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U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

July 3, 2006

Annika Sorenstam

NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND

Q. This has to just feel terrific for you. I mean, I heard you saying it was a long road, but as far as the U.S. Open goes, this has to feel awesome.

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: Oh, yeah. It doesn't get much better than this. It's been a long and tough week. You know, they say that the big championships you've really got to earn, and I felt like I worked really, really hard this week to earn this. Pat played really well, and when you have to go into a playoff like this, really anything can happen.

I mean, obviously it feels awesome, and to win this championship again after ten years means a lot to me.

Q. When did you allow yourself to think that if nothing went drastically wrong, it was yours?

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: Well, I figured if I had a five shot lead and three to go and I would hit it in the fairway on 16, I felt pretty good about that. Then made par on 16 and still had a little five shot cushion going into the last two and I felt good about that.

Q. What do you think it actually came down to for you?

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: I think overall my game was really solid. I hit a lot of fairways, a lot of greens. I putted well; I might not have made a lot, but I only had one or two three putts, and I think that's rare in championships like this when the wind has been blowing because you're not going to be very close to the pin. I think I've been very solid throughout the week, and I've been patient most of all. When I hit in the rough, I said I'm just going to try to play it safe, try and make par from wherever I ended up.

Q. Playing 36 holes yesterday you seemed to be on a mission. You got that two stroke lead right at hole 1.

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: Well, I felt like here's my chance. You never know how many chances you will get. I said I'm just going to come out here and play. That's what you've got to do, just play.

Pat is obviously a very, very good player, and I said, I can't give this away, I've got to earn this. I just kept telling myself that all day long.

Q. To win this like this in a playoff, do you think looking back it may be a little sweeter since it took so much to get to this point, as you said, the biggest tournament you play?

ANNIKA SORENSTAM: Yeah, it took a lot, a long week. To win a championship like this, a lot of things have to go right, and I felt like this was my week early on. A lot of things have gone right.

It's hard work, and like I said, you've got to win these championships. Ten years, it's a long time, but I've learned a lot and maybe that's what I needed to win this again.

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