Juli
Inkster is defending champion of this week's Chick-fil-A Charity
Championship hosted by Nancy Lopez on the LPGA Tour.
Q.: What
are your thoughts about what you remember about last year's event,
besides the rain?
JULI INKSTER: I
have good feelings coming back here. I love the golf course and I
love the way it plays. You know, this season so far has been kind
of slow starting off. I feel like I'm playing about 16 holes pretty
good, two not so good, struggling a little with my putting, but it's
starting to make a turn.
I'm looking forward
to this week. I love the golf course, love the people I stay with,
my kids are on spring break, so they're here with me. Hopefully we'll
get some decent weather because I think we'll see crowds this weekend.
Q.: How
does the course look this year?
JULI INKSTER: The
course looks good. I know we had a lot of bad weather, cold and rain,
some of the greens are a little barren, but they are doing the best
they can to get them smooth, but the fairways, the bunkers are all
in great shape.
Q.: What
do you remember most about last year?
JULI INKSTER: I
remember sitting around a lot one day, not doing much a lot. I remember
I hit the ball really well last year, a lot of fairways. I played
the par 5 well, putted pretty good, you know, exciting finish with
Kelly hitting it up there and me hitting it up there, you know, I
remember it took a lot of good golf shots.
Q.: Was
it tough last year with all of the rain delays?
JULI INKSTER: Yeah,
you know, plus my family was here so we were busy doing stuff and,
I mean, I feel like it went pretty quick, and I wasn't just sitting
around eating bon-bons so keeping busy and (inaudible). The hard
part is not knowing what was going on. I had tee times at 1:00, 4:00
and 6:00, and I remember playing, but I had a great draw. Sometimes
you get those; sometimes you don't.
Q.: Since
last year's event was only 36 holes, is there a little asterisk by
that win in your mind?
JULI INKSTER: I
think I was playing well enough to win. You know, to me, a win is
a win.
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