THE SOLHEIM CUP

October 21, 1994

Brandie Burton

Dottie Mochrie

BRANDIE BURTON: I just want to start off by saying that with our match today, Dottie and I both played very steady golf out there. We never missed the fairway. We missed 3 greens all day. We were right there. I think we were both pretty nervous. I know I was coming out of the gun. Over the first putt, I didn't feel like I could take the putter back, but I think we got off to kind of a slow start as far as not making some putts than we should have and just for the fact maybe we were trying to force things to happen instead of letting it happen. I know that I am not used to playing in a foursomes-type format and I think I was a little worried about playing well for my partner and not playing my game. And I turned to Dottie on the 12th tee and said, "let us go out and play like we are playing in a regular tournament; just play our own game" and I think we have shown we could back that up. From then on, we fired right at them after 12 -- we birdied 12, good opportunity on 13; birdied 14; Dottie almost holed it out from the fairway on 15. We were just slightly pumped at that point. But I think Dottie and I mesh really well. Had a great time out there today and, you know, we were both playing well and I think we are looking forward to tomorrow.

DOTTIE MOCHRIE: I think, you know, the biggest key today was realizing after 12 that we were just trying to force the issue. Our gameplan coming in was to hit as many greens and fairway as possible because you can make it from anywhere. And just to keep playing the offensive game. We kind of -- yeah, it seemed like we hit the greens; we hit the fairways but weren't very offensive when we got the putter in our hands. And we finally started hitting it past the pins; made a little more aggressive with the putter -- we missed putts; we knocked them a foot or two by, no big deal. That is the proper speed we make them at. Then all of a sudden they started going in from every where, so it was, I think, it definitely was the realization we both needed to make.

DOTTIE MOCHRIE: That is why I wanted to be back here; and why I think we all came in better prepared. It was a pretty long ride back and you know, it is a question I think we have all faced week in and week out; if not day in; day out, and it is an issue we'd like to come to rest.

DOTTIE MOCHRIE: I didn't come in totally exhausted like I went to Dalmahoy before. I did have a week off prior which I think helped a lot and, you know, just decided that I was going to play this week; next week; that was going to be it and if you can't apply yourself in two, three weeks; then something is wrong.

DOTTIE MOCHRIE: I played the British.

DOTTIE MOCHRIE: I think we fought outselves pretty hard on the par fives; didn't really take advantage right off the bat there. I kind of stabbed shanked them six footer for birdie at two or three rather. And then we knocked it over the back of the green and the following par 5 we were really in the driver's seat and I think those two instances probably hurt more than anything, but we had-- at the same time we made a great save at 2 also.

DOTTIE MOCHRIE: About 3 inches. I was inside the hazard. Perfect. Had a great lie. I had a stance which was only thing I was worried about.

DOTTIE MOCHRIE: Well, I think JoAnne had said the same thing that tomorrow is our strongest if not stronger suit and it will give all of us, I think, we have a bunch of aggressive players on the team; I think it will give everybody an opportunity to keep the putter in the hands all day long; instead of every other hole. Get a little momentum going instead of just playing every other shot and I think if you can establish something early, definitely will be our strength.

DOTTIE MOCHRIE: I think it is just important that we go out and play well. You can't control what they do, but if we go out and play as well as we did today, I think we can play just about anybody.

BRANDIE BURTON: It was submerged about a good 5 inches.

BRANDIE BURTON: I was a little surprised just for the fact that if they go back and hit it from where they should have hit it to begin with, they could get it up and down for 5. We definitely did not have the easiest 2-putt in the world. You don't know what could happen in that kind of situation, so they had a good chance of having the hole; getting it out of the up-and-down. I was a little surprised that they did try that shot because that ball was -- there was no top of the ball showing on that water. That was -- I was a little surprised that they did that.

DOTTIE MOCHRIE: We would like to think that, of course.

BRANDIE BURTON: We had a 35, 40 footer down the slope.

DOTTIE MOCHRIE: So we had nothing that was a guaranteed 2-putt; that is for sure.

BRANDIE BURTON: That is gambling, I mean, you got to win; you got to lose.

DOTTIE MOCHRIE: Don't know unless you are there.

DOTTIE MOCHRIE: I think there was a real good comment standing at 17 and she felt like if we were down 3-2 after losing the middle and winning the bookends, that we were, in effect, even, because it is our weakest play. Something we don't play. And we were just -- we feel-- like I said before, we have a bunch of aggressive players that could make a lot of birdies and tomorrow is game day. It is when the whole tournament really starts.

BRANDIE BURTON: There is so much talent out there this week, it is going to be close all the way down to the wire again. I mean, you know, European players have gotten strong this year and they are starting to get a lot more depth than they have and we have always had pretty much depth. I think we have probably the strongest team ever this time. Not saying nothing against the last teams that we have had, but I think this is one of the strongest teams of the past two.

DOTTIE MOCHRIE: Yeah, I did. I mean, I was kind of in between clubs and had a tight lie and just decided to take the lower one and because there was nothing guarding it, if it bounceed forward, it was perfect and it did.

BRANDIE BURTON: I liked the putt.

DOTTIE MOCHRIE: She likes that range, so... She made me sweat over on the hole before, I thought I would give her one that she could just go to the next tee with.

DOTTIE MOCHRIE: I am very patriotic.

DOTTIE MOCHRIE: Sheehan has got the white covered. I have got the red.

DOTTIE MOCHRIE: That is only Sarasotians I live around all the time -- no.

DOTTIE MOCHRIE: Actually there was a few things that I was tired of having my hair very unhealthy from the sun first and foremost; tired of people asking me if I was Liselotte Neumann. Secondly--the same thing happens to her "Dottie, could you sign this autograph," and it is Lotte. Third of all, I was just ready for a change.