U.S. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

August 21, 1996

Jerry Courville

JERRY COURVILLE: Roger birdied the first hole and he made about a 20-footer. So I was one down there. Then I hit it -- on 3 I hit it about four feet, made birdie there. And 4 I made about a 12-footer for birdie. Then I bogeyed 5 again, hit it over the green. And then 6 I hit a sand wedge in there about a foot and made birdie there. 7 I hit a little 9-iron in about 6 feet, which he gave me for birdie. And then on 8 I hit had about a 12 footer, and Roger hit it in the back of the green and 3-putted it down the hill. And I 2-putted it. And then -- actually 11 Roger makes about a 25 footer for birdie to tie me on the hole for 11. And then 12 I hit it left, made bogey there. I missed about a 4-footer or 5-footer. 13 I 3-putted from the front part of the green. 14 I made birdie, I hit it right in front of 2, chipped it up 3 about 5 feet. Roger hit up on the green. 15 I hit it over the green and got it up-and-down. And 16 I got it up-and-down from the bunker. And Roger hit it in about 12 feet and it just didn't break for him.

JERRY COURVILLE: No, I made a couple of bogeys out there. Probably 3-under, maybe.

JERRY COURVILLE: I don't know. One of those I went with a par. But we tied a hole -- I think I made 5 birdies.

JERRY COURVILLE: For me, yeah, I played well.

JERRY COURVILLE: What do I do for a living?

JERRY COURVILLE: I work at Pitney-Bowes in the rapid prototype center where we make all the prototype machines, I'm a coordinator there.

JERRY COURVILLE: That's actually in Shelton.

JERRY COURVILLE: I think the way he hits it and just the way he manager his way around a golf course. He makes very few mistakes. To beat him you've got to play almost a perfect round. He doesn't have too many off days.

JERRY COURVILLE: None yet.

JERRY COURVILLE: Well, I'm even with him right now. Seriously, I'm going to go out and play as hard as I can and see what happens.

JERRY COURVILLE: Oh, yeah. You look at it and your goal is to make the cut and then you make the cut and try to win a match or so and then you win one. If you're going to lose a match and you lose it to a guy like that -- actually I have nothing to lose tomorrow. Who expects me to win?

JERRY COURVILLE: One.

JERRY COURVILLE: Played against him, yes, head to head.

JERRY COURVILLE: Over in Wales we did; down in Augusta this year. I offered to take him out to dinner tonight but he wouldn't go (laughter.)

JERRY COURVILLE: I'm not going to say I've played guys as good as him, but I've played a lot of real good players. I realize how good he is, and I know what he's going to be doing out there. I can't worry about what he's doing. I've got to go out and play my game.

JERRY COURVILLE: 37.

JERRY COURVILLE: This is my 9th one and I made it to the semifinals in '89.