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THE SOLHEIM CUP


September 16, 2007


Catriona Matthew


HALMSTAD, SWEDEN

Q. Catriona, sent out first to get some blow on the board. How does it feel to do just that?
CATRIONA MATTHEW: It feels great. Definitely played my best golf today. I think the rest yesterday helped me.

Q. Turning point must have been the putt at 12.
CATRIONA MATTHEW: I was just trying to 2-putt. Two great shots onto the green. Laura had a tough putt for par. I was trying to tap it down there.

Q. Is it tough with so much red on the board?
CATRIONA MATTHEW: Few of the games are pretty close. Hopefully we can turn them around. Yeah, it would be nice if we can put more blue.

Q. Well done.
CATRIONA MATTHEW: Thank you very much.

Q. Were you surprised, or were you asked about being on top?
CATRIONA MATTHEW: Helen asked me. I said I would be very happy. I was pleased today. Nice to get a point. Maybe we can turn a few more around. My short game was pretty good this week. I hit some good chips.

Q. Did you give a pep talk, any words of encouragement?
CATRIONA MATTHEW: It was kind of difficult with most of the night playing. Yeah, I mean, it was just kind of difficult with the way it had gone yesterday and this morning.

Q. Did you get together before the singles? I know there wasn't a great deal of time.
CATRIONA MATTHEW: No. They were still finishing, and I was warming up.

Q. What did Helen say to you on the first tee?
CATRIONA MATTHEW: Just "Good luck and go out and try to win a point." She had confidence in me.

Q. You had a big putt at the beginning.
CATRIONA MATTHEW: I just gone 1-up on 6 and hit the tee shot in the bunker on 7. Then missed a 15 one. That was a good par. Lost 9 and 10. 9 my tee shot was too far. She made a good up and down out of the bunker for par. Then 10, just a little long on the tee shot, ran off. It was a real up-slope, slide-slope, and she hit it, basically birdied it. She hit to like 3 feet.
Then 11 was maybe the turning point, 11 and 12. We both hit it in the greenside bunker. She kind of hit a long bunker shot and thinned it over.
2-putt probably would have won it. Probably the turning point in those two holes.

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