ミッシェル・ウィー、３位タイでフィニッシュ。

ミッシェル・ウィが3位フィニッシュ！横峯さくら大健闘の11位タイでした。

米国女子ツアー第2戦「フィールズ・オープンin Hawaii」の最終日。

ハワイ州のオアフ島にあるコオリナGC。

ミッシェル・ウィは、最終日に猛チャージ。バーディ発進から、1つボギー、「66」でフィニッシュ。



プレーオフ参加には1打及ばずの、通算−13で、単独3位でした。

また、横峯さくらチャンは、2つスコアを伸ばし、通算−8の11位タイ。

宮里藍チャンは通算−6の24位タイ。

相変わらず、韓国勢の強さが目立ちますね。
もちろん、ミッシェル・ウィーも韓国出身です。
彼女の、冷静なプレイが戻ってきました。
長く低迷することはないだろうという、大方の見方があたりましたが、早速、アメリカでは、それならいつ、優勝するかで騒いでいます。

ＬＰＧＡのミッシェル・ウィーへのインタビューを引用しておきます。

スコア

順位 選手名 通算 合計
1 M.リー -14 202
2 S.H.リー -14 202
3 M.ウィ -13 203
4 N.ガルビス ほか -11 205
11 横峯さくら ほか -8 208
24 宮里　藍 ほか -6 210
34 大山志保 ほか -4 212
49 諸見里しのぶ ほか -2 214
55 服部道子 ほか -1 215
69 茂木宏美 +3 219

Michelle Wie, 67-70-66=203 (-13)

PAUL ROVNAK: Michelle, thanks for coming in and speaking to us. Great tournament, you finished 13 under. You played very well today with a 66. Talk about your the tournament and your high finish.
MICHELLE WIE: I played awesome today. I felt I played very solid today, but unfortunately, not the way I wanted it to turn out. I'm happy with the way I played. I played solid and I know what to work on for the next tournament so I feel ready.

今日は、プレイをするのが怖かったし、孤独でした。

Q. How closely were you following what was going on at the end there with the leaderboard and the changes?
MICHELLE WIE: Not really that closely. Basically I was checking out what time it was. My watch is so cool. I was asking my caddie, "Do you know what time it is?" The scoreboard, I didn't pay that much attention to. Fortunately when I looked up at the scoreboard they didn't really show the score much. It was only showing like the 14th place score and that. Toward the end I saw the scoreboard and I was tied for the lead and I thought, Right on. I felt comfortable out there it was very nice.

スコアボードは、見てないんです。
時間をしりたかったのです。
でも、最後に見たら、リーダーと一緒だったので嬉しかったです。

Q. You talked a little bit about the crowd on TV. What was your sense that you were getting from them?
MICHELLE WIE: It was awesome. The positive energy I received from the crowd today was awesome. I felt like I basically knew half the people in the gallery. It was awesome. Just the people following me, rooting for me, especially walking down the 18th hole. It felt awesome.

たくさんのギャラリーが見ているのは、怖いです。

Q. Was it on 16 you knew you were tied or somewhere else?
MICHELLE WIE: I think it was 16.

Q. And you saw that from the scoreboard?
MICHELLE WIE: Mmhm.

Q. How do you like what you did today? Of course a lot of people counted the strokes yesterday and said, I don't know if she's going to be able to do it tomorrow. Your showing today proved otherwise.
MICHELLE WIE: I felt awesome that I came back from a kind of soso round yesterday and my game was very solid today. I felt like I was nailing every putt, every shot and I think that's very important for the next tournament, the confidence that I have.

とにかく、怖くて孤独ってことです。

Q. What did Turner and Morgan say to you at the end of 18 when you guys all hugged and everything?
MICHELLE WIE: They said "good job" and "nice round" and stuff like that. They were very encouraging. It was very nice.

一緒に回ったモーガン・プレッセルたちと、祝福しあったのですね。

Q. Did you have fun playing with Morgan?
MICHELLE WIE: Yes, it was great. She is a nice girl. She played good. Carla struggled a bit at the end, but she's a very talented player. I think she'll do really well this year.

Q. Do you think that's a big part of it, the metal strategy? Now you're really starting to hone in on your game. Just what you do mentally, is that a big part for you?
MICHELLE WIE: Yes, I think so. The mental part of the game is very important in golf, especially because it's four and a half, five hours long and you have a lot of breaks in between the shots. And I think the mental part of the game was very was a very important part, and hopefully I can get better as I get older and have more experience under my belt.

メンタリティーこそ、大切ってことだ。うん。

Q. Your next event is the Nabisco, which is four or five weeks from now. Anything you'll work on between now and then? And how difficult is it to play well when you have such gaps in between?
MICHELLE WIE: Well, with this round I want to play next week because I feel I'm right on my game. I'll work on my driver, my short game, wedges, putting, I can improve on that. And I have a lot to work on. I'm looking forward to working on it for the Kraft.

次は、ナビスコです。

Q. How nice would it have been to have won here and not have to listen to that anymore?
MICHELLE WIE: Well, I mean, there is a lot of whatif, whatif, would have been, it would be nice. I would have been awesome if I had won, but unfortunately it didn't happen this week, but hopefully it will happen in the next one.

Q. Was there a point when you and Morgan were going on and you thought this is what it's going to be like for the next 5, 10, 15 years?
MICHELLE WIE: That really never crossed my mind. I was focused on making birdies. I was focused on the present. It's hard to think about what's going to happen, 10, 15 years down the road.

目標は、バーディをとるだけよ。