SCOTS CARLY AND CATRIONA MISS AUSSIE OPEN CUT

                        Caroline Hedwall in action today

AN ACE PERFORMANCE BY CAROLINE 

HEDWALL TO TAKE LEAD

NEWS RELEASE

Swede Caroline Hedwall had a hole-in-one and an eagle on her way to the top of the leaderboard at the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open in Melbourne.

The 24-year-old carded a second round seven-under-par 65 at Victoria Golf Club on a calm but cloudy day to go with her opening round of 68 to lead at 11-under-par.

The Solheim Cup star will take a one stroke advantage into the weekend over World No. 2 Norwegian Suzann Pettersen, with Australian Amateur champion Minjee Lee a further shot behind in outright third. 

Swede Anna Nordqvist had the round of the day, firing a course-record eight-under-par 64 to move into a share of fourth position at 8-under-par with Kiwi sensation Lydia Ko and England’s Holly Clyburn.  

Five players, including the American trio of Jessica Korda, Paula Creamer and Morgan Pressel are a further shot back and right in the mix.

Starting on the 10^th, the Hedwall round got off to a solid start with five straight pars, before she rolled in a 12 foot birdie putt on the short par 4, 15^th.   She then recorded her fourth career hole-in-one, on the par 3, 16^th when she holed a “soft” seven iron.  Another birdie on the 18^th saw her go out in four-under 32.

It was an indifferent start to the front nine, but Hedwall finished birdie, eagle, and birdie to come home in 33.

“I'm very happy with how I'm striking the ball and my putting is getting better and better, so I definitely feel like I have a lot of confidence,” Hedwall said.

On her ace, the Swede said “Yesterday I hit a full 7-iron over the green and it was basically the same yardage today, so I hit a soft one and it covered the pin all the way and then I just saw it bounce once and hit the pin.  But I didn't see it go in.” 

Pettersen, who is projected to become World No.1 if she finishes outright second or wins this week, was pleased with an indifferent day by her standards.

“Today was not the best day, but when I had a good chance I kind of executed,” Pettersen said.

For current Australian Amateur champion, Lee, who finished runner-up in last week’s Volvik RACV Ladies Masters, it continues her excellent recent form.

The Western Australian played the back nine in even par before an eagle on the first hole and three more birdies on the front nine left her with a 67.

“Yeah, I'm in good form.  I'm confident in my game and I'm playing good.”

The cut was made at even-par and 76 players will be vying for their share of the $US1.2million purse over the weekend.
SCOTSWATCH. Catriona Matthew does not miss many cuts and Australia is a long way to go to suffer such disappointment as she and Carly Booth, the only Scots in the field, bowed out at the halfway mark in Melbourne.
Matthew shot 74-73 for three-over-par 147, three too many to be involved in the weekend action.
The North Berwick player needed a flying start to make up the first-round leeway but she got the opposite.
A double bogey 6 at the first was cancelled out by birdies at the seconed and third but then she bogeyed three in a row from the fifth before birdieng the long eighth and turning in two-over 38.
Matthew would have needed to come home in 32 or better to make the cut but she could get only one birdie after the turn, at the short sixth. The rest were pars with birdie putts refusing to drop.
Carly Booth looked to have turned the corner after an indifferent start to the year in Down Under events when she scored one-under 71 in the first round.
But it was a false dawn. The Comrie player took 80 shots - eight over par - to get round the second circuit and a 151 tally left her seven past the cut figure.
She had not a single birdie, only a double bogey  6 at the fourth and six bogeys at regular intervals in halves of 40.
It will be no consolation to the Scottish pair that star names such as the young American Lexi Thompson (76 for 146) and the evergreen English player, Laura Davies (75 for 148) also missed the cut.

 SECOND-ROUND TOTALS

Par 144 (2x72)

133 - Caroline Hedwall (SWE)  68 65

134 - Suzann Pettersen (NOR)  66 68

135 - Minjee Lee (AUS)  68 67

136 - Anna Nordqvist (SWE)  72 64, Lydia Ko (NZL)  68 68, Holly Clyburn (ENG)  68 68

137 - Morgan Pressel (USA)  69 68, Paula Creamer (USA)  68 69, Jing Yan (CHN)  71 66, Jessica Korda (USA)  67 70, Karine Icher (FRA)  69 68

138 - Jessica Speechley (AUS)  71 67, Dewi Claire Schreefel (NED)  70 68, Haru Nomura (JPN)  70 68, Ayako Uehara (JPN)  70 68, Valentine Derrey (FRA)  69 69, Carlota Ciganda (ESP)  68 70, Azahara Munoz (ESP)  68 70, Amelia Lewis (USA)  71 67

139 - Jaclyn Sweeney (USA)  67 72, Marianne Skarpnord (NOR)  70 69, Cheyenne Woods (USA)  74 65, Tiffany Joh (USA)  69 70, Sydnee Michaels (USA)  68 71, Mi Hyang Lee (SKOR)  72 67, Giulia Sergas (ITA)  68 71, Sarah Kemp (AUS)  71 68, Lee-Anne Pace (RSA)  72 67

140 - Karrie Webb (AUS)  71 69, Julieta Granada (PAR)  70 70, Stacy Lewis (USA)  71 69, Sarah-Jane Smith (AUS)  68 72, Dori Carter (USA)  70 70, Kelly Tan (MYS)  70 70, Brooke Pancake (USA)  70 70, Nikki Campbell (AUS)  69 71, Caroline Masson (GER)  72 68

141 - Jenny Shin (SKOR)  74 67, Pornanong Phatlum (THA)  73 68, Line Vedel (DEN)  73 68, Katie Burnett (USA)  69 72, Marion Ricordeau (FRA)  67 74, Beatriz Recari (ESP)  72 69, Diana Luna (ITA)  70 71, Paolo Moreno (COL)  71 70, Hannah Jun (USA)  69 72, Chella Choi (SKOR)  70 71, Austin Ernst (USA)  72 69

142 Brittany Lincicome (USA)  71 71, Pernilla Lindberg (SWE)  71 71, Rebecca Lee-bentham (CAN)  73 69, Lorie Kane (CAN)  71 71, Sandra Gal (GER)  73 69, Lindsey Wright (AUS)  73 69, Paz Echeverria (CHL)  72 70, Eun Hee Ji (SKOR)  70 72, Sue Kim (CAN)  72 70, Julia Boland (AUS)  70 72, Mirim Lee (SKOR)  74 68, Amy Anderson (USA)  72 70

143 Tamie Durdin (AUS)  73 70, Trish Johnson (ENG)  70 73, Perrine Delacour (FRA)  70 73, Alison Whitaker (AUS)  71 72, Stacy Lee Bregman (RSA)  72 71, Su-Hyun Oh (AUS)  74 69

144 Hee Young Park (SKOR)  67 77, Gerina Piller (USA)  75 69, Marina Alex (USA)  71 73, Yani Tseng (TPE)  71 73, Becky Morgan (WAL)  70 74, Hannah Burke (ENG)  72 72, Breanna Elliott (AUS)  71 73, Kris Tamulis (USA)  73 71, Rebecca Artis (AUS)  73 71, Sandra Changkija (USA)  72 72

Missed the cut:

145 Yu Yang Zhang (CHN)  74 71, Tamara Johns (AUS)  73 72, Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA)  73 72, Christel Boeljon (NED)  72 73, Joanna Klatten (FRA)  72 73, Emma De Groot (AUS)  72 73, Mi Jung Hur (SKOR)  74 71, Alison Walshe (USA)  69 76, Gwladys Nocera (FRA)  75 70, Maria Hjorth (SWE)  71 74, Alena Sharp (CAN)  74 71, Erica Popson (USA)  72 73, Danielle Montgomery (ENG)  74 71, Xi Yu Lin (CHN)  75 70, Maria Hernandez (ESP)  72 73

146 Ji Young Oh (SKOR)  73 73, Lexi Thompson (USA)  70 76, Beth Allen (USA)  76 70, Anya Alvarez (USA)  75 71, Moira Dunn (USA)  76 70, Irene Cho (USA)  76 70, Candie Kung (TPE)  71 75, Ann-Kathrin Lindner (GER)  75 71

147 Stacey Keating (AUS)  72 75, Catriona Matthew (SCO)  74 73, Kristie Smith (AUS)  73 74, Lisa Mccloskey (USA)  73 74, Ashleigh Simon (RSA)  73 74, Charley Hull (ENG)  74 73, Min-Sun Kim (SKOR)  70 77, Ashlee Dewhurst (AUS)  72 75, Ryann O Toole (USA)  71 76, Giulia Molinaro (ITA)  74 73, Kathlyn Ekey (USA)  75 72

148 Megan Grehan (USA)  73 75, Jennifer Kirby (CAN)  72 76, Cathryn Bristow (NZL)  74 74, Laura Davies (ENG)  73 75, Belen Mozo (ESP)  75 73, Mina Harigae (USA)  73 75

149 Jennifer Song (USA)  72 77, Jane Park (USA)  77 72, Katherine Kirk (AUS)  73 76, Maude-Aimee Leblanc (CAN)  79 70

150 Ariya Jutanugarn (THA)  76 74, Christine Song (USA)  74 76, Caroline Bon (NZL)  73 77, Becky Brewerton (WAL)  76 74, Victoria Elizabeth (USA)  74 76

151 Moriya Jutanugarn (THA)  79 72, Mindy Kim (KOR)  69 82, Vicky Thomas (AUS)  74 77, Carly Booth (SCO)  71 80, Mo Martin (USA)  78 73

152 Karen Pearce (AUS)  76 76, Ashley Ona (AUS)  77 75, Stephanie Na (AUS)  78 74, Courtney Massey (AUS)  78 74, Jaye Marie Green (USA)  75 77, Cindy Lacrosse (USA)  80 72, Konomi Matsumoto (JPN)  77 75, Heather Bowie Young (USA)  74 78

153 Kristy Mcpherson (USA)  74 79, Mariajo Uribe (COL)  80 73, Corie Hou (AUS)  76 77, Thidapa Suwannapura (THA)  78 75

154 Whitney Hillier (AUS)  75 79, Katie Futcher (USA)  76 78, Patcharajutar Kongkraphan (THA)  79 75, Jacqui Concolino (USA)  82 72

155 Nikki Garrett (AUS)  78 77, Cydney Clanton (USA)  77 78
156 Melissa Reid (ENG)  80 76
157 Pat Hurst (USA)  83 74
158 Sophie Gustafson (SWE)  80 78

159 Kim Welch (USA)  82 77, Sarah King (AUS)  79 80, Paula Reto (RSA)  82 77

160 Vicky Hurst (USA)  77 83

Round Two Player Interviews

CAROLINE HEDWALL

Q.  An absolutely fantastic round of golf, you must be pretty pleased?

CAROLINE HEDWALL: Oh yeah, of course I am, I mean 7-under is always a good score.  I'm very pleased and I had a good finish to my round yesterday.  Now it's up to 11-under and that's pretty good after 36 holes.

Q. Your whole game must have been great but your driving in particular?

CAROLINE HEDWALL: Yeah, I mean I'm driving it far.  I missed a couple of drives both yesterday and today but managed to save a couple of bogeys and still making a lot of birdies and also eagles.

Q. 2013 was a wonderful year and 2014 is starting rather well I may suggest.

CAROLINE HEDWALL: Yeah, I mean I had a good start to the season last week and then a good start here.  I hope I can just continue to play well.

Q.  I read somewhere where you said Australia is one of your favourite places to visit.  You've had a bit of success down here, what is it about Australia do you think?

            CAROLINE HEDWALL:  You guys have great golf courses down here and the people are so relaxed and so welcoming, nice weather.   I think everything is great down here.  It is absolutely one of my favourite stops.

Q.  You had a hole in one?

CAROLINE HEDWALL: Yeah, number 16, yesterday I hit a full 7-iron over the green and it was basically the same yardage today, so I hit a soft one and it covered the pin all the way and then I just saw it bounce once and hit the pin.  But I didn't see it go in. 

I think the crowd up there, they didn't want to yell because Laura or someone was hitting off number 17, so we walked up there and they were like, it went in.  I was like, oh, nice [LAUGHS]. It wasn't really the feeling when you see it go in, but it's always nice.

Q.  How many is that as a pro or over all?

CAROLINE HEDWALL: My fourth.

Q.  Obviously a nice way to finish, on a birdie, eagle, birdie.  You said that you finished your round well again yesterday, do you build it into your round?

CAROLINE HEDWALL: Well I started off really well yesterday and then made three bogeys on the back nine and finished off with an eagle; so that kind of saved that round.  I was playing really well and three putted on two greens.  That was quite annoying, so it was really nice to just finish off with an eagle from like five feet.

Q.  I was going to ask you about that, I watched you three putt on 14 yesterday.

CAROLINE HEDWALL: Yeah.

Q.  You looked like you were about to be headless.  It was a really good effort to come back.  How do you do that?

CAROLINE HEDWALL: Right there, I was quite annoyed with the flies actually, there are a lot of them out there and I probably needed a little bit of sugar too to just get my energy level up.  My caddy is really good at just telling me to focus on the moment and forget about the past; so he did a great job yesterday and just trying to help me with that.

Q.  My photographer down there, who fancies himself as a bit of a golf guru, reckons you swing it as hard as any woman he's ever seen and harder than a lot of blokes.  He's got some great photos of clubs bowing at the back of your follow through.

CAROLINE HEDWALL:  [LAUGHS].

Q.  Is that par for the course for you?

CAROLINE HEDWALL:  Well I mean, I've always been swinging it hard.  I grew up with a twin sister and we were competing against each other hitting it the furthest on the driving range, so I guess it comes from that and I've always been very explosive, which I see as a great talent. I try to use that and I do hit it really hard.

Q.   Does your twin sister still play?

CAROLINE HEDWALL:  Yes she does.  She decided this year though to take a little break because she's just putting way too much pressure.  She's a great golfer but it's a mental game so she needed to take a little break and she's going to be out on tour caddying a little bit more this year and playing a little bit too.

Q.  You mentioned how explosive you are as a player, there's a lot of colour on the card today - two bogeys and 65.  Would you ever like to be more steady or are you happy to be a person who can go really low when you play well?

CAROLINE HEDWALL:   I'd definitely rather be a person that can shoot really low and make a lot of birdies, I mean, that's what's fun [LAUGHS].  I don't mind making a bogey here and there if I make lots of birdies.

Q.  I was watching you at the Solheim Cup last year when you played so well and it just struck me that you really love the contest and playing against the absolute top players.  Is that what brings the best out in you and where do you think you can get to?

CAROLINE HEDWALL:  Well, it's just so great with the crowds and everything and that's what I love, I love being under pressure. It's so much easier for me to stay in the moment rather than when we play 72 hole events, because I mean, you start on Thursday and it's such a long way to Sunday,  so when we play the Solheim it's that hole that counts. You need to have your focus turned on all the time. 

Well here, that's what's I try coming into this season, to just get started and be on my toes from the beginning so that I'm not after coming into the week.

Q.  What's your highest ranking?  I think you're about 23 now or something.
CAROLINE HEDWALL:  Yeah, I'm probably around 20.

Q.  What's your highest?
CAROLINE HEDWALL: I think that's my highest, I think.

Q.  Are you a confidence player?  Do your scores get noticeably much better when you're feeling confident on a course?

CAROLINE HEDWALL:  Yeah, I think all of us are like that.  I think you really need confidence when you're out there and you need to trust yourself and commit to your shots.  I mean, confidence is key when you play golf.

Q. Do you feel like that at the moment with your game?

CAROLINE HEDWALL: Yeah, I mean I'm very happy with how I'm striking the ball and my putting is getting better and better, so I definitely feel like I have a lot of confidence.

Q.  Would that be the lowest key, lowest profile hole in one that you would have had?

CAROLINE HEDWALL:  Yes [LAUGHS].

Q.  So you literally didn't know, you just turned up on the green…

CAROLINE HEDWALL:  Yeah, I walked up there and they're going this.  Oh, okay, it went in [LAUGHS], because we weren't sure, because I couldn't see it.  I told my caddy, there's no way; that went over right?  He's like no; it's probably in [LAUGHS].

Q.  What's your twin sister's name and is golf a family thing?

CAROLINE HEDWALL: Her name is Jacqueline.  My parents also play golf.  We grew up playing a lot of different sports.  She really loved soccer when she was younger and then had to pick and she picked golf.  She went to College in the US as I did.  Well, we're definitely a golfing family, even though my parents are not that great golfers.  I guess they got tired of golf courses, driving me and my sister around Sweden playing golf everywhere [LAUGHS].

Q.   I was just going to say to you, your other three holes in one, did you ever get anything for them?
CAROLINE HEDWALL: No.

Q. No cars?

CAROLINE HEDWALL: No, nothing [LAUGHS].

Q.  Let's just assume Suzann goes well here today.  Sweden and Norway have got a pretty good rivalry going?

CAROLINE HEDWALL: Yeah, especially now when the Olympics are on, yeah.  We're great competitors.  It's fun though; we force each other to play better in all sports.

Q.  Who drives it further?

            CAROLINE HEDWALL:   I don't know to be honest.  It's a long time ago I played with Suzann.  I think basically we're the same.

             SUZANN PETTERSEN

Q. 4 under today, what was going on out there?

SUZANN PETTERSEN: Today was not the best day, but when I had a good chance I kind of executed. Just not a great day but sticking to the theme, coming down, finishing and coming back to my good feel – it’s very, very close. I’ve got to trust my feels and what I have to do.

Q. How promising is it to not have a good day and you’re still up there?

SUZANN PETTERSEN: My batch was still decent. I know where my mistakes come from, so it’s kind of an easy fix – especially when you know what the fault is. It’s a decent day. No complaints – shooting 4 under on not the best day.

Q. So it looks like you’ll be paired with Caroline (Hedwall) tomorrow. You two are probably two of the longest knockers on Tour – what kind of battle will that be?

SUZANN PETTERSEN: Well it’s nice to be up with the longest ones again. You know what, I’m just going to try and stay with what I’m doing. I mean it’s….when I’m hitting it good, it’s really good. Like I ripped a good drive on 18 and only have a 5 iron left. It’s nice to see you can find the speed when you need it and not go for old habits.

MINJEE LEE

Q.  Just an absolutely fantastic round, you played so well last week and it's just sort of like a follow on?

            MINJEE LEE: Yeah, I'm in good form.  Yeah, I'm confident in my game and I'm playing good.

            Q. one of the press men said that it's almost the most perfect score he's seen and it was just a great round - easy he said.  Did you feel that, was it easy for you out there today?

MINJEE LEE:   Not when I started, such a slow start.  I started with nine pars and I was just patient and it came late in the round.

Q.  You said MinJee that it started late, talk us through the first hole where you made eagle and also the birdie at the 5^th and then the finish?

            MINJEE LEE:   The first hole I hit 3-wood down the left side and just kind of faded in. I was about 15, 18 feet away and holed my putt.

Then for the 15^th, I hit like a soft 8 into the green and I had like seven feet and then the last two par 5s I made birdie.

Q.  How much further are you hitting it now than you have been in previous years?

MINJEE LEE:  I don't know, just 10, 20 yards.  I've been doing lots of fitness work and stuff over a couple of years, so yep.

Q.  You had nine on your last hole; you jumped on that, how far was that?  Was that as far as you could hit the ball there?

MINJEE LEE: I hit a solid shot, I'm guessing around there.

Q.  But that's regular, say 265 we had it at.
MINJEE LEE: That's a little bit longer when you say that [LAUGHS].

Q.  That's what you're working on; you're just trying to extend out to where the physically bigger women on the tour are?

MINJEE LEE:  Yeah, well I don't have a massive build, so just trying to get stronger and trying to get that dynamic in your swing so you can hit it longer.

Q.  When you watch Suzanne Pettersen play, for example, or the girls last week, what does that put in your mind to do?   Do you need to become that big or become that long or are you happy with your game where it is?

MINJEE LEE:   Obviously there's room for improvement but I don't feel like I'm way behind or anything.  I can get longer but that will come over the years.

Q. Today as your score was going down, the crowd was going up.  It didn't seem to faze you,  is that a fair comment?

MINJEE LEE:  Not really, well last week was pretty good, like the crowd, so it was pretty similar.

Q. Do you enjoy the adulation?

MINJEE LEE:  Yeah, we had three Aussies in the group, so I don't know, [LAUGHS] everyone should have come out and supported us.  No, we had a pretty good group, so it was really good.

Q.  Sorry, you've probably been asked this before, but what are your plans as far as turning professional?

MINJEE LEE:   So this year I'm just playing golf, it's like my gap year basically, so I'm just trying to get as many tour starts as possible and maybe at the end of the year I'll go to Q-School.

Q. Karrie Webb when she was in the other day was talking about girls maybe turning pro a little too early.  Obviously you've got the talent and ability and that there, but do you feel pressure with someone like Lydia Ko - who's a bit younger than you, turning pro - to do the same?

MINJEE LEE:  Not really, obviously Lydia was feeling ready, so she went. We're pretty good friends, so no, I don't really think of it like that.   Just when I feel ready and when I feel like really.

Q.  Do you get a sense that Australian golf is crying out for another young Australian to come through and really take on the world?  There are obviously some good girls around but there's a big gap between Karrie and the next ranked player?

MINJEE LEE:  Not really, I think turning pro is when you feel ready.  It's not something that someone should push you to do.  I think whenever it comes it'll come.

Q.  I know you said a gap year, but in normal student terms, a gap year is about having fun.  Are you planning to do anything fun?

MINJEE LEE: When I take my time off I'll do fun things.  Even during school I was always playing golf, so yeah.

Q.  Are you thinking about winning right now?

MINJEE LEE:  No, I'm just going to play how I play and if I can get close then good.  But, yeah, just carry on as I'm going.

Q.  Given the conditions over the last couple of days, do you think you are where you need to be?  Are you happy where you are?  How would you sum up your performance over the last couple of days?

MINJEE LEE:   I think I'm in a good position but I know there are going to be good scores this afternoon.  Yeah, I think I'm in a good spot to be aggressive.  Yeah, pretty much [LAUGHS].

Q.  Do you enjoy being on top of the leader board?

MINJEE LEE:  Well, I don't really care where I am, I'm happy wherever I am.  But yep, good golfing and on top of the leader board, that's what you hope for, so yeah.

Q.  Who is your biggest inspiration in the game and why?

MINJEE LEE:  Oh [LAUGHS].  I'm not really sure, like Tiger and Rory and people like that, just how they carry themselves on the golf course and off - maybe not Tiger, but you know what I mean.  Yeah, just we watch them on TV all the time so yeah, they're just amazing.

Q.  Anyone in the field in particular that you look up to on inspire to be like?

MINJEE LEE: Suzann Pettersen [LAUGHS], she's so cool.

Q.   As a teenage girl, what do you like to do away from golf, what are your hobbies or interests?

MINJEE LEE:  Everyone's hobbies, I don't know, going out with your friends.  I like reading when I'm on the road and little things like that.

Q.  Back to your gap year, what are you doing school-wise?

MINJEE LEE:  I haven't really thought about Uni.  I don't have any plans [LAUGHS].

            Q.  Have you completed high school?

            MINJEE LEE: Yeah, last year I graduated.

            Q. Which school?

            MINJEE LEE: Corpus Christi.

            Q.  In Perth?

            MINJEE LEE:  Yeah, in Perth.

ANNA NORDQVIST

Q.  You're feeling a little under the weather?

            ANNA NORDQVIST:  Yeah, I woke up with no voice this morning, so I didn't really know what to expect.  I haven't been sick since the Solheim Cup, so maybe it's a good mojo.

Q.   What was working for you out there, 8-under, it's pretty solid?

            ANNA NORDQVIST:   Yeah, even yesterday I played pretty good, I had 16 wins yesterday, I think I hit all 18 today, so very steady from tee to green; just a couple of par 5s bad second shots but overall it seems like the putts were rolling in.  Yesterday they kind of hit the edges.

            Q.  With the par 5s kind of reachable out there, do you think you probably could have even gone lower?

            ANNA NORDQVIST:   Yeah, I had a good yardage on my 3-wood into the last but just kind of hit it a little left and putted down the line and found a left bunker and that's not a spot you want to be at with the green so severe but no, I felt good out there and you know, just keep at it.  It's early in the season and I've gone through quite a bit of changes this winter so I'm just trying to stay positive and put my best foot forward every day.

            Q.  How tough has that been, to implement the swing changes out there?

            ANNA NORDQVIST:   Yeah, I mean I have been working with my new coach and we're trying to do a couple of different things with my swing and then I've also got 14 new clubs and a new golf ball, so it's been fun playing around with it this off season.  Definitely didn't really know what to expect yesterday coming out with the clubs and how they react in competition but I'm very happy.  It will probably take a while to get used to them but you know, it's Taylor Made now and I always look up to the equipment and it seems to be working pretty good [LAUGHS].

            Q. Do you think that almost takes the pressure off you, the fact that you really have no expectations coming in on it?

            ANNA NORDQVIST:   No I mean, I still want to play good and - sorry, what was the question?

            Q.  About no expectations coming in.

            ANNA NORDQVIST:   No, I mean I definitely want to play good, it's early in the season and I've always been kind of rusty the first couple of months, so I don't think I've ever had this low a round this early in the season, so it's definitely, you know, I take it all the work I've been putting in this off season has been paying off.

PAULA CREAMER

Q.  Another good day out there, right up there on the leader board.  What worked?

            PAULA CREAMER:  I didn't really hit it as well as I did yesterday.  I gave myself some opportunities for a birdie, I just didn't make any and finished strong, birdied 5 - I birdied 6 and 7 and then 9, just finished strong.  Golf courses, it's tough, you've got to make yourself make some big breaking putts and things like that.  It's not easy but when you birdie the par 5s, you should be doing pretty good.

            Q.  You've been up there, you were up there on the leader board, it seemed like all last year, you were up there in the Bahamas, is that promising or is it then kind of a little frustrating that you can't pull it off?

PAULA CREAMER:   No, I think it's really good actually.  I feel very comfortable.  It's been a long time coming, that's for sure but I do, I feel good where my game is going and where it's ultimately going to end up at and just continue to keep on working, being smart and taking opportunities when I can.  Today was a good - what's the word - no, but today, just showed I can kind of go through a couple of swings out there, struggled a little bit with some shots but finished strong, so…

Q.  You think that's something that will be kind of easy to fix on the driving range?

PAULA CREAMER:   Yeah, I'm going to go hit some balls for sure afterwards and make some putts and hopefully have a good weekend.

Q.  Yeah, you and Jess have played every round this year together so far?

PAULA CREAMER:  I know and we were tying now today too.  We both birdied the last hole and that will be pretty interesting if we end up playing again tomorrow [LAUGHS].