Q. All the attention of Annika playing in the men's tournament, but you played with the men years ago?
LAURA DAVIES: Yes, I played in quite a few tournaments, yeah, played in the Korean Open this year and Freddie's thing and -- what was it called -- Johnnie Walker Challenge with Vijay and Ernie and Jesper, but it was 72 holes, but it was a weird thing you played in four countries in six days out in Asia. And next week obviously with the men's tournament, so...
Q. Six days, how did that work?
LAURA DAVIES: They had a private jet, you just went from Thailand to Singapore to China and played four tournament rounds, 4 different golf courses six days.
Q. Four players?
LAURA DAVIES: No, 16 of us, I think.
Q. With the international flavor of the Tour these days, how important do you think it is for women's golf that an American gets up there prominently? Do you see anyone coming along?
LAURA DAVIES: You have got some of the finest players Juli Inkster, Meg, Beth, some of the finest players in the world still, they are not Annika Sorenstam but no one is -- Annika is the only Annika. Obviously Karrie has had a run, Se Ri has had a good run. The Americans are strong in force, it's just they haven't got that one player that's dominating at the moment. But they dominated the LPGA Tour for the first 40 years of the LPGA, so it will come a time when someone will step up and take over from Annika and it could be an American. It's more likely to be a Korean or a Swede, or a Spaniard because the young Spaniards are coming out, so next personality really on the LPGA Tour, I don't think makes any difference because it is the World Tour. There's every nationality represented in pretty much every place they play the game seriously around the world.
Q. Do you think does it make any difference in the United States?
LAURA DAVIES: No, what could be better than Annika Sorenstam playing in your tournament at the moment? The fact that she is Swedish really doesn't -- I wouldn't have thought detract from the American's point of view, but I just think if you can get Annika to play then you have got the world's best player, that's good enough. If she was an American maybe it would be a bonus, but she's Swedish, thank God for the Solheim Cup.
Q. Any young Americans that you are impressed with?
LAURA DAVIES: The obvious one Michelle, but she's young to be a factor at the moment. I don't know I am sure there's some great young university players out there at the moment, college players, but I don't -- Heather, you have got those players who are very good but at the moment they are not necessarily -- they are young girls but -- yeah, certainly Laura, if she gets it right she's a formidable player.
Q. (Inaudible) talk about your approach and just how it works for you?
LAURA DAVIES: I don't like practice rounds. They are boring, take too long, waste of time, other than that they are a great idea.
Q. (Inaudible)?
LAURA DAVIES: It's lovely. We're actually staying in one of the houses. We are not actually in the hotel itself, we are about a 50-yard walk from it. It's like the whole area, it's just magnificent, yeah.
Q. With all the attention on Karrie, and Annika, any part of you that kind of felt left out or motivated to get back in the main spotlight?
LAURA DAVIES: Obviously when you were considered a champion you don't like to be forgotten about. I very definitely have been forgotten about in many aspects, only little things, yeah, I am no longer a big fish. I am one of the little fish now. When you have attention and everyone has been all over you through all the years and I had it, and the last four, five years (inaudible) just because you have a couple of good round doesn't make you back there, you have to be consistent for two, three years before (inaudible).
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