PAGENET CHAMPIONSHIP

November 13, 1999

Karrie Webb

KARRIE WEBB: I had things going there again, and just, as in the past two days as well as today, just haven't anything after that. I haven't paid a birdie on any of those holes through three rounds; so that's really where it let me down quite a bit. The last the couple of days, I really didn't feel like I gave myself many chances. But today, I had some chances; just didn't go in. Felt like I underread a couple of putts from the back nine, but other than that, you know, I just -- the last couple of days have really been in-between yardages where I either have to really hit a really hard iron or really soft. It's hard to get into too much of a rhythm when you're playing with clubs like that. You know, I hit a couple left coming in, but I had to hit some really hard in there and that tended to really come over the top a little bit.

KARRIE WEBB: I only saw it on the 9th hole and I saw that she had gone back to 10, and at that stage I made a putt to go to 8; so I was two shots behind. Obviously, you're back in the tournament. You go from being six behind at the start of the day to two behind with only playing nine holes. And really, I'm only 2-under. It's not like I've gone out there and shot 5-under for nine holes and I am the reason why I'm only two shots behind. But I was even more surprised -- I didn't see another scoreboard until 14, and, you know, I thought Se Ri had a couple par 5s that she might have picked up a little bit and I was really surprised to see that lory was leading at that stage; she was 9-under. But we walk down the next board and could see Se Ri was at 10. The scoreboard was a little slow there, but at some stage, she was leading. I wouldn't say -- I'm surprised at the way she's played, but it is hard to hold a lead when you still have 36 holes to go and no one is really chasing you, you're out there by yourself.

KARRIE WEBB: Yeah, but it also brought about 15 other people into the tournament. It's not just a five- or six-horse race now. There's a lot of people that can win tomorrow. It's still as much a golf tournament now as it ever has been.

KARRIE WEBB: The putt that I had a huge lipout was at 13. You know, when I hit the putt, I thought I pushed it a little, and then -- and I hit it hard; so I didn't think it was going to take the break, and it actually caught the hole and lipped. So I think if I would have hit it on the line it would have gone in. And as much of the lip as it took, you'd think it will go in, it didn't. It's just part of the game. I hit a lot of good putts coming in. It didn't look like I hit good putts because but I underread a couple of putts coming in. In it was a little frustrating.

KARRIE WEBB: Well, Se Ri gets in at 10 -- that's a shame if she gets in at 10. I think if you're at 5-under, you realistically have a chance. You can shoot 64 out here.

KARRIE WEBB: Yeah.

KARRIE WEBB: It does. I hit some good shots today but I'm really not swinging as good as I would like. But it's almost there. Like on 15, I haven't hit the fairway there. I haven't been able to get on the green in two, which is really frustrating. I feel like if I do have a good found, I mean, if I can -- you know, if takes a little bit of luck to have so many in-between clubs, have full shots in. Hopefully, you know, that luck will fall my way tomorrow, and then after that, I've just got to make it happen from there.

KARRIE WEBB: Just make it up.

KARRIE WEBB: Yes.

KARRIE WEBB: Well, what I mean by that is I can't -- I can't wait for people to make mistakes. I have to go out and win this. I feel like I have to go out and win the golf tournament. I can't just let everyone say, "Okay, well, they are all going to shoot 73s tomorrow; so I just have to shoot 70." That could happen. That could be the way that it goes, but, you know, more often than not, I'm going to shoot probably 4-under to have a shot tomorrow.

KARRIE WEBB: Not really. I think the greens were pretty much the same as yesterday. Although, more of them were softer; so it was easier to trust that they were going to stop. But just for the three years we have played here, the greens have been consistently hard. It's just a mind set that you have to get yourself into that you can actually throw it at the pin. I think it was still out there to be, you know, have a low round. Just got to keep things on a row. 3-putted the 5th hole and sort of set me back a little bit, and then bogeyed the 11th. I only missed one green today. I'm not hitting the ball like I would like, but I'm on the green putting for birdies.

KARRIE WEBB: I still have to stay patient. Even though I haven't made any birdies on the back nine, they are still out there. You know, I wouldn't know this for sure, but I probably played the front nine better than most people have all week. You know, not many people are doing much on the front nine; so if I can play the front nine similar to the way I have this week and try to get a couple on the back nine again, I'll be in there with a shot.

KARRIE WEBB: Right. Even with 2-under, I wouldn't have thought I would have made up too much ground. But two shots behind, you know, is definitely the position I like to be in. And hopefully, I can do some of that stuff I've done all year.

KARRIE WEBB: It looked like I could be playing with Juli, which I just think that would be great. I hope things pan out that way; that I get to play with her tomorrow.

KARRIE WEBB: I think I was tied for the lead at Office Depot -- so I was in the second to last group. And then I was leading at the Australian Masters; leading in Phoenix; leading in Rochester-- I was in the last group -- I think I was, leading. So three out of six.

KARRIE WEBB: 4, I hit 8-iron to, about 8 to 10 feet, it was. 4, I hit sand wedge to 15 feet and 3-putted. 8, I hit 9-iron to 10 feet. 9, I hit sand wedge to about 10 feet. 10, I hit 5-wood in the left trap and hit it to about four feet. 11, I hit 6-iron to about 25 feet and 3-putted. The other bogey, 5, I hit sand wedge to 15 feet and 3-putted.

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