GREATER GREENSBORO CHRYSLER CLASSIC

April 29, 2001

Scott Simpson

SCOTT SIMPSON: About three shots from what I was hoping for. But no, I mean, it's the first time I have been in contention since 1998 like that, with a chance to win and feeling I got a chance to win on Sunday. No, it was a great week and playing without making a bogey - obviously it was a good round. Scott just played great golf too. 17-under here I mean, that is really low. That is good playing. Although the course was in perfect condition, the weather obviously was like Hawaii, so, you know -- this would be the week you can go low. But it is a great golf course.

SCOTT SIMPSON: Oh, yeah. I am thrilled. Obviously you are out here to win. Everything goes with winning, but gosh they sure give a lot of money away for second too, so (laughs) you know, if you can't win, why not come in second. I am thrilled to be up there and to have a real good week and especially thrilled with a lot of good shots coming down the stretch. Obviously hit a lousy putt on 18 but other than that I hit a lot of good shots. Yeah, I felt -- it felt really good. I am going to hopefully keep building on this and get up here more this year. That is my goal.

SCOTT SIMPSON: Probably about 30 feet. I hit it good, solid 26, so.... (Laughs) -- trying to make a real smooth good stroke and I just didn't hit it. I felt like if could I make it, I'd have a shot at it.

SCOTT SIMPSON: I have still got to make more to be exempt next year. I don't know what second was $300.000 and something.

SCOTT SIMPSON: Yeah.

SCOTT SIMPSON: Real good, yeah. That would put me 350 or 60 or something. It takes about 450 probably to be top 125. But obviously coming back from a year off my main goal was to come in the top 125 this year and I was just going to try to work hard and see if I can do that. Obviously this puts me in good shape and I am going to try to build on this week and have a lot more weeks like this one. Hopefully up in contention. Maybe pull out of a win like Scott did one of these times.

SCOTT SIMPSON: Yeah.

SCOTT SIMPSON: Well, I had a real good week probably the best part of my game was chipping this week. The rough around the greens was tough. In the fairways, you had a shot. If you hit it in the rough off the fairway. It wasn't back-breaking rough. But around the greens it was tough. I chipped really well out of the rough. Actually couple of weeks ago went to 60-degree wedge and I used that all the time around here. That is probably the key to my game. But I had been playing pretty well, so..... It is just great to play good.

SCOTT SIMPSON: I am mainly just going to try to keep working and you know, play better and you know, at least now I know that if I get a hot week I could still win out here. Especially if Tiger is not playing. (Laughs). It's wide open.

SCOTT SIMPSON: Oh, yeah. Definitely.

SCOTT SIMPSON: Mainly just that I am just enthused to play, really enjoying you know, the challenge of playing again and I don't know, I just got to the point before I broke my leg actually where I just wasn't having fun playing. I was sick of the travel. I hadn't played good for a year, two years. So it was hard. It was just a struggle. Then after the year off I guess you have a chance to get away from it and reflect and realize how lucky we are to be able to play golf for a living and just the challenge really seeing if I can come back. It's a lot of fun to try to come back, I guess.

SCOTT SIMPSON: No. I didn't miss the travel at all. It was one year without getting on airplanes. That part of it was great.

SCOTT SIMPSON: Not really. I was hobbling around on crutches. I had a hard enough time hobbling down watching my son play baseball. For three months or so we didn't go anywhere. We really didn't go anywhere either. Just kind of stayed home.