Brittany Lincicome, 67-72-67-72=278 (-10)
Scorecard: Hole 7, 303-yard par 4: bogey – sand wedge to edge of the green (92 feet), three putt
Hole 9, 492-yard par 5: birdie – gap wedge from the back of the green to one foot
Hole 10, 528-yard par 5: birdie – sand wedge out of bunker to right of green, chip to seven feet
Hole 13, 408-yard par 4: bogey – after taking an unplayable, 6-iron from 160 yards to 25 feet for bogey
Hole 14, 387-yard par 4: birdie – 6-iron from 170 yards to 15 feet
Hole 18, 421-yard par 4: bogey – 9-iron from 104 yards to 10 feet, two putt

DANA GROSS RHODE: Brittany, congratulations on your second LPGA career win. At one point actually after number eight, you were six strokes back and came back to win. So just talk about the whole day starting four strokes back and just plugging away with Lorena and Laura in that group.
BRITTANY LINCICOME: You know, I just tried to stay patient. My caddie, Greg (Johnston), had already said that it was going to be: Just take your par, stay patient and we did. I didn't really get off to a good start and was kind of getting frustrated. We just made sure that I worked on my swing and that I stayed patient and just made pars, and it worked out for me.

Q. When you play in the wind, what's the one thing you try to burn into your brain about playing in the wind?
BRITTANY LINCICOME: Don't swing hard. Even professionals, being a professional, you always want to swing hard in the wind—that’s the one thing you tell amateurs, don't swing hard because it's into the wind; it doesn't go farther. Just made sure I kept myself calm, made the same swing and kept good tempo.

Q. Sorting through all that happened, hard to find a moment, but it seemed like that bogey putt you made after the penalty drop maybe kept the wheels from coming off because you would have been backpedaling at a time when they were comfortably ahead.
BRITTANY LINCICOME: That was huge. That putt saved me and there were a couple more par putts coming in I had to make, especially the one on 17, the par 5. That was a huge putt, also. My putter definitely saved me this week, the whole week.

Q. What are you going to do with all that money?
BRITTANY LINCICOME: That money is probably already being invested, and I will never see it. (Laughing.)

Q. When you are out there in those conditions what is the degree of difficulty? What does even par equal?
BRITTANY LINCICOME: A 65. It was so windy; that's probably the strongest wind I have ever played in in my life. We thought Hawaii was pretty strong wind, but today definitely was a lot stronger. Trying to keep the ball in the right line, and you think you hit a great shot, like on the par 3, 16, I thought I hit a great shot there and staring it down and it comes out 10 yards short. I thought it was the perfect club, perfect shot and just the wind ate it up. Strong wind.

Q. If I'm not make mistaken, Laura was sort of one of your idols growing up, and then you're playing with her; and Lorena is poised to take over number one in the Rolex Rankings if she wins. I just wonder your emotions, on winning with going up against those guys.
BRITTANY LINCICOME: Both those girls, Lorena is just a total sweetheart. And Laura is calling me Sign Girl now because when I was 12, I carried her standard at the JC Penney Classic. So she is now calling me Sign Girl. So every time I see her, it's a joke now. It's fun to have her there and seeing her play well. She has not played wall in a while, so it was great to see her play good and be there with me.

Q. What year was that and how old were you then?
BRITTANY LINCICOME: I have no idea. I'm 21.

Q. How old were you then?
BRITTANY LINCICOME: 12. I did it for like four years. It was the JC Penney Classic, the mixed team, her and John Daly. I had to watch them play because they hit it far.

Q. Did they win; do you remember?
BRITTANY LINCICOME: I don't remember.

Q. That's where you learned to hit it far.
BRITTANY LINCICOME: Exactly. Exactly. Always had to pick them.

Q. Was there a point where you thought they might stop play; were balls oscillating?
BRITTANY LINCICOME: They were definitely moving. You noticed a couple of times we backed off of them you could tell the ball—it obviously didn't move its position, but you could tell it was definitely wavering a little bit. We backed off quite a few putts today, which was kind of annoying because you're getting up there, you're ready to go, you've got the line, and then you have to back off.

Q. Going back to the first question you were asked, when you were six down with 10 holes to go, at any level did you think, ‘This is gone,’ particularly with the way Lorena was playing?
BRITTANY LINCICOME: Oh, yeah, third place was going to be a great score, to come in third. I can't even describe it. I just tried to stay patient and it paid off.

Q. Does this mean more than the Match Play victory, that this was a full field?
BRITTANY LINCICOME: I think it means more just because I had—especially going all the way to the 18th hole and having to make good swings, good shots coming in; to be behind. At HSBC Women’s World Match Play Championship, Juli (Inkster) had already played 18 holes in the morning; I think that's why she didn't play so well. This win definitely means more because it means I had to work for it and make good shots and make a lot of good putts coming in.

Q. How tapped are you physically right now after you were supposed to tee off, 9:30 ish and you finished at 6:15.
BRITTANY LINCICOME: I definitely got up around 6:15 this morning, so definitely getting tired. I have to go to a Pro Am dinner after this.

Q. How important has Greg been to you—it’s only been a short time, but have you noticed a difference, has it helped you having him with you?
BRITTANY LINCICOME: Definitely. I can't say anything bad because Dad is standing in the back. (Laughter) I have to watch what I say here.
Greg, he just knows all the golf courses, except this one. I had played here before and he didn't play here last year. So I was like: ‘You don't want to hit it here, you don't want to hit it there.’ He was laughing the whole time because I was telling him what to do.

But to pick the right club, to know the carry on the bunkers, to know where to hit it, where not to hit it, to be able to read the greens, and he's a phenomenal green reader. He definitely helped me the last hole. He wanted to hit pitching wedge and I wanted to hit 9 iron. He saved me the tournament there.

Q. How did that relationship come about? We know that all of a sudden he was unemployed …
BRITTANY LINCICOME: Right. It just kind of happened. I mentioned to like Annika's caddie or something about Greg would be a great guy to have or whatever. He was like, well, he's looking, he definitely is thinking about you, so I just got the nerve up one day and asked him because he was unemployed.
So, I think he was looking for somebody young and coming up, so I fit well with him and he definitely fits well with me just because he knows a lot of information. It's a good mix.

Q. At what point did you think you had a chance to win?
BRITTANY LINCICOME: At least 15 or 16, through there, when she was having a couple problems and coming back to me. I was trying to make birdies. The wind was so strong and just pushed the ball so bad. It was kind of funny. You had to laugh about it.

Q. You showed Laura the line on 17, and I know you're probably already at that point thinking about 18, but how stunning was that to you, that not only did she miss, but missed it bad?
BRITTANY LINCICOME: Unfortunate. I was rooting for her the whole day. If anybody was going to win, I was hoping it was going to be her. She has not been at the top in a while and it was just nice to see her play well and see a smile on her face. After that happened it was just kind of—I was crying inside for her.

Q. There's a pretty solid list of up and coming Americans and usually the ones that are talked about are Paula and Pressel and Wie, and sometimes they remember to mention your name.
BRITTANY LINCICOME: They are going to have to now. (Laughter).

Q. That's kind of my point. I know you sort of come in through—you’ve been kind of a blue collar kid, public school and the whole nine yards, I guess you probably belong in the discussion now.
BRITTANY LINCICOME: I hope so. It's fun to see my name up there. We were driving in here and seeing all of the flags with girls' pictures on it and mine wasn't up there.

Q. Next year.
BRITTANY LINCICOME: Maybe next year. Kind of frustrating a little bit, because I work as hard as they do and I'm as friendly as they are and I try to do the right things that they do and I just don't get out there as well.
Obviously their agents are a little bit bigger than mine so I'm sure that's where they are marketable. Hopefully after this week I'll see my name out there. It's exciting.

Q. You have more wins right now than Morgan (Pressel), Michelle (Wie) and (Natalie) Gulbis combined.
BRITTANY LINCICOME: Their agent is doing something right. I have to go talk to my agent about that. (Laughter).
They are going to have to now. Obviously if I play well, they are going to have to write about me or put my picture up. I'm not going to go to the press and be like, you didn't write about me today or put my picture up or whatever. We just try to go out and play as good as I can possibly play and they will have to.

Q. When we asked you yesterday about what could happen with conditions, we didn't know it would be this bad, but you talked a little bit and said par would be a sensational score. Did you on any level believe 72 would win it?
BRITTANY LINCICOME: No. Never a thought. Last week, two weeks ago at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, Greg said, even par could win it tournament if you just stay patient. Didn't believe it then, definitely didn't believe it today. With the wind, honestly, you were out there; it was incredible. I had never seen it blow so hard, ever.

DANA GROSS RHODE: Talking about young players, you and Morgan are the only two that are the automatic qualifiers to the ADT Championship this season. What does that mean to you?
BRITTANY LINCICOME: That's actually huge because I talked to Kyumin last year about getting a different room on the beach and he said you either have to win a major or win early. So hopefully … That’s just exciting. That was a really fun tournament, how beautiful it was out there, to stay on the beach and the dinners and stuff. It was just really a lot of fun, so it's fun to be in. I wanted to be in the suite like Pat Hurst had with like two beds and it was huge. It was beautiful.

Q. You get a room upgrade, you get your picture hung up; what's next?
DANA GROSS RHODE: You get to stay at Canyon Ranch. Canyon Ranch gives an all inclusive stay for two at one of their resorts. You win that, as well.
BRITTANY LINCICOME: So who wants to go? Life is great. (Laughter).

Q. What will you do now?
BRITTANY LINCICOME: I have two weeks off which I am very excited for. So obviously I'm going to take a couple of days off. I was actually talking to the head pro about coming up early next week to play here. So be back here and just take a lot of lessons with my coach over there and get back to it. There's always something we can work on.

Q. Did you think that Laura and Lorena had a lot of pressure?
BRITTANY LINCICOME: Maybe a little bit, because Lorena is such a great, steady player and she kind of got off her game a little bit. I don't know if she just started thinking about being number one. Laura on 17, just rushed her a little bit, she has not been in contention for a while. So that could very well be what happened. I honestly don't know though.

Q. Annika might be slipping you a little money later on today, too.
BRITTANY LINCICOME: We're in cahoots together. (Laughter).

DANA GROSS RHODE: What's your coach's name?
BRITTANY LINCICOME: Matt Mitchell.
 

Lorena Ochoa, 66-66-70-77=279 (-9)
Scorecard: Hole 3, 518-yard par 5: birdie – ball went long over green onto back fringe in two, two-putt from 35 feet
Hole 5, 176-yard par 3: birdie – 5-wood to two feet
Hole 6, 415-yard par 4: bogey – 3-putt
Hole 13, 408-yard par 4: double bogey – 7-wood rolled off green to left side, chip rolled back to same area, three-putt
Hole 15, 340-yard par 4: bogey – 7-iron over green on right side, missed 15-foot par putt
Hole 16, 194-yard par 3: bogey – 4-iron rolled right into divot near drain, chip to 10 feet, missed green
Hole 18, 421-yard par 4: double bogey – drive into left rough, 3-wood short of green into right bunker, 8-iron back into rough, 9-iron to 10 feet, missed putt

PAM WARNER: Lorena, thanks for coming in and joining us. Your second runner up finish here at the Ginn Open and in some pretty tough conditions weather conditions out there. Can you just talk about your round today and your finish?
LORENA OCHOA: Yes, hello. Yeah, the conditions were tough today. I think especially being such a long day, you had to kind of be able to just be patient. And it was really windy, so you expect to make some mistakes on some holes.
I was very happy and very pleased with my front nine. I played really good, solid golf and really close to make birdie on No. 9 and close to make birdie on No. 10.

Then on 13, the par 4, I thought I hit a pretty good tee shot and I found myself in a really bad lie in the rough, high rough and I hit a really good 7 wood, tried to put it up on the green and it just rolled down to the left, I didn't even know those big holes are on the side of the greens. You know, like just the way we practiced and the way we played it was completely different today. I just put myself in tough positions.

I cannot tell you what happened at the end, just one thing after another one and I keep trying to be positive.

And on 18, I thought just give myself a chance, going into a playoff would be good enough and just take advantage of the opportunity if everything came close on the 18th. Going in the bunker thought I could give myself a chance to go at the hole there and rather than be middle of the green and 2 putt for bogey, but it rolled back to the edge and it was in the high rough. So it was really difficult to get up and down, and it didn't happen.

Q. What's the hardest thing about playing in the wind for you; is it mental or physical or both?
LORENA OCHOA: Mental. You know, physical, there's nothing different. You are up there I think everything is in your mind, in your head. If you get frustrated, if you lose your confidence, and then once you get over the ball, it just feels horrible with so much wind.

Q. You backed off several putts today, was that because you were afraid the ball was going to move or just because it was so hard to steady yourself in the wind?
LORENA OCHOA: Both. A couple of times I think it's kind of like the same reason, you get over the putt and maybe it moves, and kind of waiting for a good time to putt.

Q. Given what was at stake today, knowing what was at stake today, when was the last time you were this disappointed coming off a golf course; maybe the U.S. Open a couple of years ago at Cherry Hills, or is this one going to be the hardest one you've had to swallow for a while?
LORENA OCHOA: No, I can't remember it's just a different feeling. I didn't like Hawaii my second week, I felt a lot worse than today.
You know, it's just hard to describe. But it was just not meant to be. I tried really hard and I was calm and thought I was going to be the one that had a chance, and, you know, I mean, she also made a bogey on 18 and still won the tournament like I don't know, I really don't know.

But I'm okay. If I look back, I came to the States, played three weeks in Phoenix, won a tournament, (Kraft) Nabisco (Championship) Top 10 and here second place. I'm just going to try to be positive and hopefully I will just try to learn from what happened today and not take it too hard on myself. And next week, in a couple of weeks, it's a big tournament for me (in Mexico). So hopefully I have a new approach and can win that tournament.

Q. I wonder if you could just talk about Brittany (Lincicome) a little, you've played with her enough I'm sure. She did shoot par today in pretty tough conditions, just wonder what you think of her and her game and how far she's come over the years.
LORENA OCHOA: Well, I think obviously she's a very strong player, a very aggressive player. She's known as a player that made birdie, bogey, birdie, bogey and all of the sudden she will make like five, six birdies in a row and that means that, you know, she has the game.

You know, if she learns to be a little more patient, a little more smart, and sometimes if she stops making those mistakes and those bogeys, she's going to be a really good player. You know, she has a lot of potential. I played with her before and she's a tough girl. I'm sure she's going to do well. She has great help from Greg, her caddie, and it was just good to be around them and congratulations to both of them. They tried really hard.

Q. Was there a point during the round with the wind that you thought it was almost unplayable?
LORENA OCHOA: Yes. Especially the sand would come out of the bunker and just really hit us. We were talking about, you know, how hard it is to golf in the wind, if she should stop play the greens being soft, that helped a little bit but also and we didn't have many balls that rolled on the green. So I guess it was playable. You know, tough conditions, it proves who is the best player and today it was Brittany for sure.

Q. When you look back or when you think about the chair, the penalty
LORENA OCHOA: No, that penalty, you make six birdies and it would be a different story or maybe if I didn't make that double bogey. No, today just on the back nine I just lost it. It doesn't feel good. I have a lot of emotions.

Q. Between the wind and the six hour round, how exhausted are you?
LORENA OCHOA: No, I'm okay. I will feel that later. With the emotions and, it feels good to be in the last group and feel the pressure and be really excited. I didn't want to be here tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, but unfortunately I'm going home.

Q. Are you able to keep the No. 1 thing out of your while you were playing? Or was that in there bouncing at all at any point?
LORENA OCHOA: I didn't even think about it. I was just worried about the tournament.

Q. After a finish like this, does it take a couple of weeks to think back on it?
LORENA OCHOA: No. Tomorrow, you know, you cannot afford to just keep thinking about it and punish yourself. I'm okay. I don't know exactly what I'm going to do right now but I'm sure I'm going to be 100% with my game and my mind in a couple of weeks.
 

Laura Davies, 66-66-70-79=281 (-7)
Scorecard: Hole 8, 406-yard par 4: bogey – 3-iron from 194 yards, chip onto green to 10 feet, missed putt
Hole 10, 528-yard par 5: birdie – 4-iron from 208 yards right of green; chip to three feet
Hole 11, 365-yard par 4: bogey – chip from back of the green to 45 feet, three putt
Hole 14, 387-yard par 4: bogey – chip out of trees to edge of the green, chip to 10 feet, two putt
Hole 17, 508-yard par 5: double bogey – middle wedge from 101 yards; chip onto green to eight feet, three putt
Hole 18, 421-yard par 4: triple bogey – driver into the bunker, went bunker-to-bunker, hit to edge of the green, chip to 30 feet, three putt

Q. Is there disappointment with your finish today?
LAURA DAVIES: Well, it was the wind really because I had a nice number, 112, a pitching wedge into 17, and I hit it a little bit too hard, and it rode the wind. I hit a good chip, and then, a three-putt on these greens, as windy as it is, it’s possible to do it. But what a bad time to do it. Then I got unlucky at the last. (On the green), it didn’t make any difference. Even a one-putt wouldn’t have won it. I played really well. I played well on a Sunday in really hard conditions.

Q. Would you re-think the decision to go for the green on 18 in two from the bunker?
LAURA DAVIES: Not really, because that’s the way I play. My strength is not laying up to the middle, then hitting a wedge and holing a putt. My strength is hitting a 2-iron up over the lip and getting it to 15 feet and making it and winning the tournament. That’s what I come here to do, and it didn’t work out. To be honest, I played well. I played really well.