U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

July 13, 1995

Tammie Green

TAMMIE GREEN: I felt like it was the same golf course out there. The greens were -- I think maybe a little more receptive to some of the iron shots. But certainly the putts, I felt like I was on the right side of the hole and always putting into the mountains so I guess they seemed -- it seemed a little slower, but when I did get above certain holes, you could tell that the speed was still there. But yeah, I am really pleased with the way I played and it is a good golf course out there.

TAMMIE GREEN: Okay. Number 2, I birdied. Hit a sand wedge probably 10 feet. Made that. Then I bogeyed No. 8, which is the par 3. I got above that hole and ran it 12 feet by and felt like I hit a good second putt, it just didn't go in. No. 9, just short of the green with 3-wood; used a 9-iron, just chipped up within a foot. Made that birdie. And then on number 12, is where the deer seemed to show up. I was over my shot and my caddie called me off and said "there is is a deer coming" and turned around and there it was. So, I think I was a little distracted there and the wind conditions, I had a 7-wood in my hand. It was 199 yards and the wind was in my face a little cross, and when I got back to hit it, the wind didn't stop, and I hit it anyway and it went over the green and had a tough up-and-down and didn't get it up-and-down. On 13, hit a 9-iron just on the back fringe about 20 feet, made that. I birdied 18, just hitting the 6-iron short of the green knocking it probably a 30-foot putt in.

TAMMIE GREEN: 7-wood.

TAMMIE GREEN: I am not that strong. I wish I could say that.

TAMMIE GREEN: It depends on how far in the lead I guess I would be, but any U.S. Open, I think, if you are the first two rounds shoot around par, under par, you still have a chance to win The Championship, and I think for the first three days, Jerry, I don't know, a U.S. Open you have to respect every hole and know that it can go either way. There are so many spots out there that are so difficult and I don't know if being in the lead the last day is great if you are right there, is -- well, I don't know, anywhere near the lead is good; whether you are leading or just behind.

TAMMIE GREEN: Well, I was just ready to take it back when he called me off the shot and the deer, probably, it was -- I don't know - within 20 yards, certainly. It ran right up to the tee and then ran directly down towards the green; tried to go out right and then ended up coming back and going across -- it came back up the fairway and back down and -- I am not sure it had to go back out on the golf course somewhere.

TAMMIE GREEN: Yes, it was quite a while.

TAMMIE GREEN: He just said "hold up, hold up." So "hold up, there is a deer coming," that is what he said, "hold up there is a deer coming."

TAMMIE GREEN: That is exactly right.

TAMMIE GREEN: I really did. I played good solid golf all day. Hit the driver well and was pleased with the way I struck the irons. Only a couple of shots that I wasn't crazy about, but you are going to have that and I left them in positions where I could get them up-and-down.

TAMMIE GREEN: I thought that they were a little bit softer, but I still thought they had speed to them still. I am sure by the end of the week they could get pretty treacherous and if the wind continues to blow, they will dry out.

TAMMIE GREEN: Yeah, I felt like I did most of the day. Only a couple of times I felt like I had a real difficult 2-putt and some of those were even below the hole and the only one I 3-putted, I think, that was a pretty severe putt, but other than that, I felt like I did a good job with that.

TAMMIE GREEN: Chuck Parisi. Paris with an "I".

TAMMIE GREEN: Well, I don't think that you ever well let-up on a U.S. Open and I am happy with the way I played today. I hope to continue striking the ball the way I have been the last three weeks and if I can do that, and keep my composure, if, you know, something would happen to go wrong out there, then I think I will have a good tournament, I will have a good U.S. Open.

TAMMIE GREEN: Thank you, everyone.