DU MAURIER CLASSIC

August 10, 2000

Kristi Albers

KRISTI ALBERS: No. 4 was the first hole we came back after the rain delay, and I had already hit my drive. And I hit a 3-wood down and hit a wedge to 100 yards, and I was about 15 feet, and I made that for birdie. Then No. 5, I had 155 yards, I hit 6-iron about 20 feet; made that for birdie. At 11, I missed the green to the left -- no, to the right. Chipped up to about 20 feet and 2-putted. 13, I hit a 4-iron about 12 feet, and made birdie. And 17, I hit 8-iron about 15 feet and made birdie.

KRISTI ALBERS: That's a good question. Things have not really all come together for me this year yet. And I started putting well, like earlier in the year, and then I would hit it well and not make any putts. I've started hitting it a little better. I started putting really well at the Open, and it's just kind of kept going. I have a little confidence, feel like I can make a putt every now and then.

KRISTI ALBERS: No. I just started making some putts at the Open, and it got my confidence up a little bit. Seems like once you get that going, it's good.

KRISTI ALBERS: No, because I birdied two holes right after that. Usually, it's hard for me, because I have a bad back, and I have to go and stretch. I just have to not get cold. It's hard for me to have a rain delay, especially because we didn't get to go warm up again.

KRISTI ALBERS: There were a couple of greens that are usually firm that were soft, that surprised me, that were really soft. 6, the green is usually -- the last two times I played it, it was firm. And I hit a shot in there today just how I wanted to, and it just stopped. That surprised me. But other than that, it played about the same.

KRISTI ALBERS: I was in the locker room for a little while. But it wasn't cold in there. And then when they called us back in again, I went in the fitness van and stretched a little while.

KRISTI ALBERS: My second. For me, it's been my second. My first was -- well, my first took a while, and my second is definitely taking a while. My third will be really easy (laughter).

KRISTI ALBERS: You know, I think it's -- this course is tough because all the par-3s are into the wind. It seems like all of them are just right directly into the wind. And that's tough.

KRISTI ALBERS: Yeah. And two of them are playing over 200 yards. When we went back out there, there was no wind. When we started playing, there was a little wind. When I went back out, there was no wind.

KRISTI ALBERS: I hope so. With golf, you can never say "I've got it." You can never, ever say that, because something can come up and bite you. But things have been going a little better for me, finally. And hopefully, they'll keep going. But I never -- I don't ever -- I don't want to expect to play well tomorrow. I want to keep going out there and just keeping hitting it at the fairway and on the green.

KRISTI ALBERS: No. Was he there last week?

KRISTI ALBERS: Well, yeah, kind of.

KRISTI ALBERS: Yeah, he's all right. He didn't pass out, but somebody else had to caddy for him my last three holes.

KRISTI ALBERS: You know, I don't think they really know what happened. I mean, he did a great job. Probably in a couple of months I can rib him, but not quite yet.

KRISTI ALBERS: We don't talk sports. We talk St. Louis Cardinal baseball, that's it, and golf. But we don't really talk -- I'll know what's going on with him at work, what the local stuff is that he's doing. But, like, he hates on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon, go and watch a football game or basketball game, if he doesn't have to.

KRISTI ALBERS: Probably not. Well, unless it's about 70 degrees out, he might.

KRISTI ALBERS: Yeah, I did. I felt pretty good both times. As long as I can stay loose, I feel all right. And you never really know how loose you are until you hit the first shot out there. But I felt pretty good. I did everything that I possibly could have during the delay to stay loose, except hit balls, and we didn't have the time to do that.

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