I wanted to bawl my eyes out. I was terrified. I felt like I had no idea what I was getting myself into.
"Christina Kim" is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour (LET). She is known for her animated style of play, flamboyant dress, and outgoing personality.
Kim competed in eight events in 2001 on the Futures Tour and made three cuts and a tied for second once. Shortly after her 18th birthday, Kim turned professional and competed on the 2002 Futures Tour for prize money. Kim missed just one cut in 18 starts with 12 top-ten finishes. She won her first event as a professional in August 2002 - the Hewlett-Packard Garden State FUTURES Summer Classic in a six-hole playoff over future LPGA Tour star Lorena Ochoa. Kim was second to Ochoa on the money list and both earned LPGA Tour cards for 2003 LPGA Tour/2003.
Kim won the 2004 Longs Drugs Challenge and the 2005 The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions/Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions and was a member of three U.S. Solheim Cup teams in 2005 Solheim Cup/2005, 2009 Solheim Cup/2009, and 2011 Solheim Cup/2011. She was the youngest player to reach $1 million in earnings, which she achieved in 2004 LPGA Tour/2004 at age 20. This record was broken the following year by Paula Creamer.
More Christina Kim on Wikipedia.We did what we needed to do, ... And the crowd was great today, so much better than yesterday.
It was the most emotional moment of my life, no doubt.
I don't want to say we feel like we're going to take over for the future or anything like that. The veterans inspired us. They treated us with respect and told us of their past experiences. We took our cue from them.
I think this is what golf is all about, ... You have the same crowd that you would normally have in a regular LPGA event, but . . . you get some emotions out there that you wouldn't expect to see on the golf course. . . . It's a beautiful thing.
We came charging today. (U.S. captain) Nancy (Lopez) gave us inspiration. She gave us so much motivation and drive. We just came out and did it. We did it.
There was an over-under bet on how many times Nancy would cry during the week. I think I beat her. I was weeping all week.
I hit a lot of iron shots coming into the green and I missed quite a few putts inside 10 and 15 feet that could have gone in, but all in all it was a very, very satisfying day. The way I see it is that if I did not miss those, then I would not have made the ones I did.
We had them right where we wanted and the momentum just changed. But it wasn't one of those things where you wanted to crawl into a hole and die.
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