MCDONALD'S LPGA CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY AIG

June 9, 2002

Annika Sorenstam

Q. We're going to have to keep it just a little bit short, Annika has a flight to catch. Great round, Annika. I know winning is what you're looking for, but can we talk about finishing off with a 65.

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: Well, it's -- it makes me smile again. I sat here Wednesday, and telling you how good I felt about my game and how excited I was about this tournament, and when Thursday started, and I couldn't get anything going Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, so today I got revenge.

I know I can play this golf course. I'm going to remember that next time I come here. This is a course I belong on and one I can play.

It wasn't my day the first three days. I hit a lot of good shots, lot of good putts. Today I think I did the same thing. That's golf. Sometimes you can't do anything about it.

Q. Annika, Terry (inaudible) you've got a really nice sense of momentum. You've got a chance to build some momentum. Could you talk about that, how you get in a roll, and what it feels like into the round like that?

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: It seems like when I make a birdie, there's more birdies to follow. That's the way my score card most the time looks. I've been making birdies, so I never really got going.

I felt like I had a lot of good shots to make par, par, then miss one, then make bogey, so it was very tough for me to get going this week.

I know the rough is so thick, and the way the greens were going, it was very difficult, but today finally I got going, and there I was, and I took advantage of it, and that's -- it makes me smile.

This is how I've been playing and I know I can do it. It's too bad it's the last round, and I really -- it was too far to catch the leader.

Q. How many fairways did you hit today? How many greens and how many putts did you have?

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: 12 fairways and 15 greens.

Q. Annika, on Thursday you got it to 3-under, I think, for 13; you birdied 3 and 4 back-to-back, then you missed four greens right in a row and made a couple bogeys. Was that concentration? Was that swing? Or was it just bad breaks?

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: It was a combination of everything. It wasn't concentration because I've been focused all week. I've been telling myself if I hit a bad shot, move on, just don't think about what happened in the past. So this course , you get some weird bounces. Even today, I got some bounces that you don't expect. You're going to get that here.

However, I felt as long as you make birdies, a few bogeys is okay, but I was just making bogeys, I wasn't making birdies -- I think in 36 holes I had two birdies, and a ton of bogeys, and it's very tough to score here.

Q. Annika, is there a part of you that would wonder what would happen if you were able to score (inaudible) Friday, a score like this?

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: I've been thinking and analyzing the last three days. I've been on the phone, and talking with my caddy, how can we do this? And I never give up. Try to figure out how I can play this. I talked to the Swedish coach, ^ Pia Nelson, and she told me I've done everything I can, I've done nothing wrong. Sometimes it doesn't go that way.

I've done everything I could. My frame of mind was the way I wanted it. It's golf. It does not have an explanation, which is what I'm looking for, but I can't find one.

Q. Could you talk a little bit about what this tournament does and this course does helping you get ready for the Open?

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: Right now I want out, that's what it does to you.

It's a tough golf course. You have to focus on every shot, and every putt, but it is -- i'm sure the set-up will be very similar to the Open, with tough conditions.

Other than that, with several weeks to the Open, I haven't thought about that. I'm still playing good, not to worry too much. There's nothing wrong with my game.

Q. Did it frustrate you the first few days when you'd hit a good iron shot and end up 35 feet from the pin?

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: (Inaudible) this course, sometimes you can. It doesn't matter how good you hit it, once you lose the club head, it's on its own. I mean, it bounces here and there. When it rains, it's soft; it's dry, it's out of your control. So, yeah, it is frustrating.

Q. Where are you flying off to tonight?

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: I'm going to London and then on to Geneva.

Q. Are you going on the Concord again or --

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: No, that's enough Concord. That was a great experience but I'm not that much in a hurry.

Q. Annika, could we do your score card?

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: Birdie number 3, 9 iron to 7 feet.

11, forward, chipped it up to about 2 inches.

13, birdie also, 5 iron to 3 inches.

14, pitching wedge to 5 feet.

15, sand wedge to 10 feet.

16, 7-wood on the green to 2-putt.

Q. Thanks for coming in.

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