PAGENET CHAMPIONSHIP

November 13, 1999

Lorie Kane

LORIE KANE: Playing with someone like Karrie Webb inspires you to do good things. She doesn't miss many putts, and like I told the Golf Channel people, I played with Kelly Robbins yesterday and Karrie today, and both are very aggressive putters, and that's something I've been kind of lacking a little bit. When you watch two players like them putt, you know that they are not afraid to knock it by a couple of feet and make it coming back, and that's -- it's good to watch. And I think I fed off that, definitely, putting. And I also had a nice chat with Judy Rankin this morning about winning, and that I am able to win. I want to win, and she just told me, she goes, "You have the tools to do what needs to be done." And the great thing is that I keep giving myself opportunities. Yet again, we have another opportunity, and we'll see what happens hard. I also have a great chat with Ian Baker Finch leaving the driving range this morning, and we were talking about putting and he said, "When you're over the putt, just think of nothing else but a nice, smooth stroke. Don't worry about anything else." I have to thank both of those people because I used what they had given me and some support this morning, on the golf course.

LORIE KANE: I really like the style of play that you have to have here. I grew up on a very old golf course, and this is one. You have to hit your tee shots properly, and very much position -- position-type of course. And the greens, if you hit it in the right place, you're going to have some chances. I guess the first year I was here in '97, I was as surprised as anybody that I was here; that we played as well as we to get here. And I just had a great week -- I can't even say losing because I don't think I lost anything that year. I think I gained a whole lot of knowledge in the playoffs with Annika, to come back the next year, last year, and play some pretty steady golfer. But I'm ready, and I'm going to go out and tomorrow and I'm going to get inspired because I'm going to that fight tonight (Laughter.)

LORIE KANE: Lewis. He won the last one, didn't he? (Laughter.)

LORIE KANE: Well, Laura Davies and I decided this morning we're going to share him. He's a little bit of both.

LORIE KANE: Totally different. If I go back to 1997, I was quite a few shots out of the lead and went out on Sunday and just had a good Sunday round, which put us in the playoffs, Pat Hurst and myself and Annika. I think this is a little different. Probably have a little more water under the bridge and a little more knowledge and a little more -- there's a little more that needs to be done, and I want to get it done. We're going to go out tomorrow and do our best.

LORIE KANE: I'm not going to use it as pressure. Judy also said something to me this morning. One of my goals was to lower my stroke average, and it still is one of my goals. It has always been the goal. I always put that thought of winning somewhere behind me, and Judy brought up that six months ago, she said, "I think you changed your mind in that you were able to talk about winning." And I am able to talk about winning because I want to win. I'm going to go out tomorrow with the attitude that I have the skills that I need to get the job done, and I'm going to do it.

LORIE KANE: I can assure you that Se Ri Pak will not go to bed with any negative thoughts. (Laughter.) She does not think negatively. She's too -- she loves life and she loves playing golf. And today's round won't be anything other than just maybe a not-great-day-at-the-office. I'm kind of glad and excited that we're playing together tomorrow. We'll definitely have some fun, and, you know, you look at the girls that are here, the Top-30 on our TOUR, and anybody can win any week. I think tomorrow will be -- we've got Se Ri and I in the last group, but don't forget the two that are ahead of them, because Juli Inkster Karrie Webb, they will fight to the end. You know, I think Inkster has a couple things she wants to prove; so it's she's going to be tough to beat. She probably wants to see how close she can get to that title, Player of the Year. I'm not up on statistics. On the Golf Channel they tell me about money list and those things that I don't pay too much attention too. But the year-end awards are important to both of those players, and they are going to want to do their best tomorrow.

LORIE KANE: I'm a fighter. I think you can be nice and still win the fight.

LORIE KANE: My older sister and I entered the game when we were both five. She's 21 months older than I'm. My dad was in the business; still is. We play about six months a year. I stayed in Canada and went to school; was late getting here. I still think it was a good idea that I did take my time. We have great golf courses, and I just took every opportunity that I had to play and took advantage of things that were given to me, and played in the International League in Canada for a few years and made it out here.

LORIE KANE: I think I'm getting -- I definitely know I'm more determined. But I still look at all of those eight second-place finishes and the playoffs that I've been in; I haven't really done anything wrong. I've played very well. People just seem to make long putts where I might come up a little bit short. And I will tell you, in Atlanta, I hit a terrible putt and Rachel ended up winning the tournament. In New York, I really thought that that was my tournament, and she made a 25-footer. What am I to do? You just have to chalk it up and move on. I know that I just have to give myself more chances and take advantage and try to minimize the mistakes I've made.

LORIE KANE: I don't think -- first of all, you don't own the game of golf; so I don't know that I'd be owed anything. I think you need to give yourself chances. No one can give me a win. I am going to tell you, the rest of the players are not going to sit back and not decide to play tomorrow so that I can get into the victory circle, the winner's circle. That's not going to be the way it is, and I don't want it that way. I want to win it because I've played good golf. I had a birdie on 3. It was a 7-iron, 30 feet. The next hole, 8-iron to two feet. 7, I 3-putted. 8, I hit 7-iron -- I'm still drawing a blank for the hole -- three feet, there you go. 10, I was on the fringe with a 4-wood and 2-putted for birdie. 15, I hit out of the bunker to 10 feet.