At least I’m still alive to talk about it
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- July
- 19
I wouldn’t compare it to manual labor, but one of the challenges of covering a match play tournament is interviewing players after they lose since they’re not always in such an expansive mood.
And that’s especially the case when the losing player is someone like Cristie Kerr, whose reputation isn’t exactly of the warm-and-fuzzy variety to begin today. But that was the job today after the reigning U.S. Women’s Open champion was knocked out by Amy Hung in the first round.
When I originally approached Kerr as she was sitting in an idle golf cart waiting to go back to the clubhouse, she said she wasn’t interested in talking because, as she put, “I’m not in a good mood.”
I persisted, saying I just needed a few comments, and that’s when she told me to get in the cart. Here’s where I give Kerr credit, because she then went on to answer my series of questions, to the point that I eventually had run out of things to ask her. And when I realized I didn’t really want to be in the cart anymore, and that it was pulling me further away from where I needed to be, I decided to take the logical next step. I thanked Kerr and jumped out—while the cart was still moving.
I suppose it may have looked sort of awkward. But certainly no more awkward than riding the rest of the way with a player who only wanted to get out of town.
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on Thursday, July 19th, 2007 at 9:29 pm by Sam Weinman.
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At least Amy Hung would have taken the time to answer you in a fluent english!!