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BMW INTERNATIONAL OPENJune 22, 2007Tom WhitehouseEICHENRIED, GERMANY TOM WHITEHOUSE: Played solid. Tried to get off to a decent start, and I felt yesterday that that nine, the front nine, was going to be slightly easier because there's a bit more water and trickier shots on the back nine, a couple of good holes. Tried to get off to a fast start but to be honest didn't really happen; although I gave myself some chances. I was a couple under after nine. 6 and 8, good birdies, but I wanted to be at least a couple under early on but I couldn't get them. I was playing quite solid. I probably hit one poor shot which is my tee shot on 10 into the right rough, no lie, made bogey; take your medicine and carry on. And then, you know, I had a really good finish again, I birdied 15, and 18 and I think I birdied 13 as well, I didn't bogey 14 which is quite a keyhole around here, which is good. Q. Don't take this the wrong way, but despite this being a good score, surprised to find yourself where you are on the leaderboard? TOM WHITEHOUSE: I don't think it's that easy. It's not that easy. I mean, if you miss the fairways, you're struggling and you can get some shocking lies. I'm not saying that's a detriment to the rough length. It's the right length. You get penalised for bad shots and obviously you get rewarded for good ones. But, yeah, it's good out there. I quite like the course; it's good. Definitely playing better than last year. It's a bit warmer and drier. Last year it was windy and wet and hard work. Hopefully this year it might serve me a bit better. Q. You didn't expect people to pull away and move up? TOM WHITEHOUSE: I felt 10 would be the best at the end of the day in my own honest opinion. At start of the day, I was coming to the course and I thought, right, I'm eight behind, try and get as far up there as quick as possible. I aimed for 7 and got 6. I'll take that. Q. Have you been chatting to Sam Walker, your cousin? TOM WHITEHOUSE: Yeah, told me some pretty good stories, some things that happened, the crowd shouting him and cheering and some of the things they say. I think he loved it by the sounds of things. Would have been a great week for him. Back to reality for him I suppose. I'm sure he enjoyed that. Q. Did that spark your appetite of having another go next year? TOM WHITEHOUSE: Absolutely. Yeah, definitely. I think if you start slowly in the season, it's probably not your best thing to end up -- if you get off to a fast start, it's a good thing to do, because you can go over there and almost lose confidence; if you're shooting in the 80s all the time and think, well, it's not good enough really. Everybody is capable of shooting in the 80s at that tournament. So it's almost like a brain-out week and just kind of get on with it and then you take what you get at the end. But I'll definitely have a go, I want to go to British qualifying, I want to play in the majors, that's all there is to it. End of FastScripts |
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