MICHELOB CHAMPIONSHIP AT KINGSMILL

October 8, 1999

Scott Gump

SCOTT GUMP: It was cold this morning. First off, tee time 7:15. It was cold. But I hung in there. I knew if I survived the first five or six holes it was going to warm up and then I'd get a chance to play. There you go.

SCOTT GUMP: Tough. You just try to get it airborne. You just kind of whack it and okay, that's good, as long as you don't hurt yourself.

SCOTT GUMP: More than you think. The first group you probably do it five or six times a year; to get everybody in you have to.

SCOTT GUMP: 11, I made a bogey. It was so cold I had -- I think I had like 160 to the front of the green, 168 to the hole, and I had a 5-iron, I swore I hit it solid and didn't make it. But I made about a 25-footer on 13 for birdie, and that really got me going, that helped a lot.

SCOTT GUMP: I hit 5-iron.

SCOTT GUMP: I hit a wedge in there about 10 feet and made it. 1 I hit a wedge in there about eight feet and made that one. And then 2, I hit a very thin 3-iron that somehow ended up about two feet. And I said, well, I'll take that one. On 5 I just got tired and hit a fat 5-iron, and it actually kicked in the water from the back of the bunker, and had a tough up-and-down for a bogey. On 7 I hit it in the rough, laid up and then hit a wedge in there about 15 feet and made it.

SCOTT GUMP: I had a 4-under after 16 yesterday. 17 and 18 played tough into the wind, so I knew my work was gone. I had such a tough day. How many days on Tour is 1 under on the leaderboard? That's unheard of. So you know it's playing difficult.

SCOTT GUMP: Yeah, the greens are a little softer, there's more dew on the ground. A little less wind. I'll take this over 110 degrees, though.

SCOTT GUMP: It hit right in the bank, it flew about 160. I swore I hit it solid.

SCOTT GUMP: For me, yeah. It's always been consistent, though. I know it's coming. Luckily it should be warmer the next few days.

SCOTT GUMP: Unfortunately I don't think so. I haven't studied the money list, but it's going to take a lot of money.

SCOTT GUMP: I didn't even look. The problem is it's not so much say I go make 30 or 40 or 50 or 60, it's the guys that finish first or second. There's a guy that's 70th on the money list right now, if they win they are going to lead me by $150,000. That's the problem, whoever finishes first or second the next three weeks, if they're within the top 80 of the money list, they're giving me problems. There's six guys right there. I like my chances. Better than missing the cut, that's for sure. I'm stunned that I'm at 920 something thousand, and I'm not even close yet. That blows me away. It's like I finished 6th last week and only made 50,000. So to make a million you have to do that 20 times, and that won't even make it.

SCOTT GUMP: Well, I won't go into that.

SCOTT GUMP: Actually finishing second at a championship like that, with the field that was there, yeah, I was more proud that I really didn't play that well that week, I just managed my game. I didn't hit any foul balls and I left it in the right spots, got it up-and-down when I needed to. I played far better in ball-striking tournaments, but it took me about six years to learn that.

SCOTT GUMP: Thrilling. It is, there's no question. But the growth of the Tour, the growth of golf, obviously a lot of fun.

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