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U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

June 24, 2005

Nicole Perrot

CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, COLORADO

Q. Nicole, Lorena was talking about she was happy not to be in the lead because she felt it was more pressure. How do you feel?

NICOLE PERROT: I don't worry about to be in the lead or score. I think it's pretty tough golf course, playing really tough. So I mean, I really focus about playing shot by shot, not really about score. I think it's -- two more days, two very tough days, I mean, the same so far have been very tough. So I think I am more focus about that to play shot by shot, my routine.

Q. What is it about USGA events that you play so well?

NICOLE PERROT: (Laughs). I don't know. I guess I like it. It's good. I have good memories of USGA tournaments like junior, I think it's a little bit different (laughs). It's way different, but still good memories.

Q. Did you come into this tournament thinking that you might play really well?

NICOLE PERROT: Yeah. This is my rookie year on Tour. I think that every week that I play even the U.S. Open, I mean, I think -- you never know what can happen on any given day, good things or bad. That's my mental -- I really think yeah, whatever can happen. Just here to have fun, enjoy to be here and stay really focus and shot by shot.

I think that's very important.

Q. What did you do during the delay?

NICOLE PERROT: It was pretty tough day after that 40 minutes was pretty long really tough. I said congratulations. She shot a great round.

She's a great player.

Q. How popular is golf in Chile?

NICOLE PERROT: We're working on that. I am the only golf pro there. Women's golf -- golf in Chile is very small. Tennis, soccer get the lead, for sure, but second tennis is growing up with --

I mean Top-20 players that we have Marcelo Rios used to be No. 1. Right now being on the Tour and all my sponsors are very popular sponsors, I mean, of the whole country, so I think that helps. But we're still working.

It's very small though.

Q. If you were to hold on, what would it means to your country?

NICOLE PERROT: I think big, I think big. Really big because I mean, I am the only athlete woman in my country that's playing actually something right now. We have a couple, but not like competitive -- outside the country, so, I think it's huge. Huge. But I mean, my goal -- like an athlete besides also sports goals, I think is to get, I mean, getting the sport bigger back home. I am working hard on that, making things for kids, my sponsor, too. I think it's getting bigger.

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