THE SOLHEIM CUP

October 21, 1994

Catrin Nilsmark

Annika Sorenstam

CATRIN NILSMARK: Okay. On the second hole we got one down. I hit a bad tee shot and struggled a bit up to the green and then we lost -- we played even for a couple of holes.

CATRIN NILSMARK: Yeah, and they birdied, so that was good; got one good putt out of the way. And the next one we lost was number 6. Annika hit a really good second shot and I hit a downhill, very quick putt, so I passed it by quite a few yards. And they made the par. So we were two down, but we felt really comfortable. We were calm and felt that we were playing well though. And then we were two down up 'til number 9 and Annika hit a good -- no, we made a par and they made a bogey. And number 11, Annika hit a really good shot on the par 3 and we made another par and they had a difficult downhill chip, so they made a bogey. And then we had a good match up 'til we had -- up 'til number 16 we -- no -- you continue.

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: Yeah, we made pars all the way through 16 after number 11 and then I hit a 9-iron and Catrin held the putt for birdie and made it slip away so we were one up after 16.

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: Number 17 I hit an 8-iron and Catrin held a putt for birdie and we tied for birdie and going onto 18 we were tied for par. Comments about our match, it was overall, I think, it was a really good match. Catrin and I started out a little bit shaky; we kept in there; we had a turning point after 11, so we were all square. After that we said, hey, we are going to get them all. It was nice to get a finish like we did.

CATRIN NILSMARK: Yeah, well, we have had some really good putts before that and well, quite a few of them were by Annika, but they all slipped passed very closely, so I really felt all the time that we would get some in in the end and I like right-to-left putts and 16 waws, 17 was and 18 was, so they were shaky, but -- yeah, I felt comfortable with all of them. I felt -- I really felt that we had to make a few putts in the end because we had played so well and we were bound to make a few birdies.

CATRIN NILSMARK: They were so much longer, so, I mean, of course I didn't feel that comfortable, but yeah it was -- I was more nervous last time.

CATRIN NILSMARK: Yeah, I can. Did you?

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: I was aware where the other teams were but I really wasn't paying attention. I thought the match that we played was as important as their matches.