TYCO/ADT CHAMPIONSHIP

November 15, 2001

Grace Park

GRACE PARK: Bogey on the 1st hole. I missed the green, chipped up to about two feet, missed the putt for par. Then on 3 -- I birdied 3, 4 and 5. On the 3rd hole, I hit my second shot, 7-wood, to the right fringe and 2-putted for birdie. 4, I hit I think a wedge to about 15 feet and made the putt for birdie. 5, hit 6-iron to about five feet, made the putt. Birdied 9. Hit a sand wedge to six feet, made the putt. 10, birdied. Hit 7-iron to about four feet, made the putt. Birdied 15. Hit 7-wood on the green and 2-putted for birdie. 16, I hit 3-putted. 18, I bogeyed from the left bunker, green side, left bunker, didn't get up and down.

GRACE PARK: You know, I feel good, but I'm mad because I finished with two bogeys. It sucks (laughter).

GRACE PARK: I know. How upsetting. You know, sometimes you get the worst ones out of you on the 1st hole. That's a way to kind of calm myself down.

GRACE PARK: Well, I'm swinging better, which makes me feel better, which helps my game. I think overall I'm more relaxed now. I'm more matured (laughter). I don't know, just I don't grind as much as I used to. I learned that, you know, no matter how much I work, when it's not there, it's not there. You just have to be patient. I'm starting to learn that, so...

GRACE PARK: It was a slow process because I got really frustrated and angry on the golf course. I said, "I'm going to stop that." I stopped it one day. It just happened. It clicked. Actually, I don't know.

GRACE PARK: I had two weeks off I think at the end of August. I got my swing back together. When I started to feel better about my swing, everything just kind of came together.

GRACE PARK: I kept telling myself, "I'm going to stop it for today. I'm going to stop it today." It took a while. I don't get frustrated anymore. Maybe I care less than I used to. Whatever it is, I'm, you know, enjoying myself more than I've ever done.

GRACE PARK: No, I couldn't hold it, so it was bad (laughter). I just let it all out. You know, you learn from your mistakes. Anger doesn't help to play well. It doesn't help you to play better.

GRACE PARK: Yeah, make a bogey or something. Gosh, does she ever make a bogey (laughter)? It's awesome what she's doing. I really admire her. Awesome play, solid all year long. I guess she has that confidence.

GRACE PARK: I don't think that way. You know, it's golf. We're all professionals. We're all at the same level. Obviously, she's an awesome player. That doesn't mean we don't have the -- that doesn't mean the rest of us don't have a chance to, you know, play better.

GRACE PARK: I played all three.

GRACE PARK: Yeah. Plus I won at Doral in January, so... I really liked all three courses. In a way, I kind of like it because I get January off. I can have some time off - and February, yeah.

GRACE PARK: Well, Se Ri.

GRACE PARK: Se Ri was here, but her father was ill. Mi Hyun was never going to come. Me, I never had that thought. I was coming if I got in. I wanted to get in. I was out of Top 30 a few months ago. I was like, "I have to get in."

GRACE PARK: Honestly, I motivate myself to do things. Obviously, I want to play as well as they do, win as many as they have. But, you know, I'm me. I have to do what I have to do. I guess that's me.

GRACE PARK: Well, A is good. I guess I'll give myself B for trying because I tried hard. I really tried hard. I practiced hard. The results weren't there, but...

GRACE PARK: Score better (laughter). Win more. No, I think I'm getting there. I know I'll play well. It's just that I have to, you know, mentally be there, slowly take my time, I guess.