PAGENET CHAMPIONSHIP

November 9, 1999

Juli Inkster

JULI INKSTER: Well, considering it has been quite a year for me and it has been quite a year for Karrie. It's been a very friendly rivalry. And she has had an awesome year and I have had an awesome year. I don't even know point-wise if it's even possible for me to catch her. Right now I am trying to get my game ready for this week and see how I can do. I am not one to put any extra pressure on myself or anything like that. I am just going to go out there and keep doing what I have been doing all year.

JULI INKSTER: I have had three weeks off. I went to my caddie's wedding in Virginia Beach the first week. My kid was the flower girl so that was kind of cool. And the last two weeks, I have no idea what I did with time. I couldn't believe it was time to go again. Just going to my kids' games and carpooling, and just being a mom, which is great.

JULI INKSTER: Not much. I knew Mike was going to be out here, my coach, I didn't want to lose any bad habits. So I kind of went and fiddled with my short game; worked on my putting a little bit; played probably twice. Played one 9-hole and one 18-hole. I needed a break. I was playing a lot. It was time to have some time off.

JULI INKSTER: Well, coming in this year if someone would have said you are going to win two majors and three tournaments, five total, I would have said: " I will take it." I am really not one to really sit on my laurels. I am very competitive and I like to play well and I like to work at trying to play well. So coming in this year, my goal wasn't to win, win, win. I was just trying to improve my game. I think that is what I am still trying to do, trying to improve my game to -- it is great to be able to contend, and if I happen to do it, it is great. But I am sure Karrie is going to go out there and play well too, so it is going to be tough. But the way my year is going, I wouldn't count me out.

JULI INKSTER: No. The last couple of years, I played really well; being a mom and all my other outside activities, I finished fifth on the money list twice and I felt like I was really playing well, playing consistent golf, but the one thing I was missing was a win. And I felt like there were a lot of tournaments that I had a chance to win that I let get away. This year, I said, if I had a chance, if I was playing well and was the same chance I would play more aggressive on Sunday and really make myself go out and play aggressive to try to win the tournament, instead of maybe just trying to finish in the Top-10.

JULI INKSTER: Probably the same way. It's a Solheim Cup year and that is my favorite time of the year. I just love it. I am going to probably play just a little less this year probably maybe instead-- this is my 24th tournament, probably be able to play 20 or 21 next year. But I am definitely going to play a full schedule. I feel like I am getting better, and I feel like my game is better and my mental attitude is better, and I just don't feel -- my competitiveness is still there. Even though I am in the Hall of Fame, it is really hard for me to feel like I am in the Hall of Fame. I don't feel like I am. So I am going to go out there and try win as many as I can next year.

JULI INKSTER: I don't know if it's reality. I think this is reality. I think I'm a good player, and I think I deserve to be where I am at. But as far as trimming my schedule down and stuff like that, I probably say the following year I would probably would want to play 15 to 18 tournaments. I love golf. I love practicing. I love competing. I think it has been great that I have taken time off to really know this is what I want to do, having kids, and I feel like I had one career, and now I think I have grown to having a second career. I still really love doing what I do.

JULI INKSTER: Yeah. I am used to going home and not hearing from anybody which is great. Now, it is a lot more stipulations on my time, a lot of things that I never had to worry about that I have to worry about. So my time management, I definitely need to improve on and try to coordinate things where for maybe a day I get it all in and I have the rest of the week to do nothing. But it is something I really have never gone through. Golf right now is huge and I am happy to be a part of it. If you are Playing well, things come with it?

JULI INKSTER: Yeah, I am definitely recognized more.

JULI INKSTER: "Great year." You know, "You are my favorite. We have been rooting for you." My girls appreciate look outside and say how do they know you.

JULI INKSTER: Let's see, 10 you can. 5, I don't think I can reach 5 but Laura probably could. Kelly would probably be close. 9 I can't. Laura can. And 15, I can't.

JULI INKSTER: I like this golf course. I play well on this golf course. The weather seems to be -- knock-on-wood -- always pretty good. This golf course you definitely have to take advantage of the par 5s.

JULI INKSTER: What won it last year.

JULI INKSTER: All depends on the wind, but I would say 12 to 15.