JOHN Q. HAMMONS HOTEL CLASSIC

September 8, 2006

Dina Ammaccapane

THE MODERATOR: Dina, thanks for joining us today. Talk about your day.

DINA AMMACAPANE: Started off quickly. Hit a really close -- I don't know what happened. It was so early this morning. I don't know. I drove it really well.

I made a few putts in the beginning and got it going, and I hit it a few times, just tapped it in.

THE MODERATOR: Can we go over your scorecard?

DINA AMMACAPANE: That's the part I don't remember. I hit a 7-iron to about two feet.

THE MODERATOR: How about birdie on 11.

DINA AMMACAPANE: Hit a pitching wedge to about 20 feet.

THE MODERATOR: Birdie on (inaudible).

DINA AMMACAPANE: I hit 8-iron to about a foot maybe, two feet.

THE MODERATOR: And birdie on 14.

DINA AMMACAPANE: Yeah, I tapped it in, about a foot.

THE MODERATOR: What did you hit there?

DINA AMMACAPANE: Sand wedge.

THE MODERATOR: And then Bogey on 15.

DINA AMMACAPANE: 3-putt.

THE MODERATOR: How far?

DINA AMMACAPANE: 50 feet.

THE MODERATOR: And birdie on 17.

DINA AMMACAPANE: Oh, gosh, I can't remember. 8-iron, maybe 20-feet maybe. 3-putted 18.

THE MODERATOR: And --

DINA AMMACAPANE: I was just chipping from the fringe. Just lucked out for eagle and tapped it in. It went in the hole and came out.

THE MODERATOR: Bogey on 4.

DINA AMMACAPANE: Yeah. Choked it out of the bunker and then I had like (inaudible).

THE MODERATOR: (Inaudible).

DINA AMMACAPANE: 15 feet.

THE MODERATOR: And then the birdie on 9.

DINA AMMACAPANE: 9, 9-iron in there to 15, 20 feet. I have no idea. I'm horrible at that.

THE MODERATOR: You started off very well last week as well. You had a 66. You just want to talk about starting out so strong.

DINA AMMACAPANE: I don't know. I just -- it was nice being in the first group. Greens are perfect. Course is playing a little shorter, but you hit it in that rough and forget it. You're just roughing it back out.

I don't know, just been playing solid. You know, if I can just hang on the next two days (inaudible). I didn't do that very well last week, but I don't know.

Q. In terms of a 54 hole tournament versus a 72 hole tournament in terms of getting off to a good start, you don't have another 18 holes to work with (inaudible).

DINA AMMACAPANE: It's always nice, regardless of 54 or 72, to get off to a good start. But I think it's, yeah, it's more important on a 3-day event. Everybody knows that even par at the end of this week is a good score, so I'm quite pleased.

Q. (Inaudible).

DINA AMMACAPANE: The conditions were a little different, say, the last morning tee times, two hours. They're going to get a little bit more roll. You know, it's all give and take out here.

I'd much rather get up at 4:30 and get up like I did and go. I'm up early and I'm always ready. So it's the later times that kill me I think.

Q. (Inaudible).

DINA AMMACAPANE: Later tomorrow. I don't have, you know, 2:00, so I'm okay. I'll be okay. Just staying focused.

Q. (Inaudible).

DINA AMMACAPANE: From the beginning?

Q. Yeah.

DINA AMMACAPANE: It's been a great year. I've had a lot of good things happen to me. There hasn't been too many negative things. I have a different outlook on a lot of things and they've all been positive. It's all good now.

Q. Are those your kid's pictures on your yardage book?

DINA AMMACAPANE: Yes.

Q. Give you any motivation?

DINA AMMACAPANE: They're smiling, so sometimes when you look at them if you've made bogey and 3-putted it's not that important.

Q. What are their names?

DINA AMMACAPANE: Laura, Ann, and Denver.

Q. Denver?

DINA AMMACAPANE: As in Colorado.

Q. You're four under. Now, you said like target score for the rest of the week, you know, how difficult course is tomorrow?

DINA AMMACAPANE: I think with the wind picking up it seems like it's going to -- started anyway. So in the afternoon if the wind picks up the conditions may play more difficult.

Some holes could play easier depending on which way it's blowing. I think today it's blowing opposite of what it normally does. So I don't know, just wait and see.

THE MODERATOR: Anymore questions? Thank you Dina.

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