BARCLAYS SCOTTISH OPEN

July 16, 2006

Johan Edfors

MICHAEL GIBBONS: Very good round of golf today. At what point did you think today you were in with a chance?

JOHAN EDFORS: I made a birdie on 9, and I made the turn at 6 under there, tied for the lead. So if I had a good back nine, with 3 or 4 under, I'd have a chance. I didn't quite get to that point but I played really well and gave myself a chance there at the end. Didn't manage to make it and unfortunately made a bogey on 17. But the rest of the round was good.

MICHAEL GIBBONS: You seemed quite angry this morning after yesterday.

JOHAN EDFORS: I was really upset after yesterday. The game felt good and the warmup never felt better, and then to go out and play like rubbish, I mean, I played absolutely horrible yesterday and I worked for an hour after the round and felt I had been playing well the first two rounds, and I knew I was really close. Got off to a good start with a birdie on 2 and made four in a row, 4 through 7.

Q. What would it mean to win here?

JOHAN EDFORS: Oh, it would mean a lot. I was really tired six weeks, after I won the second time, played two in a row after that, I was really, really tired. Last week I practiced and it's really a new start and a new season for me.

Q. With the Ryder Cup points this week

JOHAN EDFORS: If I am, it's going to be a great thing. It would be an honour to represent Europe in the Ryder Cup Team. I've been dreaming of that since I was a little kid. I haven't really been close before, so if it happens, it happens.

Q. Inaudible?

JOHAN EDFORS: Yeah, I have changed everything you could say. After losing my card in 2004, I realized that that wasn't good enough. So I had always done it my way and decided I was going to try to talk to more people and see if I needed to make some changes. I felt I couldn't play good enough on the courses on The European Tour, and that was a new thing for me. I thought I was well prepared when I played my first year.

So started with two new coaches and we are changing everything. Still a long ways to go and it's a work in progress.

Q. Inaudible?

JOHAN EDFORS: I'm still right in between. It's a completely different swing when I'm practicing than when I am on the golf course. The changes I'm doing are helping me even, so I'm gradually getting there. I thought it would take a couple of weeks but we've been doing it for 18 months now and getting closer and closer. Maybe next year.

Q. Inaudible?

JOHAN EDFORS: Actually my whole family was here with me this week. So it's been great. I had fish on Friday and the fish didn't work, so yesterday we had meat again and that seems to be much better.

Q. Inaudible?

JOHAN EDFORS: I think I will, yeah.

Q. Who are your coaches?

JOHAN EDFORS: Michael Body.

Q. Inaudible?

JOHAN EDFORS: Oh, definitely that is probably what has made the most, the biggest difference is before I only did what I felt like, hit a few balls and now I'm much more structured than I've ever been in my whole life. That has probably helped me the most. I know every day what I'm going to do. So I can sum up the week, even if I miss the cut by ten shots inaudible the result isn't as important to me anymore.

Q. Inaudible?

JOHAN EDFORS: Yeah, we did. No, that wasn't bad. My dad yesterday turned 60 and my brother in law is turning 40, so me and my girlfriend brought them here.

Q. Inaudible?

JOHAN EDFORS: Yeah, it's quite a big difference actually. Mostly in my backswing, making a much bigger turn and not coming too much through my hips. It's a big difference from a year and a half ago and I'm starting to get much more comfortable.

I thought it would have only taken few weeks in the beginning otherwise I never would have done the changes. It always takes a long time to work on it but I'm getting closer and closer to maybe next year I can use the swing on the course that I'm using in practice.

Q. Inaudible?

JOHAN EDFORS: Yeah, I am, I have two coaches but kind of going through each other. I use mostly more my swing and Lars Everson (ph), the guy who is more like a mental coach. It's good. I need someone to be there with a whip and he's got a big whip. (Laughter).

Q. Inaudible?

JOHAN EDFORS: Well, it's going to be a completely different type of golf down there. I went down on Monday and really liked what I saw. It will come down to putting. If it's windy, it's going to be very, very tough, really hard on the ground.

Q. Inaudible?

JOHAN EDFORS: Well, we started putting some new clubs in the bag this week so I'm not confident off the tee with any club except the driver, so with the rescue club and 3 wood the rescue club is staying in the bag.

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