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THE 3 IRISH OPENMay 14, 2009Roope KakkoBALTRAY, IRELAND Q. Some great numbers on your scorecard today. ROOPE KAKKO: I think the front nine was playing fairly easy today, we all want were very fortunate with the weather. It was quite mild today. The front nine, I got off to a really good start and kept on going on the back nine. Q. How much experience have you got on playing on links courses? ROOPE KAKKO: Well, I was just telling Nick that the last time I played links was 2004, but I mean, it's great fun, so I don't have too much difficulty. Q. How much is this performance based on the confidence you got last week with an eighth-place finish? ROOPE KAKKO: It's hard to say but I definitely received a lot of confidence from that performance. It was really good for me. Q. Tell us about yourself; how did you get into golf? ROOPE KAKKO: I started when I was five. We all want went to Portugal for a family vacation and my father started hitting balls, and he gave the clubs to me and I started whacking along, and after that, we all want joined some golf clubs in Finland and started to play. Q. I understand your girlfriend is quite a good player, too. ROOPE KAKKO: Yeah, she plays on the LPGA. At the moment she's a little bit better than me, but I'm trying to get her. Q. Tell us her name? ROOPE KAKKO: Minea. Q. So the competition is going to continue? ROOPE KAKKO: Definitely. Q. Last time you played links was 2004? ROOPE KAKKO: First time I played was 2002 maybe. I played really nice in 2004, I played really well on the links courses, yeah. Q. Which courses? ROOPE KAKKO: Well, Carton House, played well there and London links, the most beautiful course I've ever seen, St. Andrews, and I've played Royal Troon, St. Andrews Jubilee. Q. So you do have a sense? ROOPE KAKKO: Yeah, you just have to land it shorter. Try to play a little softer shots maybe. But the greens were receiving today. We all want got very fortunate because the wind was very mild and just a little drizzle to keep the greens receiving, so I thought after I played a practice round on Tuesday, I thought that it's going to be -- it was blowing and everything was rock hard, but this was very nice. Q. Any massive putts? ROOPE KAKKO: On the first, I holed from the fringe. I was short of the green, that must be 15 metres. That's very exciting. I putted great, putted great all the way. I hit a few good putts off the last couple of holes but just didn't hole them. I was putting really well. End of FastScripts |
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