iG Fall Issue: Q&A At The Open With Kira Meixner
Last Updated on Monday, 22 October 2007 05:29 Thursday, 06 September 2007 06:38
Talk about your strategy at Mayfair...
I had a different strategy on day two… I just played more aggressively and went for more pins than I did on the first day. It gave me a lot more chances for birdie. I didn’t make a lot of them but I wound up with some easy pars. That’s how I should play most of the time unless there’s a significant reason not to.
How much do you owe to the RCGA?
It would be much more difficult for me to be here without the RCGA
because they offered me an exemption and also the British Amateur
earlier this year. So, I’m grateful to be able to play here, it’s my
second Canadian Open and I think it’s a terrific opportunity and
experience.
What’s next?
I have one more year at Kent State in Ohio, so I head back next week
and begin our fall season. I am just going to try and keep my game up
and I have some things to work on, hopefully we’ll have a successful
season.
What’s changed since you were a junior?
I have a different outlook. When I started and tried to get a
scholarship, there weren’t many girls trying and the opportunity was
there. I think now it’s becoming more competitive and I see more girls
and women playing competitively. I think in my age group there are a
lot of girls coming up… the younger girls are getting stronger and the
future looks great.
Glen Erickson is the BC Interior Regional Publisher for Inside Golf and has also written for iG for the past four years.
