U.S. SENIOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

July 9, 1999

Brian Barnes

BRIAN BARNES: It was an effort. My feet are hurting; my hands are hurting. I wish I was drinking, it wouldn't hurt quite so much. No, it is a nuisance.

BRIAN BARNES: I have got rheumatoid arthritis. I am having slight difficulties; not too bad if you go around in buggies, but walking, as the round progresses, the feet start swelling and everything begins to hurt a bit.

BRIAN BARNES: Sure. Yeah.

BRIAN BARNES: In all honesty, all I was thinking and hoping for was the 18th hole. Everything just -- I put one foot in front of the other and the golf was of secondary importance. 69, lovely, don't get me wrong. But it was beginning to hurt so much towards the last five or six holes that it was just, let's get in as quickly as possible. But you can't get in quickly around here with these damn greens. You got the guys in front of you holding you up.

BRIAN BARNES: Yeah, no where near as much wind and a little bit of rain, of course, softened the greens up a little bit more. So if you can manage to get the right club in your hand, you could get the ball fairly close to the pin; which is what I did a few times and fortunately not only close to the pin, but the right side of the pin; which is so vitally important on these dire greens.

BRIAN BARNES: The golf course is great. The greens are rubbish.

BRIAN BARNES: As I say, I am putting one foot in front of the other; that is all I am really bothered about.

BRIAN BARNES: Not really, no. They are going to get the same conditions -- possibly not, actually, they might have slightly easier conditions than we had yesterday because of course there wasn't any rain on Wednesday evening, Thursday morning. They have had it today. We had it where the greens were a little slower this morning. They are still going to be soft so they are still going to be able to play tighter golf.

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