HEE YOUNG PARK:  So I thought I don’t have any ‑‑I was going to stop golf, but this is ‑‑ that meaning very inspired me and then very payback to my family and husband, and then I think this is pay back for everything.  And I’m getting old compared to other Korean girls on the LPGA and they keep grinding.  Because I made it, I won the event, and I just giving back to inspire to other young golfers.

Q.  So, this was fulfilling for you?

HEE YOUNG PARK:  Yes.

Q.  How did you stay so calm during the playoff?

HEE YOUNG PARK:  I had a really confidence with the wind, wind shot, and I’ve been keep repeating same drill and the same shot and same swing all week and forever didn’t change anything, so I had confidence in myself.

Q.  Did you say you nearly quit?

HEE YOUNG PARK:  Yeah, I was going to stop golf.

Q.  When?

HEE YOUNG PARK:  Last year, end of last year. 

Q.  When you had to go to the Q Series?

HEE YOUNG PARK:  Yes.  I wasn’t going to just to put off Q‑School because I thought this is enough, my golf career, but I tried the Q‑School, made the Q‑School, finished second.  That kind of gave some other confidence.  And then I just want to ‑‑ got the feeling with the rookie year feeling, you know?  Back to refreshed instead of like overall.  This is my almost 13th year on the tour, so kind of too used to it on the tour, but after Q‑School I have something new feeling, so I think that gave to me a lot of things.

Q.  Can you see your finish line out in the future, one year, two years, five years?

HEE YOUNG PARK:  I don’t know.  Who knows?  We’ll see.

Q.  So, certainly not the finish you wanted, but you’ve got to be proud of how you handled yourself in the weather the last two days?

SO YEON RYU:  Yeah, for sure.  After I finished my first round I didn’t expect I was going to be in a playoff or I was going to be in contention because I was quite far back off from the leader.  The leader was like 8 under or something and I was only 1 under.  Considering that, I finished pretty strong. 

Then the weather was pretty brutal yesterday and today, so I feel like I was very patient out there and then I was very creative with the ball.  Then once again just feel great to be in contention, I really missed it.

Q.  Walk us through 17 and 18 where you had the birdie and then the bad tee shot on 18.

SO YEON RYU:  Yeah, 18 was definitely disappointing.  Maybe that’s the only one regret I really have right now, but I did my best.  At that moment I did my best to hit a good tee shot, but it ended up ‑‑ maybe it’s meant to be, who knows. 

Also, even if I was going to hit it on the fairway, I probably wasn’t going to make a birdie or like I wasn’t going to make a par.  That one’s like never know.  I don’t want to blame myself too hard because I know like sometimes I need to blame myself and need to learn something from that, but I had a tough season last year.  So, considering that, I feel like I played much better than that, so I don’t want to be hard on, myself about that.

Q.  How aware were you during your round of how things were going, that you were getting toward the top of the leaderboard?

SO YEON RYU:  So I cannot remember which hole it was, but probably it was hole nine, I made a bogey at that hole.  Then I looked at the leaderboard and the leader was still 12 under.  Is that right, 12 under?

Q.  About that point, yeah, because she didn’t fall off until later in her round.

SO YEON RYU:  So, I felt like okay, I’m grinding for finishing top‑3 or something, top‑5 or something.  Then probably hole 13 like all of a sudden my name was on the top.  I was like, what?  I was quite nervous at that point, but I feel like I still really enjoyed it.  I really enjoyed being in contention.  I really enjoyed all the talk with my caddie, you know, how I’m going to hit the shot, what could be the option, so I really enjoyed every single thing.

So I really appreciate how I played.  And then I’m not going to say I’m not disappointed, but I think I have bigger things to appreciate than only one thing disappointed.

Q.  And out of this you’re going to do a lot for giving back to the community here. 

SO YEON RYU:  Yeah, Australia is ‑‑ I feel like even though I’m Korean and even though I spent a lot of time in America, I feel like Australia’s like my second home.  I have a lot of Australian staff; my coach is Australian, my physio’s Australian and I’m surrounded by a lot of Aussies.  I came to Australia quite a lot to do winter training since I was 18.  I love Australia, you know, food, wine, coffee, but most importantly people are so nice.

I feel like without having like experience in Australia, I couldn’t be who I am these days, so I always really think about what Australia has been giving to me.  

Then I saw what happened in the bush fire, I was like, I want to do something.  Then I was thinking like what can I do.  I just had to like promise myself like I’m going to play really well and then I can ‑‑ I already like promised myself I’m going to donate half of the prize money, whatever, but I didn’t want to say anything to other people because I don’t want it to be like have too much pressure.  But even though I already made the decision, kind of like tough to doing it, but now I’m saying that because I still want to do it next week. 

So, that was my motivation to playing well, to donate more money.  I think the second‑place prize money is going to be I guess good enough money to donate it.

This is not just about me.  I hope I can be the inspiration to other people because it already has been almost a month, maybe people might forgot about it, so hopefully people keep thinking about this and keep willing to help Australia.

Q.  This will help your world ranking with the Olympics.  Is that on your mind?

SO YEON RYU:  Well, when I played I didn’t think about it, but right now if I think about it, yeah, it will help.  Then definitely playing the Olympics is my goal for 2020 season, but I think most important thing is I just need to live my life.  I feel like just golf became my everything last year and then I just lost a balance.  Even though I just kept saying I want to have a balance between golf and personal life, I think I was ‑‑ I think I was sort of like pretend to be like that but I didn’t really do it.  But this offseason I really felt like I just lived my life, and because I’m a professional golfer, I do my work and then I do my thing, then you feel much better.  So hopefully this mindset, I can keep this mindset and then hopefully this mindset going to take me to the Olympics.

Q.  Min Woo Lee, Vic Open champion, how does that sound?

MIN WOO LEE:  It sounds amazing.  I’m pretty proud of the way I played.  I thought coming in I had a really good chance because I was hitting it really good, but I think I impressed myself with the game this whole week.  So hopefully more of them over the next ‑‑ my whole career, hopefully.

Q.  Just the internal pressure you had to deal with today.  How did you cope with that?

MIN WOO LEE:  I think it was ‑‑ I mean, I felt really comfortable just because if I did exactly the same as what I did yesterday, I felt pretty hard to stop.  I started off really hot off the gate and it was pretty comfortable those last few holes.  Got a bit nervy, but yeah, pretty proud of the way I finished. 

Q.  Eighteen, fantastic approach and then a great way to finish in front of the crowds?

MIN WOO LEE:  Yeah, that tee shot was pretty nerve wracking.  I hit a 4‑iron instead of a 2‑iron today and still went pretty far.  Hit a 9‑iron and it ended up landing 164, which was the spot we were trying to land it and it went to the back and it was probably the easiest putt I could ask for. 

It’s been so special with the crowd right behind us.  I want to see that picture after.  It was pretty special.

Q.  Special moment having your sister come on the green afterward as well?

MIN WOO LEE:  Yeah, it was nice of her to come on.  I don’t know where the alcohol is, I’m sure ‑‑ I thought I was going to get sprayed with it, but no, it was awesome.

Q.  (inaudible) and the disappointment of losing your card.  Does something like this make it a little bit more sweeter?

MIN WOO LEE:  Yeah, I think I can just move on from that and be happy with where I am now.  I was fine with it afterwards, a little bit of a bummer, but this kind of makes everything so much better.  I’m looking forward to the rest of the season.

Q.  How much more special is it winning your first professional title at an event your sister’s already won twice?  

MIN WOO LEE:  Let’s just say home soil, not my sister.  It’s awesome.  Vic Open it’s the home open.  Especially as it’s the European Tour, it’s big.  I’m over the moon.

Q.  And that makes it even bigger really. 

MIN WOO LEE:  Yeah, my sister and I winning the same tournament, it’s pretty special.  I’ve got bragging rights now, so it’s even better.

Q.  Were you following Minjee’s progress throughout?

MIN WOO LEE:  I saw her score coming off 14, I saw the leaderboard, it showed 2 behind.  I don’t know what she finished.  What did she finish? 

Q.  Sixth.

MIN WOO LEE:  Pretty good job from her.  I think she was a bit too far behind today, but she played pretty good.

Q.  How did you sleep last night?  Were you envisioning that moment, sort of practising your speech, or how did you approach this?

MIN WOO LEE:  I got six and a half hours of sleep, which wasn’t too good, but I was so excited to play.  It wasn’t because I was nervous, I wanted to hit those shots over and over again.  I got pretty good rest.  And nice chip‑in on the first, which calmed a bit a few nerves.  Pretty over the moon happy.

Q.  Three birdies in the first four holes, you can hardly start better than that.

MIN WOO LEE:  Yeah, no, I mean, it was gettable.  The first hole was a bit of a bonus.  The second hole was a pretty easy par 5 downwind.  When you hit it 400‑yard and straight, so it was nice.  Yeah, you can’t ask for a better start.  Like you said, it’s awesome.

Q.  Would you change anything in terms of your intentions?  Do you think you’ll go and play a kind of full circuit in Europe or are you ultimately wanting to go to America still?

MIN WOO LEE:  Well, I can pick and choose now on the European Tour.  For this year I’m focusing on that.  I’m looking forward to it.  It was a bit tough over the last year and a bit because I had to go whenever I got the call up.  Yeah, it’s nice to pick a schedule.

Q.  Anything in mind to buy with the cash?

MIN WOO LEE:  Maybe a car.  I’m not sure.

Q.  Do you have a car?

MIN WOO LEE:  I use my sister’s car back home and that’s pretty good, but I might have a top off from that.

Q.  Stayed with the family this week.  Was home cooking the secret weapon? 

MIN WOO LEE:  Maybe.  I’ll play my next one and I’ll see.  I think it definitely made a difference.

Q.  You mentioned some nerves on 18, but throughout you seemed pretty calm.  Talk us through the emotions for the day.

MIN WOO LEE:  I hit one shot at a time.  It’s a cliché, but it’s just that.  You can’t really worry about anything else.  And I’m hitting it so good, so I’ll give myself nine out of 10 for ball‑striking this week.  Just coming into today I could just stay calm and just hit every shot the same as the last three days.  Yeah, pretty ‑‑ I was pretty calm until, you know, the last hole.  I wasn’t nervous or anything, just on my toes a little bit.  I thought it’s a par‑5, straight downwind, the ball’s not going to curve much off the tee, stripe one down there and I thought I had it in the bag from there.

Q.  Marcus Fraser, you shot 70 in winds like that, but you just couldn’t land enough blows on the young man.

MARCUS FRASER:  Yeah, he’s an impressive kid, that’s for sure.  He really deserves it, he played great all week, not only today.  We all know that the sky’s the limit for him.  I think this is just the start of big things.

Q.  How was your own game?  You obviously came in with a great birdie at the first, another one at the second.  You really tried to light it up to put some pressure on him.  You basically played pretty good, didn’t you?

MARCUS FRASER:  Yeah, I played great apart from maybe one poor tee shot.  I felt like I did everything right and was in control of myself and not the games thereabouts, but other things I’ve been working on really paid off today.  Very pleased and nice to be playing at that kind of level again.

Q.  I’m not sure where you’re going to finish, but what now for you after this, because this is the best you’ve played for quite a while I would imagine?

MARCUS FRASER:  Yeah, I think a pro‑am tomorrow, then we’re off to Toowoomba and a week off and then New Zealand.  I think that might get me to Oman, but I’m not too sure.  Assess things and have a look and see what we’re doing.

Q.  Everyone talks a lot about Min Woo.  You’ve seen him up close.  What is the kind of ceiling for him and what do you make of him?  It’s very obvious that he’s got the length.  Do you see anyone else?  Have you seen anyone like that before?

MARCUS FRASER:  The thing that stands out is he doesn’t have a weakness.  I think he’s got a great head on his shoulders, which is probably the most important thing.  I think he’s got the mind of a 40‑year‑old out there, someone who’s been out there for a long time.  He’ll be a top player in the world at some point, it’s just a matter of when he gets there, I think.  He’s got all the shots.  He’s very impressive.

Q.  Ryan, talk us through your 64.  That must be one of the best rounds you ever played?

RYAN FOX:  Yeah, comfortably probably the best round I’ve played in a tournament.  I would not have thought 64 was out there at the start of the day.  It looked like there’s a few good scores from the guys.  I think the only saving grace with this wind direction is you either play a hole straight down or straight into.  There’s not too many cross breezes.  I made a couple of eagles obviously, which was nice.  I hit a lot of shots inside sort of 15‑foot and made a couple of those, which is not really what you expect to do today.  I kind of never really felt like I was under any pressure out there, which in conditions like this, that’s always nice.  Looks like it’s going to be a couple short but I’m certainly not complaining.

Q.  You really decided to go for it, you went for everything?

RYAN FOX:  Yeah.  I thought today those into‑the‑wind holes are going to be tough, so I was going to take the downwind holes on big time.  I had a go at four and made eagle with a 2‑iron off the tee.  I had a crack at six, I missed it right but still wasn’t too bad.  Just chased a couple of flags, made a couple of bonus birdies, one on seven especially and on 16 as well.  Yeah, those are two holes you don’t really expect to birdie today.  There’s probably more bogeys there than birdies.  It was just one of those days, I hit every shot I saw and I holed a couple of putts, which is certainly nice.

Q.  And the shot in on 18, how far did you have in for your second shot there and what did you hit?

RYAN FOX:  I had 190 to the flag. 

Q.  Metres?

RYAN FOX:  Yeah, metres, and I hit 8‑iron, so it’s helping it.  The winds are slightly different than it has been the first couple days.  I think that second shot was more in but today it certainly played down.  It was a pretty much perfect number to the front and it landed exactly where I wanted it to, managed to hang on.  It was a tricky little putt, actually one of those left‑to‑right putts that break right to left in the wind and I’ve been putting well all day and it was nice to see it go in.

Q.  Looked like the ball was bobbing around, you had to back away a couple times?

RYAN FOX:  Yeah, I got a gust when I got over it the first time.  I’m normally pretty quick over it.  Backed away and tried to go in again and it was bobbing all over the place and I thankfully got to hit it when it wasn’t so windy. 

Q.  You must be looking forward to some rest?

RYAN FOX:  Yeah, I’ve got a couple of fishing trips booked in for next week already.  I’m very much looking forward to rest.  I’ve only got a week off and then Mexico and New Zealand Open.  It will be a pretty nice week off.  I think this is my first top‑10 in almost a year so I’ll certainly take that.  Never know what can happen down the stretch.  I don’t want to wish bad on Min at all but there is a couple of tough holes.  I certainly won’t be leaving the golf course now, that’s for sure.

Q.  So, just how was the day today?

MINJEE LEE:  I think a little bit disappointing to finish, but I did get to eight at one point.  I just feel like I sort of, I don’t know, just let an opportunity slip pretty much.  Yeah, I mean, a little bit disappointed, but first tournament back I think I’m doing all right.

Q.  And the support was great for you out there.

MINJEE LEE:  Yeah, for sure.  It was great all week.  There was a lot of little kids out there.  Even though it was windy, a lot of people came out to watch, so it was really nice.

Q.  Your mum’s been running from different holes to different holes trying to keep up with the two siblings.  How’s that been?

MINJEE LEE:  Good, good.  Hopefully he’s doing well still.  I’m going to try to catch him.  Yeah, it’s good.  I’m sure my mum and my dad have been busy going back and forth.

Q.  Were you keeping tabs on him out there?

MINJEE LEE:  Just on the leaderboard here and there, mostly on the back.  I didn’t really see any on the front.

Q.  Did you say anything to him last night?  You must be staying together.  Did you say anything ‑‑

MINJEE LEE:  No.

Q.  Give him any advice?

MINJEE LEE:  No.  We were just way too tired yesterday to even speak to each other.  We just went to bed.

Q.  So, it had to be absolutely awesome to see your brother get that win.  What was that like?

MINJEE LEE:  Yeah, I was super, super proud of him.  It was like really cool to just even be here with him and even watch him the last two holes that I got to watch.  Just to see him play, I haven’t really seen him play that much.  So, to be able to have a win here is really cool.

Q.  And you have family here, mom and grandma, I heard?

MINJEE LEE:  Yep.

Q.  So, what were their reactions?

MINJEE LEE:  They probably cried.  But yeah, I think they followed most of the round with him, so that was cool.  I’m sure they ‑‑ it’s their first time seeing him win, so it would have been pretty special for everyone.

Q.  A solid round, double bogey on the third.  How did you recover from that?

LINNEA STROM:  Well, yeah, I did not have the best start today, but after three holes my caddie looked at me and he said, “After the round today, I just want you to feel like you have gave it all.”  So after that I just tried to recharge and just take one hole at a time.  It’s so windy out there, I just tried to stay calm and just hit every shot as good as possible.  I think I managed pretty well finishing 4 under on the back, the last 10 holes, so happy with that.

Q.  Fantastic back nine.  You were 4 over yesterday on the same course in gusty winds.  How did you turn that around today?

LINNEA STROM:  I know.  I think what I bring with me from yesterday is just my game felt pretty good, I just was a little bit unlucky and I just didn’t get any putts to drop.  And then also yesterday I knew how scores were, so today I just tried to focus and just play as good as I could and then see what’s going to happen at the end.

Q.  Well, you finished just shy of the clubhouse leader.  How do you sum up your tournament?

LINNEA STROM:  Yeah, I kind of saw the scoreboard on 17 and I obviously wanted to finish with birdie on 18.  Had a great drive, I only had a 9‑iron into the green, but mis‑hit it a little.  But overall I’m very happy with this weak and I think I managed to play well and I’m happy how I handled myself during the weekend.

Q.  Robin, eight shots better than yesterday.  You must be really happy to end the tournament on that note?

ROBIN SCIOT-SIEGRIST:  For sure.  I think I learned from yesterday.  You know, I thought I got angry quite quick.  The conditions were tough and I think today I tried to like keep it cooler and things went my way, too.  Yeah, it was a great day, I’m happy to finish on that.

Q.  Second top‑10 of the season.  You must be really pleased with how the year started out for you?

ROBIN SCIOT-SIEGRIST:  Yeah, for sure.  I mean, yeah, just starting the year, I know points are important, big points.  So yeah, two top‑10s in four tournaments, yeah, I’m really happy.  And I’m again really happy to put points really pretty quickly on the board, you know, because I need it.

Q.  A couple weeks off before Oman and Qatar back to back.  Anything you’re working on in particular while you’re back home?

ROBIN SCIOT-SIEGRIST:  Well, I thought about maybe working on my shots into the wind because I struggled a little bit even though the conditions were tough.  But no, I’m coming back Monday night, I’m leaving Wednesday for Morocco, I’m going to stay there for one week because my coach is there and just going to, you know, practise and continue to grind on the right things.

Q.  So you survived today, very tough day.  What were the conditions like for you today?

INTERPRETER:  Her condition today was all right, but she three‑putted the first green and then after that she kind of set her mind again back to start and got many birdies after that, yeah.

Q.  The wind definitely picked up mid round.  What’s that mental challenge of it starting off fairly calm and then picking up like this?

INTERPRETER:  Yesterday’s round was windy all the way through and so just hitting ‑‑ like playing yesterday’s round helped a lot get used to the wind, and practiced after yesterday’s round at the range when it was really windy, that also helped a lot today.

Q.  Your birdie on 18 puts you one stroke off the lead.  Were you aware of what was going on around you and what that birdie might mean?

INTERPRETER:  So she saw the scoreboard until the lead was at 9 under and then she just saw the board when she came up to the 18th green, so she was like, I must make this putt or else I’m going to regret it.

Q.  How long was the putt?  I didn’t get to see it, I’m sorry.  Four feet?  Okay.  So now you have to wait.  How do you pass the time?  What do you do right now?

INTERPRETER:  So she’s supposed to rush to the airport right now to catch our flight, but she’s going to wait around and watch the scores and if there’s any like possibilities, potential, she’s going to wait around or else we’re going to …

Q.  I definitely recommend you wait.  Perfect, thank you.

Q.  Madelene, from that perspective, that looked like a frustrating day.  In your own words, how do you sum up that round?

MADELENE SAGSTROM:  I think frustrating is pretty good.  No, it was more, it was a grind.  It started from the start.  You’re like, okay, this will be interesting.  But I kept grinding.  Got a little bit upset on 17, bad mistake when I finally was on a green for a birdie putt.  It was a grind.

Q.  How’s it feel when you’re put on the clock?  What does that add to the stress of your game?

MADELENE SAGSTROM:  Not too much because I knew we were right behind the guys.  We were right behind them on 14, so we were going to catch up eventually.  Not too bad.

Q.  You’ve still got a smile on your face, it means you still enjoyed yourself?

MADELENE SAGSTROM:  I actually have figured it out, so I think smiling is my coping mechanism instead of me getting angry or frustrated.  At one point I was like, what am I going to do?  I’m just going to laugh about it because it was just so difficult, especially making the turn.  So smiling.

Q.  You’re in a brilliant position ahead of the final day.  You go into tomorrow with the experience of already knowing what you have to do.  How will you approach that?

MADELENE SAGSTROM:  Well, I’m just happy to be in this position again.  I mean, winning a couple weeks ago and then being here again, I think it’s a brilliant opportunity to just keep working on myself and keep working on my game, and if I stay strong I might have a chance.

Q.  (Inaudible.) 

MADELENE SAGSTROM:  I hope so.  You’ve got to learn somehow, right?

Q.  So you made it, you’re done, a little sandy, a little windy, but just one stroke off the lead now.  How do you describe the day?  It was a long one.

MADELENE SAGSTROM:  Definitely a long day.  I think around seven, eight, I was like are we actually going to make it?  I was like am I going to get a ball in the hole today?  But it was definitely a grind out there.  It was really, really difficult and then the breeze got so, so hard.  I mean, I think I hit a 4‑iron from 140 yards, so it got breezy.

Q.  How do you manage that mentally, physically out there when you’re having to balance so much going on around you?

MADELENE SAGSTROM:  Well, I think that I kind of got in my own head a little bit after a few misses.  I think I missed on seven, so I got a little bit in my own head and was like no, no, no, stop, stop, stop, like you’re still in this, you still need to grind here, like if you let go now, you’re going to shoot a million over par.  So I decided nope, let’s start over, let’s keep fighting, and eventually I just started laughing because it got ridiculous, so just deal with it and just do the best I can. 

Q.  Just walk us through your last two holes with the bogey there on 17 and then the great birdie here to finish on 18.

MADELENE SAGSTROM:  No, I didn’t hit a great shot on 17 but it ended up great, so I was actually really excited because I fought for a lot of pars earlier in the round, especially on the back nine.  So I was really excited about actually having a chance, but then I lost the speed of the greens because I only putted in the windy conditions.  A little bit of both, bail out with the putt I would say.  And then on 18, Dave said, “I still think it’s a driver,” and I said I’m not sure it’s a driver.  I just had 7‑iron in, so just committed to my target and let the wind take it.

Q.  So you’re going to go into the final round one stroke off the lead with Ayean Cho, playing with her.  What will be the strategy tomorrow?  First time in a while you’ve been behind but not far behind at all, still in contention. 

MADELENE SAGSTROM:  I think we’re in for a windy one tomorrow, too.  Hopefully not as bad as today, but I think it’s going to still be windy.  I’m just going to stick to my own game plan, just try and hit good shots and then hopefully it’s going to be enough.