MCDONALD'S LPGA CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY AIG

June 21, 2001

Laura Diaz

LAURA DIAZ: I birdied the third hole. I hit a wedge in about 123, I think, to the pin. The putt was about an inch on 3. Birdied 6. I hit a 9-iron to about nine feet. Then I hit 9-iron on 7 to about four feet. I bogeyed 9 after hitting it in the rough off the tee and then hitting into the hazard. Made about a 25-footer on 10. Hit 7 into that hole. Got up-and-down on the bunker on 16 and made about a 10-footer.

LAURA DIAZ: Just got a little more windy, and for the last few holes, it was helping us. So wasn't really a problem.

LAURA DIAZ: About 15.

LAURA DIAZ: Usually play here -- this is only my third year. I missed the cut the first year. Finished about 30th, maybe, last year. So, I play okay. I played well today. I just think the course is in really good shape. I think that allows it to suit everybody's game.

LAURA DIAZ: No. They were about the same pace as yesterday when we played the Pro-Am. The putting green -- the practice putting green and the greens on the course, they are a little different. But once you -- the first hole, you figure that out, and they are just rolling really good. Excited to go play tomorrow.

LAURA DIAZ: I'm 16th on the Money List. Playing well. Having the best year that I've ever had. So pretty happy.

LAURA DIAZ: I have a husband now. That's about it. No, I've made no changes. Just, I think, marriage has suited me well, and getting more and more experience out here. That's about it.

LAURA DIAZ: I just think last year, I was planning my wedding, and that's a little distracting. I have a very supportive husband, and I think that's just -- on top of a supporting family growing up, my parents have always been very supportive. To have another person there to cheer you on, it's just really helpful.

LAURA DIAZ: I don't know if anything takes your mind off a bad round. But, yeah, you have something -- I think it is similar to when a lot of the other girls have children. They go home and they have something else to look forward to. I have my husband when I'm done. So, I just think it's nice to have that extra friend, that extra companion. It's basically been a joke all year, but only some people would know that, I guess. The name change is what I've said all year long has led to my good play. So, it's kind of a joke.

LAURA DIAZ: He will starting in September. He just comes out occasionally.

LAURA DIAZ: He's a teaching pro.

LAURA DIAZ: Ron Philo's School of Golf at Amelia Island Plantation with my dad.

LAURA DIAZ: I think that the media did a really good job; is has continued to do a really good job. Whenever I'm on, they say that I used to be Laura Philo, dah, dah, dah. So I don't think it's been any problem at all.

LAURA DIAZ: At least a year. For me, I wasn't engaged a year, so it took a lot less than a year.