MCDONALD'S LPGA CHAMPIONSHIP

June 22, 2000

Gloria Park

GLORIA PARK: 4, I hit driver. Hit it about 230, 240. Second shot, my 7-iron, 138. And I hit it about four or five meters (12 to 15 feet). So I made a birdie putt. And then 6, I hit driver and I hit it 245, and made my second shot with my 5-iron and I hit it like really close, two inches. And I birdied again, 8. I hit my driver and I hit a second shot just thin, kind of over the bunker in the rough and I chipped it. I 2-putted from there. And then the 8th, I hit a poor shot again just in front of the green, and there was like 15 -, 16-yard putt on the edge and I made it. I hit a 5-wood in. And I birdied again 13, the par 3. I hit my 7-wood, thin shot again just from the fringe. Five, six meters (15 to 18 feet), just off the green and I made the putt. I made bogey on the 15th. I 3-putted if from there. And then I made a birdie on 17. I hit my 5-iron just in, close.

GLORIA PARK: I was very excited, and so I was in kind of -- I'm playing really good. And on Tuesday I had a practice round, 27 holes and I got really tired from that, but I played good. The front nine was pretty difficult for me when I practiced. I played an extra nine holes again try to do better than what I was doing the first nine. And then I played nine holes after with Se Ri -- got some advice from her. So that helps a lot. And then I -- my dad was caddying for me this week. And I just have some confidence with my game. I hit it really aggressive, my iron shots, second shots; so that makes me have some birdies and have a chance today.

GLORIA PARK: No. I played at Myrtle Beach, 67.

GLORIA PARK: I didn't like -- I didn't hit my drivers aggressively the front nine. The front nine was long so I have to place it in the right place, second shots, angles and things like that. And I didn't do very well in practice round, but she showed me the way how to play, every hole she hit , I just followed her, the way she played, and that helped a lot.

GLORIA PARK: It was still wet when I played the front nine. When I hit the second shot, I can feel the water in the fairways. It was okay.

GLORIA PARK: Yeah, when I played the front nine, it was holding, but when I played later this afternoon, it was bouncing a little.

GLORIA PARK: I try to play the same way. Maybe today I hit some lucky putts, also, so I just want to play aggressive again and try the best I can. That's about it.

GLORIA PARK: I born in Korea, and I started to play golf when I was 13 and I went to -- I left. I went to Australia and I played golf and learned some English, and that was in 1994. And I played from there junior golf, and I won the 1996, 1997, 1998 Australian Junior Championship, and also 1997 Australian amateur, 72 hole stroke-play. And then I was on the team for two years, representative of Australia, and then I decided to turn pro when I was 18. So that was 1998, end of February. And I turned pro when I was in Australia, and then I moved back to Korea doing the Q-school. And then I played some tournaments in Korea, I won one tournament, and then I played in Asian circuit in 1998, 1999 and I won the Indonesian Open, and then I decided to go to Japan for Q-school, and then I played there for six months. I had been leading for five months, 500 people and final stage, I just gave up and I flew back to America and I did qualifying. And so here I am playing on the LPGA.

GLORIA PARK: My dad went to Australia before we moved for a holiday, and he saw that it would be good place to play golf; so we moved there.