Q. Catrin, obviously there's a reason that you didn't play Mhairi and Ana until this afternoon in the matches they played. What do you expect to see of them tomorrow?
CATRIN NILSMARK: Well, I expect them to -- I shouldn't say -- I expect Ana to feel a little more comfortable than today. She was very nervous. She's not normally a very nervous player. I'm happy for her if she goes out tomorrow and enjoys it a bit more. I don't expect anything. How can you? You just play your best golf. I think Mhairi is going to -- she played all right today. She played pretty much on the wrong foot for a while there. I think she wants to get out and get some revenge, have a good chance in her match. I hope they're feeling more comfortable tomorrow.
Q. They're both in a position where they watched games for three sessions and then finally got into it, which can be a little bit awkward, and got hammered. What did you say to them?
CATRIN NILSMARK: I asked Ana -- I said "It was okay, you did your best". And I said, "Were you nervous?" And she said, "Yes, I was very nervous". I said, "Well, it was your first match ever in a Solheim Cup, you had to be nervous. It's quite all right". And I said, "It's out of the way. Now tomorrow you can just -- you have nothing to lose, just try to enjoy it."
Q. With Mhairi was it your decision, or did she come to you and say she's not playing well, that she didn't want to play the first three sessions?
CATRIN NILSMARK: My decision.
Q. Were they allowed to practice when they're sitting out?
CATRIN NILSMARK: Yes. They can go out and practice on the course.
Q. Did they?
CATRIN NILSMARK: I don't know. I don't think they did. I think they probably felt -- I really don't know. I don't really interfere in their preparation that much. They played a lot early on in the week, and they did practice quite a bit. Anyway, they feel that they prepared the best way to them.
Q. Did part of you not want to rest them for three sessions?
CATRIN NILSMARK: Oh, definitely. Definitely. I'm a woman I should say. You feel with anybody that rests for two days or one and a half days, because like I said I did it myself. You feel a little -- you get a little down because you know your game is not great at that time. It's natural. But you try to -- we talked a lot about it is a team event and you're in here for a reason. You made your way in here, so everybody deserves to be in here. Whether you happen to maybe not have a good form that week, it's really quite unpredictable in golf. You can practice a lot before -- and Mhairi was in America last week with a coach for a week. And things don't always work out. So, sure, I would have liked to play everybody before. Like I said, I don't think their form was that good. When that happens you just have to -- it's life sometimes.
Q. I just wonder if part of you still thought that maybe they deserved to play more because they're on the team. Patty was saying that it was part of her thinking that everybody should play more than once before.
CATRIN NILSMARK: No. It is difficult. No, I don't think so. Yes, from a human point of view. But I don't think anybody -- the team deserves to have their best players out. The team deserves to have a chance to win more than anything, I think, because of a team thing. So my answer would be no.
Q. Would you describe yourself as somebody who likes to win at all costs in golf or any other sport?
CATRIN NILSMARK: No. Definitely not.
Q. Did you feel a bit let down that you weren't allowed at Dalmahoy to play before you went into the singles?
CATRIN NILSMARK: Yeah. Yeah. I was ready. I could have just have given her the fist when she told me. I was devastated. It was only two matches. There was only one match on Friday and one on Saturday. But I was young, I was ready to go.
Q. It turned out all right?
CATRIN NILSMARK: It turned out all right, yeah. But I accepted it. I think I was pretty grumpy, but -- actually, yeah, I probably had to apologize to her afterwards, now that I remember. But I'm not quite sure, but I think so.
Q. There was a few -- not major, but a few exchanges late in the day. Laura Diaz maybe not being aware of the rules and wanting to -- I don't know if you were there, wanting to putt out on 16. Some caddies doing some celebrations. Did you get a sense that tensions are really starting to get quite high?
CATRIN NILSMARK: What celebrations? I was aware of the ball. But you mean in regards to that incident?
Q. Yes. This is maybe my own observation. But just caddies giving it this bit and a reaction from some of your players not real happy about it.
CATRIN NILSMARK: Oh, American caddies going like that.
Q. Rev-ing the crowd up.
CATRIN NILSMARK: Yeah. Of course we're not going to like that if you're out there and they're going like that, we'll go, "Oh, cool off". But yeah, I think that incident actually did create a little bit of tension because of some comments made on the European side. I think it's out of control I really think.
Q. It's just the nature of how we've progressed so far, the end of the trip getting close?
CATRIN NILSMARK: Yes. If you say something and somebody happens to overhear it, it's easy to make a big thing -- if they said something unfavorable for us and we happen to have overheard it, I'm sure we would make quite a big stink of it. Where it's just like you say it's just the way -- if you're in front, it's okay. But if you're behind and you hear something like that, you've got to jump at that.
Q. So there's no punching bag with Cristie Kerr's picture on it in the room or anything?
CATRIN NILSMARK: Not yet.
Q. Have you had treatment today?
CATRIN NILSMARK: Twice.
Q. How many hours?
CATRIN NILSMARK: How many hours treatment?
Q. Well, I asked you yesterday how many hours did you have having treatment and rest. So the same question today.
CATRIN NILSMARK: I think about similar. I might have been out a little bit more on the golf course today. A little longer, I think, in the morning. A little earlier I came out in the morning because I was actually requested on the 8th tee because players were missing that green on the left all the time. And somebody said you need to get over here and tell them -- because even though you can't -- you can't even see the flag moving that much on the green, which is pretty strange. But it was double the wind you saw on the flag. So I had to hurry out. And it felt like it was going actually against you, but it wasn't. But it worked out for the Americans anyway because they chipped in twice, didn't they.
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