THE SOLHEIM CUP

September 19, 1998

Tammie Green

TAMMIE GREEN: Actually, he's in the gallery and he doesn't really bother me too much, but he's around.

TAMMIE GREEN: It's -- you know, there's no problem whatsoever. I think he's just here more to answer Judy's questions than anything else. But I feel great and it's -- unfortunately, I fell in love with the line on that putt, didn't hit it low enough. I think it was one of the first uphill putts I had all day.

TAMMIE GREEN: We knew it was going to be tough, but we're going to come out swinging tomorrow and I believe all of us are going to have a really good day tomorrow.

TAMMIE GREEN: Not really. I mean, everybody -- the matches were very close -- other than, really, the 1st and 3rd. But, you know, we're -- I think everybody's playing well and it's just a matter of making some putts. I had a couple of birdie opportunities out there I just didn't capitalize on and you've got to make birdies in this format and I just didn't get it done, get the job done today and -- But I made some great pars and, you know, just looking forward to tomorrow because I feel like I'm swinging good.

TAMMIE GREEN: Yeah, well, just because I lost the putt on the last hole, it doesn't mean anything. Actually, I'm feeling real good and plan on coming out strong tomorrow. I can go 18 holes, no problem. The only question was 36 holes and I just needed to have a couple of more holes left so we could win this match today. But that's the way it goes. It was a close match. Playing decent, played better on the front side than I did on the backside and that's typical of how I play this golf course. You know, looking forward to tomorrow and my stamina is good.

TAMMIE GREEN: Oh, yes. Yesterday, Donna and I just did not get off to a good start. She was leaving me in bunkers, I was leaving her in bunkers. Any time you do that starting off, you never really get into a rhythm. Consequently, we missed a lot of greens yesterday. Today, it was a different story. Hit a lot of greens on the front side and I got into more of a rhythm and, tomorrow, I'm looking forward to really getting into a rhythm and make some birdies.

TAMMIE GREEN: Right, right. Definitely. Chris and I both had putts and opportunities early and -- in this format, even. Normally, when somebody starts making birdies, you know, you feel each other. But we didn't really get things going. The first birdie that was made was on number 12. But we had opportunities and we didn't get the cellophane off the top of the cap. Team format is a little different than the individual. The individual tomorrow, it's just hit it up. You know, that's what it's all about.

TAMMIE GREEN: Thank you.

TAMMIE GREEN: Never gave up at all and it was a great match. We had some opportunities early we just did not capitalize on, but we played pretty consistently. But I didn't make any birdies out there and that's not typical of my game. Had some opportunities, but I just could not get the ball in the hole, for some reason. I practiced putting last night for a long time and it just didn't seem to be clicking. But all in all, we played well. Unfortunately, we were on the losing end of the match.

TAMMIE GREEN: I'll tell you what. You have to have a strategy for this golf course. It's Point A to Point B and you just have to make good swings and hit Point A to Point B and try to hit the greens. The greens are very firm and you just do not want to be above some of these holes or you'll have a real difficult up-and-down. Tomorrow's strategy is just to hit fairways and hit a lot of greens and I think if I hit a lot of greens tomorrow, I'll be the winner of the match.

TAMMIE GREEN: No, I really don't. You know, this is a physical golf course for everybody and there's been a lot of players that were playing 36 holes a day and I was only playing 18 and I had no problem playing 18. So I'm -- I should be fresh for tomorrow's round in the afternoon. I'll get some good rest this evening and tomorrow morning, so it should not be a problem and I should be coming out winning from the hip -- or the heels or wherever I swing from.

TAMMIE GREEN: Thank you.