An Interview With Anna Rawson
Anna Rawson, 5-under par (32-35=67)
Hole 11, 373-yard par 4: birdie, pitching wedge to four feet
Hole 13, 486-yard par 5: birdie, pitching wedge to six feet
Hole 14, 139-yard par 3: birdie, 6-iron to 16 feet
Hole 17, 155-yard par 3: birdie, 8-iron to two feet
Hole 3, 352-yard par 4: bogey, drove far right, chipped in two-putt about 20 feet
Hole 6, 502-yard par 5: birdie, 52-degree wedge to four feet
Hole 9, 373-yard par 4: birdie, 8-iron to 15 feet
JASON TAYLOR: Anna, thanks for joining us today. Great round today, you are leading right now in the clubhouse and season-low opening round for you this year as well. How do you think you played today?
ANNA RAWSON: I played great. I just hit fairways and I hit it close a lot, and then I made the putts. I've kind of been playing that way for the last four weeks and I haven't been making any putts. I think the new putter that I got on Monday really helped.
Q. This is kind of random, but how many hats do you have, and what kind of hat is that?
ANNA RAWSON: The hat's Eric Jarvis, and it's the only one I own because they're too expensive. Yeah, I found it when I was just shopping one day. I'm always looking for -- trying to protect my skin. I don't want to age obviously, and a bit worried about skin cancer because I grew up in the sun in Australia. I think it's from New York.
Q. How many hats do you rotate?
ANNA RAWSON: Not that many. I've been wearing this basically the whole time. If it's windy -- this week I have three with me. So not many, but...
Q. Talk a little bit more about your driving. Several of those holes that you birdied need pretty accurate shots off the tee. Talk a little bit more about that.
ANNA RAWSON: Yeah, it's funny. Like I didn't hit it that great in the Pro-Am yesterday, so when I went to the driving range this morning I really focused on my setup. I think I get a bit lazy and I don't put the ball position in the same spot every time.
Sometimes I'm too far forward. I just thought, you know, stay really still over it and just really concentrate on having a really good athletic setup. I think that was the key, because every time I picked the line I was -- if I missed it I was five yards left or right of the line.
Yeah, that's the key on this course and I knew it. I just kind of had no fear because the misses -- if you miss the fairway, I was just planning to miss in the bunkers. I thought, If you're still in the fairway bunker you still got a chance.
So I kind of just wasn't really worried about it. I think hitting it so bad in the practice round and the Pro-Am really helped.
Q. What's your passion? Is it golf or is it modeling?
ANNA RAWSON: Definitely golf. I think my biggest passion in general is people. I love people, so it's funny that I chose an individual sport.
But I love competing. It's fun to see how good you can do and how low you can shoot. I love the nervous feeling that you get.
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