it was kind of a shock, maybe too many of people that were paired together -- because usually Laura is known to go right out OF the box on the singles matches. I guess it was kind of ironic that being -- that we were paired up last time in the singles matches and she pretty much drowned me. But we went out today and I don't think either of us really played up to our potential. We kind of were going back and forth like a yo-yo, and you definitely got worn out by the end of the day. I'd make a birdie or bogey and she'd make par; she'd make birdie. We were going back and forth. And I missed two, three footers, missed a three footer on 9 to get it back to even after winning 8. Then on 11. I almost holed it out about six inches. So I won that hole to go to even. 12, I almost holed out a 75-yard sand wedge and had about a foot and a half there, went one up there. And then 13, I 3-putted from about 25 feet, missed another three footer, so I am thinking that I am just giving this match away, and I was not a happy camper at that point. Then Laura, she was hitting some good shots, then she was kind of helping me out. Then I was helping her out. It was just like ping pong; back and forth all day long. I think a big turning point for me was on 15 when I knocked the 9-iron in there about ten feet and made that for birdie to win the hole to bring it back to even. Then 16, she helped me out and hit her second shot in the water and she conceded the hole to me with a par. 17 was a big key for me. When I hit, pulled my 9-iron left in the bunker, in the back left bunker and hit about the best sand shot I could possibly hit with from that situation to about ten feet and made that putt to save par and tie the hole. So that was very big. And especially walking down the fairway on 18, knowing that worse comes to worse, I am going to have the halve and I just found out that Tammie had just won her match. It was the best feeling in the world because we were 5 and a half and just gotten the Cup. Like I said, it was just a great match. We were fighting at each other back and forth and I was lucky and fortunate to have it go on my side.

BRANDIE BURTON: I played really well this week. It was probably the best I played all year long. I really haven't had that good of a season coming into the Solheim, but I feel like I really prepared myself because I had a week off. I was probably -- I think I was the only one on this team that did not play in the World Championship last week. But I had a great week of really working hard and I was really determined to come in here and play the best golf that I could play and with my partner Dottie in the first two days, I'd hit some great shots; I putted very well. Today wasn't as good, but then again, I hit some great shots to kind of back that up, so I was very excited about my play this week. I thought I played pretty good.

BRANDIE BURTON: Dottie played excellent golf all week as well. I think everybody on this team played excellent golf. I don't think you can have one person over another. Dottie and -- I wanted to be paired with Dottie to begin with when JoAnne had confirmed it to me months before -- about a month before The Cup, this week and asked me who I would like to play with. And I had asked if I could play with Dottie because I felt like we would really mesh together well. That we acted alike on the golf course and could feed off each other Dottie hit it steady down the fairway all week; made some great putts, key saves when we needed them and we just -- we clicked really well because when I had a bad hole she came right in and took right over and when she had a bad hole, I came in and backed her up, so just it worked out perfect for us this week.