September 9, 2026 • 48 mins
It’s Solheim Cup week, and Mel and Kira are joined by Anna Nordqvist to fit in a preview before the teams head to the Netherlands. Anna gives a behind the scenes look at her captaincy, her retirement, and her thoughts on the European squad. Also, Mel prepares to be a Vice Captain, recaps playing with Paige Spiranac for her YouTube series, and Kira’s name-change turns into identity theft.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Quiet Please with Mel Reed and Kira Dixon is an
iHeart Women's Sports production in partnership with Deep Blue Sports
and Entertainment. You can find us on the iHeart Radio app,
Apple Podcasts, or.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back to Quiet Please.
We have a very special episode for you guys today.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
The European Solheim Cup captain Anna Nordqvist is going to
be joining us for a little interview. But before we
get to Anna and some of her amazing insights, Mel,
we're just going to catch up really fast.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
And then you're off to the Netherlands.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
I am off to... And running for Solheim Cup. Oh
my God, mate. First of all, I'm buzzing.
Speaker 5 (00:51):
My best mate, Brianne, who's my, she's been my car
driver for the last couple when I've been a vice captain,
is just beyond excited. So she needs to calm the
F down. Carlotta's blowing me up. She's buzzing. So yes,
it's a very exciting week. It's the only week that
I would probably look forward to leaving my family after
being at home so long.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
So it's Solheim Cup.
Speaker 5 (01:12):
So it's come at a perfect time. And yes, let's
get the Oh, let's just get the week going.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
Let's just get the week going.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
So Anna very kindly joined us. I love her honesty
and her insights. So I know you guys are going
to love that. Before we get to the interview, there's
always some stuff going on in the golf world. Yeah,
some drums. So who are we if we don't chat
a little bit about the drums? So, well, first of all,
not dramatic. Mel, you became like an internet sensation for
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a little bit there because you got to play around
with Paige Sporanek, who's a friend of the pod.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
And at Harmony. Harmony. Tell us about your round with Paige.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
Yeah, it was awesome. Obviously, I love Paige.
Speaker 5 (01:59):
And so when she asked me to be on her
YouTube series, I was like, absolutely. That would be amazing.
And just joined... So it was a great kind of
way of playing the golf course. But we had a
lot of fun. Some of her game that she made
out was ratchet. It was so difficult. But apart from that,
it was fantastic. So we had an absolute blast. As
(02:20):
you can imagine, Kira, she was the talk.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
Of the town at the club.
Speaker 5 (02:24):
And I became very popular at the club, having a
friend of Paige. I've never seen so many cart boys
swarm around somebody quite like, They did a round page.
It was like flies around shit. No pun intended. You know,
not saying that she's shit. She's fantastic.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
I know you're not saying she's shit.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
But it was a lot of fun. And I've never
played golf with Paige. She's good. She's really good. Yeah,
she's really good. So we had a lot of fun.
We were shooting the shit a little bit.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
Yeah, I love you telling her that she's not your type.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
Yeah, she took that very offensively, which was fantastic.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Because no one's probably ever said that to her.
Speaker 4 (03:03):
Exactly. I was like, is that weird for you? She's like, yeah.
She's like, I'm kind of offended. I'm like, well, sorry.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
You're hot, objectively.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
Absolutely.
Speaker 6 (03:11):
Not for me.
Speaker 4 (03:11):
Just not for me, babes. Not for me, babes. I
wouldn't know what to do. So anyway.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
I wouldn't know what to do.
Speaker 5 (03:17):
Respectfully, respectfully. Respectfully wouldn't know what to do with them.
Very intimidating for me. So, but yeah, look, we had
a lot of fun. She asked me some outrageous questions,
as you would imagine.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
Oh yeah, fuck, marry, kill. And who better to answer
them than me? Yeah, fuck, marry, kill.
Speaker 5 (03:33):
It was Julie Inkster, Kari Webb and Laura Davies. So
that was interesting.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
No, I thought she did Charlie Hall for one of them.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
She did Charlie Hall for one of them.
Speaker 5 (03:43):
I was like, Charlie's like a little sister. I'm like, no,
she's gone.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
She's off the cliff. So she's gone. She gone. She gone.
She gone. But no, it was a lot of fun. Yeah.
Do you know what? It's actually really worth.
Speaker 5 (04:00):
Having a watch if you've got time because There was
obviously some funny bits, some lighthearted bits. There was some
deeper topics in there as well, which was great. So
she opened up and we spoke about things. So yeah,
it was just a fun day around. And as I said,
become very popular at the golf club now. So thank
you for my street cred going way up, Paige.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
Appreciate it.
Speaker 6 (04:18):
All right.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
So you can check that out on Paige's YouTube channel.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
If you don't get enough of Mel chat on our show,
be sure to check that out.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
All right.
Speaker 6 (04:27):
So.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Tiger Woods had his driver's license suspended for five years
as part of a plea deal. He pleaded no contest
to reckless driving, careless driving charges stemming from the March
rollover car crash that he had in Florida. So obviously
this has been an ongoing story for the biggest star
(04:50):
of golf ever. And I mean, I guess, good to
have it kind of be put to bed and have
that be the end of it and just move on.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
He's been in.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Rehab in Switzerland for a big part of this year
and we haven't really seen a lot of him. We
saw him briefly at the Payne Stewart Awards. He did
a video for Nota Begay, but this was kind of
the first time seeing him in person for a while,
kind of since that car crash.
Speaker 6 (05:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (05:17):
I think, look, like you said, I think putting it
to bed now and I mean, this isn't the first incident,
is it? So I really do hope this time, you know,
going to rehab, he has rehabilitated himself and his mindset and,
you know, knows how this could have gone terribly, terribly wrong.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
And he actually got off. He got lucky. He's got
lucky a few times now. So, look, he's gone to
get help.
Speaker 5 (05:40):
I hope that this is kind of the new chapter
for Tiger Woods because, you know, nobody wants to see
him like this and put himself in danger and everybody else,
by the way.
Speaker 6 (05:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (05:49):
Look, we hope he gets better. All you want is
for people to be healthy and in a good mindset.
So let's put it to bed, and hopefully next year
we'll see a different Tiger and a stronger and better Tiger.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Yeah, agreed, agreed.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
Did you see the President's Cup announcements come out while
we're on the topic of Cups?
Speaker 4 (06:07):
Did it come out today?
Speaker 3 (06:09):
So Brant Snedeker announces his six captain's picks.
Speaker 4 (06:14):
That's a lot of picks, isn't it? Sorry, that is
a lot of picks.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
That's why I'm always curious how all the different teams
have their.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
I know.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
It's too much, Kara.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Process.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
There's too much variety. Just make it easy for us.
Speaker 6 (06:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Well, okay.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
So first of all, these are the automatic qualifiers. Scotty Scheffler,
Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Russell Henley, Sam Burns, and Colin Morikawa.
So those are the people that made the team on points.
The captain's picks are Chris Goddard, who had an amazing season.
He won like three times, I think. Xander Schauffele. He
was ninth on the points list, and this will be
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his fourth President's Cup appearance. Justin Thomas, you know, stalwart,
the usual. Patrick Cantlay, also somebody that is a repeat
offender on these teams. And then this is kind of
where it gets a little controversial. Jacob Bridgman and Jackson Coivin.
(07:14):
Jackson Koyman is the 21 year old who came out
and won on the PGA tour, I think at 3M
and made this huge splash. Um, Jacob Bridgman won at
Genesis earlier this year, but a lot of people were
saying that, you know, he hasn't really played that well
the rest of the year and that perhaps it should
have been Ryan Gerard instead.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
So I don't know, some, some drums there.
Speaker 4 (07:36):
Some drums.
Speaker 5 (07:36):
I mean, the majority of the four picks, I'm not
surprised that I think they were kind of, everyone was
thinking the same thing.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
Um, I think Jackson's actually a great pick.
Speaker 5 (07:47):
I think that get him in there early in that
kind of situation.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
They're thinking bigger picture as well, aren't they, to ride
a cup?
Speaker 5 (07:53):
And not take anything away from President's Cup, but President's
Cup is kind of like the Americans who have dominated
it primarily in the past. So I think that's a
great pick. I'm very excited to see him at the
President's Cup, I'm not going to lie.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
It's one of those things where you're like, oh, I
wish that they would pick blah, blah. And they kind
of never do.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
But then for once they do.
Speaker 4 (08:12):
They do.
Speaker 6 (08:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
And it's going to be so interesting to see how
he reacts to, I mean, obviously the President's Cup is
different to the Ryder Cup, but there's still tons.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
Of pressure involved. And you still are on a huge team.
It's an honor to play.
Speaker 6 (08:25):
Yep.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
La la la.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
And the nerves that come with that. So will he
thrive under the lights or will he shrivel up and
be scared?
Speaker 2 (08:33):
We shall see.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
We shall see.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Dun, dun, dun.
Speaker 4 (08:37):
Come September. What is September? It is September.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
It's crazy.
Speaker 6 (08:42):
Oh, shit.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
That is nuts. Oh, we're in the burrs. We're officially
in fall season.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
We're in the burrs. We're in the good oyster months.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
Pumpkin spice latte.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Oysters apparently are the best in the burr months.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
Is that right? I love an oyster.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
One of my best friends told me that the other day.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
So, if anyone wanted to know.
Speaker 4 (09:02):
I'll use that.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Great fun fact.
Speaker 6 (09:04):
The.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
Automatic qualifiers for the international team are Siwoo Kim, Hideki Matsuyama,
Ryan Fox, Tom Kim, Minwoo Lee, and Adam Scott. Which,
by the way, the fact that Adam Scott is an
automatic qualifier is pretty insane, given the fact that, you know,
he's the oldest guy and.
Speaker 4 (09:22):
Has been doing this forever.
Speaker 3 (09:24):
The captain's picks, Corey Connors, Nico Echevarria, Nick Taylor, Sungjae Im,
Ryo Hisatsune, and Christian Bezadenhut.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
Well done.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
On how I said those names?
Speaker 4 (09:39):
Yeah, that was fantastic.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Oh, why thank you.
Speaker 5 (09:41):
It's always how you do this for a living.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
A little bit. So on paper, a worse team and
probably going to lose, but.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
But let's get everyone fired up for it.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Sorry, should I not say it like that?
Speaker 4 (09:59):
No, you should totally.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
Say it.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
It's true. It's true.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
I would love for them to win. I would love
it to be competitive. Please, for the love of God.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
I know, for the love of God. Make it competitive,
we gentlemen. Come on. Are we going to have to
get the ladies involved?
Speaker 2 (10:13):
Yeah, we would love that.
Speaker 4 (10:15):
So come on.
Speaker 5 (10:16):
If you guys want it to be a boys event, yeah,
you better start being more competitive. Otherwise, the girls are
going to have to come and save the day as usual.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
God, we're funny. We're hilarious.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
So anyway, y'all will just absolutely enjoy that at Medina
Country Club in Chicago.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
And yeah, okay. Have fun with that. So last thing.
Please come back here for our in-depth analysis.
Speaker 6 (10:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Last thing.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
So our last episode, we were talking about how the
CEO of Good Good was waking up at two in
the morning or whatever and sending out tweets. And they
announced yesterday that he has been fired.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
Whoopsies.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
Yeah. Or he left. I don't know.
Speaker 4 (11:01):
But he's leaving.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
I can't imagine that doing that was helpful. And that's
what we said. We were like, dude.
Speaker 4 (11:07):
We did say that.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
It's not.
Speaker 4 (11:10):
Just keep your mouth shut. What are we doing?
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Just chill.
Speaker 6 (11:12):
Just chill.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
You know what else is interesting?
Speaker 3 (11:14):
The Good Girls account started posting yesterday to be like,
and they were saying stuff like, you know, this is
the first of its kind opportunity for girls and golf
and blah, blah, blah.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
And I'm kind of like, guys, just chill for a
little bit, please.
Speaker 4 (11:31):
Just shut up.
Speaker 6 (11:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (11:32):
Yeah. sorry I'll say it for you Kira just shut
the fuck up just for a little.
Speaker 5 (11:37):
Bit just let the just let the tide go like
just let the storm pass and then we'll have calm
seas ahead if you just shut up.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
They keep reviving this whole thing I know it's honestly
it's child's play Kira it's literally like being in school.
Speaker 5 (11:53):
Do you know I used to do this in my
personal life a lot I used to do it like
bring things up and it would just never go away
so I've learnt.
Speaker 4 (12:01):
From This checks out.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Should we talk more about that?
Speaker 4 (12:06):
No, thank you. I've worked extremely hard. I still do it.
You just brought it up. I literally just brought it up.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
Anyway.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Do you have a shish of the week?
Speaker 4 (12:17):
I absolutely do.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
Tell us.
Speaker 4 (12:20):
Americans.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
That's so rude. Which type of American?
Speaker 4 (12:25):
It's all uncut wheat, baby. I have to, it's not, don't,
everyone calm down.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Okay.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
I love, I love Americans, a married one.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
Yeah. I love Americans.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
But this week, I love the American.
Speaker 5 (12:35):
People, but not this week, sweetheart. This week, I am
yellow and blue through and through. My wife is yellow
and blue this week. My kids, obviously, well, my kids
are British, so, you know.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
Are they going to be dual citizens?
Speaker 6 (12:49):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
Absolutely, yeah.
Speaker 5 (12:51):
They only have American passports right now, which is actually
better than probably a British passport, to be honest, with
visas and stuff. But yeah, but I'm doing it when
they're a bit older because we have to keep renewing
their passport for like five years because they obviously don't
look like a five-week-old anymore. So I'll probably do it
when they're a bit older. But yeah, apparently it's a
bit of a process. Cara Banks, a friend of the pod,
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was telling me about it. But yes, they definitely will
have a British, you know. It's very important to me
they have a British passport. I'm weird about things like that.
Speaker 4 (13:22):
So yes, Americans.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
So just Americans in general, just because you're going to
be facing them in this whole hot cup.
Speaker 4 (13:27):
Yeah, that's it. And then we can, we can all,
Sunday night, we can all, I'll love them again.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
Okay. Okay, great.
Speaker 4 (13:33):
What's yours?
Speaker 3 (13:34):
So I, I don't know if I said it on
the show, but I officially, finally, legally changed my name
to Kira Kazantsev Dixon and went through the whole process,
went to the social security office, the DMV, la la la.
The other day, my new social security card was supposed
to come in the mail. And Andrew opens up the
(13:55):
mail and it's half of my envelope from the social
security administration ripped in half.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
And it's been put into a little plastic baggie from USPS.
And it just says basically like, sorry that your mail
has been tampered with. We care.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Let us know how we can help, blah, blah, blah. Somebody,
and it's like a perfect cut. Somebody that either.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
Knows me.
Speaker 3 (14:19):
I don't know at what point in the process, either
at the Social Security Administration office or at USPS or whatever,
knows what those envelopes look like. And they perfectly cut
my Social Security card with my new name and my
number out of the envelope. And my identity has been stolen.
So big shush for me. So you know what I
(14:39):
was doing all day yesterday?
Speaker 4 (14:40):
Oh my God.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
Freezing my credit. Filing a police report, having to go
to all of these different things to make sure I
have to do all this stuff with the IRS because
that's so annoying.
Speaker 5 (14:54):
I mean, that is just a bull like annoying, isn't it? See,
this is why adulting is just such a pain in
the ass.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
It's so ridiculous. Like, I don't want this.
Speaker 4 (15:02):
It's so stupid. I didn't ask for this. Why would
someone steal their own identity? Like, come on. Be a
bit more original.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Like, be more creative.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
I think it's the lowest of the low as far
as crimes go.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
It's so lowbrow.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
Like, it's not even creative and funny or fun or
violent or whatever.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
It's just so, just taking advantage of people.
Speaker 6 (15:21):
Lame. Awful.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
Oh, I'm sorry.
Speaker 3 (15:24):
Somebody could like try to to file taxes in my
name or apply for employment in my name or open
a credit card in my name or any other number
of bullshit that I.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
Got to work through.
Speaker 4 (15:36):
So does this mean you're famous?
Speaker 2 (15:39):
No, it just means that somebody is trying.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
This happens to normal people all the time. Oh.
Speaker 4 (15:44):
Well, I'm sorry. That absolutely sucks. That is horrific.
Speaker 5 (15:47):
I hate shit like that. Like, when I lose my
credit card, even that just annoys me. It's freezing my heart.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Yeah, it's just like.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
It's just annoying.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
It just creates all this work for nothing.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
Well, you've got to think of everything, haven't you? You've
got to think, right.
Speaker 5 (15:57):
You've got to think, yeah, credit card and all that stuff.
Speaker 4 (15:59):
Then you've got to think, I don't even know.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
See?
Speaker 4 (16:01):
I don't even know.
Speaker 6 (16:03):
Yeah. Okay.
Speaker 3 (16:03):
Anywho, so that was my show of the week. But
to make me feel better about it, I am going
to be watching Solheim all of this next week. And
Anna gave us an incredible... insight so Mel good on
you for getting El Capitan on the show because I
know that she's got a million demands on her time
right now.
Speaker 5 (16:21):
Yeah well it's very kind of her to give up
but yes you're very welcome I can be quite demanding
quite persuasive and one needs to be.
Speaker 3 (16:29):
Yes all right so I hope you guys enjoy the
interview please tune in to the Solheim Cup and Mel
good luck we will hear from you all about it
after it's all said.
Speaker 4 (16:41):
And done oh yeah baby all right Thank you and goodbye.
Speaker 3 (16:45):
Bye.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
Goodbye. Goodbye to you.
Speaker 4 (16:47):
Goodbye.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
Okay, it is the week of the Solheim Cup. So
who better to give us an epic preview of what
we're going to see this week than the European Solheim
Cup captain herself, Anna Nordquist. She played in nine Solheim Cups,
nine wins and three majors on the LPGA Tour. A
Solheim Cup record of 17-15-3 and.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Potentially leading the European team to victory. We shall see. Anna,
thank you for joining.
Speaker 6 (17:26):
Yeah, thank you for having me.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
Yes, I nailed the intro.
Speaker 4 (17:30):
I know, you did nail the intro. Well done, K-Dog.
Speaker 5 (17:35):
Anna, Capitan, how are you feeling? You're a bit of
a busy bee. You've got lots of things that you've
been announcing recently as well. But before we get into that,
how are you feeling? You ready for the week?
Speaker 6 (17:45):
Yeah, I mean, let's say it's very, very busy. I'm
running out of phone very pretty quick, pretty early in
the day, but I've been a big fan of your
podcast for a while. So I'm just excited to be
able to get the opportunity to be on here.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
Oh, well, quiet, please. It's an honor to have you.
Speaker 4 (18:05):
Yeah, thank you.
Speaker 5 (18:08):
I kind of have a few questions. My first one
really is, I obviously absolutely love Solheim. You're Miss Solheim
as well. When you get asked to be a captain,
what an honour that is.
Speaker 4 (18:21):
How does that actually make you feel?
Speaker 6 (18:26):
Yeah, I mean, I think being a captain for the
European team, I mean, it's an honour of a lifetime.
I actually put my name in, obviously, given that fact
I was still playing. I don't know if they would
have considered me now in hindsight. Yeah, it's a big
job to do when you're still playing, but I always
said if I was going to get the opportunity, I
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wanted to do it at a time when I still
knew the players and I was kind of still out
there to be able to do a better job by
kind of doing the whole everything with them and always
being approachable. So I'm really proud, but obviously when you
get the call and it's like you've been captain and
then you have to keep it quiet for a couple
of weeks, you can obviously tell you're Closest family, but
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it's surely like it's the biggest honor of my career.
Speaker 5 (19:16):
I think that people have no idea. Like the fact
that you even like us, well, obviously you just announced
that you're retiring, but you were playing through all this.
People have no idea how much time and hard work
goes into this, do they? Like people have no, I
don't think even, even I being on this side of it,
like a few times now, even I have no idea
really what a captain's behind the scenes job is.
Speaker 4 (19:37):
Like you do so much.
Speaker 6 (19:39):
Obviously, you have to, it's kind of an unwritten rule,
I think, to be a vice captain before you are
a captain. So obviously, I had the honor to be
a playing vice captain under Suzanne in 2023. and 2024
so obviously I've seen a lot heard a lot about
the work but I honestly I had really no idea
what was really going into this and how much really
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work it's been and I think I'm a person by nature.
If I put my mind into something, I'm going to
give it all I have and a little bit more.
So I've truly poured my whole heart into this. And
it's just so much work you never see. As a player,
you're fortunate to show up on the Sunday, the week
before the Solon Cup, and everything is laid out in
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your room. The schedule is set. the giftings done for
the week you know you you truly I think you
appreciate it a lot more now that you've done a
captain and be like oh wow like this is really
what everyone else has put in before you so yeah
like I'm proud but I'm also very exhausted.
Speaker 3 (20:44):
Well it didn't show in how you played this season
you had an incredible season you finished top 10 in
a major you probably if you weren't captain you'd probably
be playing on this team what what's up with that.
Speaker 6 (20:55):
Obviously i mean um now that i like think about
it i don't think there's a way you can do
both uh if you're gonna do one one good you
know you either either play or you're captain and then
when i accepted captaincy i kind of knew that i
was going to be the last one i had played
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um i'm proud of myself for getting my game in
a really good shape and uh You know, if someone
else would have been captain, yeah, maybe I would have
been considered. I wasn't going to consider myself. But it
was obviously encouraging just hearing everyone, you know, telling you
to pick yourself. I love the Solka more than anything,
as you guys know, but... Um, there's just so much
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that goes into it. And, you know, it's like a
once in a lifetime opportunity to be captain. So I
really wanted to do that role well, and that's what
I signed up for. Um, but it's just been nice,
you know, to be able to play some really good golf,
you know, someday it's been really hard, like AIG, it's
probably the tournament I love the most. I knew, uh,
that was going to be my last AIG. So I
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kind of had said to everyone else before, I'm like, look,
you know, don't hammer with a lot of things, but
The amount of sponsor requests and solo card requests that
week was kind of insane. I mean, I made a cut.
I played really well. Sunday night, you know, I was
trying to do the right thing, you know, speak to
all the players, speak to everyone I had in conversations.
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It's like, when do you let them know they're in,
they're not in? So I think I spent two hours
after I was done in player dining on Friday night
of the AIG. Caroline Hedwell was there. uh, to kind
of help me like push through all this conversation. I mean,
it was so emotional and draining. And then on the Saturday,
like I'm going out to try to do something for myself,
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play for myself. But like, I literally have nothing. I
didn't really play that bad, but you know, making the turn,
I feel like I'm just drained. And I think I
ended up shooting six under six over that day. So
it was just like one of those days was really hard.
I think after I came in, you know, I was,
I was just so drained. I told my caddy, Hey, look, um, I'll, uh,
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I'll go, let me go to the pot of green.
Give me 30 minutes. I just need a moment for myself.
And then I meet you on the range, uh, just
because it just has been so much. And, you know,
I remember, I remember I couldn't even walk out of
the play dining before one of the players said, I
thought I had a really good conversation with the day
before letting her know. And then, you know, all of
a sudden she has issues with the way I was
doing things. And I was like, like, look, this is
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just too much. I'm like, I am trying to do
my best here. So, uh, For me to pick myself
up that afternoon and then go out and shoot three
under my final major round, I'm really proud of. But yeah,
stuff like this has just been really hard.
Speaker 5 (23:37):
So I feel like one of our gifts in Europe
is just like we find it, I think, easier just
to become a little bit of a unit. And I
think we have to become a unit because... You know,
on paper, most of the time we're weaker than the Americans.
And so we really have to kind of have each
other's back. And that's just a thing of beauty that
Europeans have, right? Same on the men's side of the
Ryder Cup. I just want you to give the listeners
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a little bit of an insight into what you have
taken away from the Ryder Cup. I know you've been
speaking to Luke. I know you've been speaking to Eduardo.
Just give a little bit of an insight into how
we've kind of pulled together as the continent men and
women for us to help the European team this year.
Speaker 6 (24:19):
Yeah, so obviously I had huge support from the men's team.
I had a talk with Luke the other day. He's
always been very supportive in text message throughout my whole process.
And it's kind of nice to run from thoughts that
no one else can really kind of guide you through.
I've had a lot of talks with like Susanne, with
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Katrina Matthew, Pia Nilsson early on just about the captaincy,
what it means and, you know, kind of how to
do it. Eduardo Molinaro, we had a chat a couple
of weeks ago and I took away a lot of
things from that. But I went to the Ryder Cup
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in Bethpage last year.
Speaker 4 (25:07):
I bumped into you. I bumped into you.
Speaker 6 (25:09):
Yeah. So, like, I had never been to Ryder Cup.
I didn't really know what to expect, but I was
there the Thursday and then I was there the Friday
and Friday was, frankly, not a very enjoyable day other
than enjoying the peace and quiet of the Spectre's first
hour and a half and kind of how they sucked
everything out. But I always felt like this tournament, you know,
whether it's the Ryder Cup or the Solon Cup, like,
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golf needs to win at the end of the day. So...
I kind of try to keep telling the girls, look,
at the end of the week, if the US team
plays better, great, let's congratulate them. Let's be the bigger
persons here. I know we wanted to win, but we'll
try better next time. But as long as we pour
our hearts into it and show up as a team,
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do everything we can, that's all we can really do.
Because I think that's... I feel like we lost a
little bit of the sportsmanship over the years. We had
a few things going on in Washington where I felt
like all of a sudden we were putting the crowds
instead of putting on the stage at the final ceremony.
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So it's like, look, at the end of the day,
golf needs to win. And it's just such an incredible honor, obviously,
to play for Europe. So... I think you try to
gather a lot of information and obviously I've been part
of nine. I mean, Mel, you've been part of both
of those that I played. Caroline Hedwell has a lot
of experience. So I think when we approach this whole captaincy,
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it's like, look, we have more experience than most other people.
So it's easy for people to say, how are you
going to do things? But like, until you're in the
middle of it and try, try to kind of accommodate
like 12 players, 12 caddies. And, you know, I said
at times, it reminds me of planning a wedding because,
but this time you had 12 brides, which is a lot. Um,
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I would say.
Speaker 4 (26:56):
Like, Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:58):
You're the bride. They need to know that you are
the bride at the end of the day.
Speaker 6 (27:02):
This has nothing to do with me. It's basically, you
have 12 brides. Um, it's just been a learning experience.
I mean, um, I think it comes very natural to
us as a team. You play for something bigger than yourself,
like representing Europe. But yeah, there's a lot of wills
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and you try to do the best you can. I
don't do drama and I'm not a big fan of it,
but you kind of put yourself in a position where
people get to let you know how they feel. But
if we can limit that, then for one week, just
try to do the best and There's so many players
in Cadiz that wants to be in their shoes. But,
you know, I think we've gotten them to realize, you know,
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what a special honor it is. And hopefully we can,
you know, continue that Solheim Cup legacy that is so special.
Speaker 3 (27:52):
I know that Mel considers this to be a very,
very special honor to be a vice captain of yours.
Can you tell us why you chose Mel and how
you would describe her as a Solheim Cup competitor?
Speaker 6 (28:07):
I mean I think Mel was a non-brainer even before
like I knew I was going to be captain I
had asked her if I become captain will you be
my wife's captain because I think you know Mel and
I we've known each other known all of each other
since we probably was 16 or 17 years old so
we kind of done this whole journey and I mean
I've had the honor of playing on the team. I'm
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probably a little bit more calm and collected, and then
Mel's like, you know, she's the life of the party.
And I think we saw that even on the European
Team Championship, like, you know, her representing England, and then Brie,
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who represented Wales. I mean, they made sure things were
early on.
Speaker 5 (28:55):
Yeah, we would sniff alcohol out in a different district.
It was awful. Me and Brian got into a lot
of trouble when we were younger.
Speaker 6 (29:04):
I think they were the happiest people or the happiest
team to not make it to the final two matches
or something. They were having a good time.
Speaker 4 (29:15):
Do you know who else was part of that? Carlotta
as well.
Speaker 5 (29:17):
Spain used to do quite well, but Carlotta used to
be involved in that. Little Antics and Bella and Mozo
as well. And Ather, actually. We got a little bit
of a naughty crowd together at one point. But it
was definitely led by Brianne and then myself was with
the instigators.
Speaker 4 (29:31):
But thank you for that.
Speaker 6 (29:33):
No, but honestly, I couldn't imagine not doing this captaincy
without Mel. And obviously, Caroline Hedwas is one of my captains.
too so I think we have a lot of different And,
you know, there's so many different personalities on the team.
So I think we got it all covered. Mel can
probably have some of those hard conversations that I might
shy away from.
Speaker 3 (29:52):
I got you, Captain.
Speaker 5 (29:53):
Don't worry.
Speaker 4 (29:54):
I got you. I got you.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
Mel, don't you say how it is.
Speaker 4 (29:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (30:00):
I'm never going to forget the moment where, I mean,
it doesn't matter. Like Mel will do anything for the
team and I will never forget. forget the time that
you showed up in that fat sumo outfit in the
team room in Gleneagles and I'm like it is like
the best moment ever because it's like she literally will
do anything for you and the.
Speaker 5 (30:19):
Team literally I literally will and this is the thing
I'm the only stupid one that will do things like
that so they just come to me and go hey
we've got this fat sumo a Scottish suit who do
you think would wear it and everyone just looks at
me I'm like yeah of course I'll put it on
like duh yeah Um, anything for the team, Anna, honestly,
anything for the team, anything for the team. Well, I'm
very honored to be alongside you. I think I, I
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said this to you, um, many times, but I think
you're doing a phenomenal job. You've done a phenomenal job,
no matter the result. But, um, I've been obviously incredibly
impressed with you and yeah, we've known each other for
way too long.
Speaker 3 (30:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (31:03):
I'm going to put you on the spot here a
little bit, mate. I want your top three. I want
your top three Solheim Cup moments.
Speaker 6 (31:10):
Ooh, top three Solheim Cup moments.
Speaker 4 (31:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (31:13):
Um, in any form, it doesn't have to just be
the golf. Obviously it can be anything.
Speaker 6 (31:19):
Well, now that I like to assume a moment must
be one of them.
Speaker 4 (31:22):
Obviously.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
For sure.
Speaker 4 (31:23):
That's great.
Speaker 5 (31:24):
I had a few beers in that. Who popped it
in the end? I think Bronte jumped on me and
popped it in the end, didn't she?
Speaker 6 (31:30):
I'm not sure. Um, Maybe you can find another one
between now and next week.
Speaker 4 (31:35):
Hey, I've got Amazon Prime. This could happen. This could happen.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
The order's in.
Speaker 6 (31:42):
I think top three moments. I mean, for me personally,
I always felt like Soul Cup was a family affair
because it was the one tournament I got to share
with my family. And then so being able to kind
of have all my nieces and nephews and my whole
family there in Spain, because at the time I was
going through a really hard time and they literally showed
up in all the shirts with Anna on them. And
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then I think they had hats made of everything. every
team member. Um, and then that's obviously when they introduced
the bananas to the world. So I think like that,
that moment of like even being able to bring my
nieces and nephews in, um, inside the ropes in the
practice round and just, you know, like kind of sharing
my world with them because obviously they'd never really seen
me at home. Um, I've been home one week the
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last year cause he's just been so busy. Um, so
that's obviously a very special moment. Um, and then, um,
um glenn eagles was obviously special like i had just
finished my match on 15 and then suzanne's obviously making
the pot i think we made it up back to
the cart like halfway down 18 i mean i had
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lost my voice because i was so sick on that
sunday and i was like out of breath but like
literally i think it was me and my caddy and
whoever like the helper was working with the mash i
mean we got dropped off halfway and we're like literally
just sprinting up the fairway Like to kind of join
the party on the 18th green. That was obviously a
very special one too.
Speaker 4 (33:06):
Yeah, I would agree with that. That Suzanne moment. I mean,
it's so typical of Suzanne, isn't it?
Speaker 5 (33:10):
I'm just like, you don't play golf like a year
and then you get a 10-footer to win the slime
cart and obviously just nail it.
Speaker 4 (33:16):
So Suzanne.
Speaker 2 (33:17):
And then announce your retirement.
Speaker 4 (33:18):
And then she's like, bye, by the way, peace.
Speaker 6 (33:21):
That was quite probably the biggest mic drop moment in
the game of golf.
Speaker 4 (33:25):
I would say so.
Speaker 3 (33:27):
So, so Anna, Suzanne obviously went out in kind of
a blaze of glory in that way with the retirement, blah, blah, blah.
You chose to announce your retirement before Solheim at the
FM championship. Why was that your thought process about it?
Did you want to just give yourself this kind of
week of peace before going into it? Or because you
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could have waited until Solheim and who knows what would
have happened.
Speaker 2 (33:49):
You could have had that mic drop too.
Speaker 6 (33:53):
Yeah, so I decided early this year that this was
going to be my last year. And then when I
thought about the timing of things, I wanted to honor
the fact that I've been playing on LPGA Tour as
my main tour all this year. So I wanted to
make a US event the final one. I mean, AIG
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would have been a pretty cool one, but we were
doing team selections and I had my hands full that week.
So I don't think timing-wise it would have been a
good one. And when I thought about it too, like
I wanted to truly be able to go into Solon
Cup and kind of enjoy the whole experience, not worry about,
you know, whether I was going to play after or not.
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I mean, this week's been crazy. I've been home four
days and I leave tomorrow, Friday. uh for the song
cup so i knew this was going to be crazy
busy and then like after i was probably going to
feel i was going to be really exhausted so i
was never like i never really wanted like a farewell
tour or basically being able to tell everyone okay i'm
retiring this year and like have all these extra questions
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because all this year i mean every interview has been
about everyone else and what they're doing and song cup
and um so i kind of wanted to do something
for myself so it was only really a few of
my closest friends and family then you, um, my, obviously
my team knew, um, and they respected the facts. I
worked with LPGA on this, um, the letter and the
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video in Canada two weeks ago. And, um, you know, I,
I really felt like I did get to finish on
my terms, you know, the last couple of years has
been hard, but at the same time, like I never
gave up and it kept going and I've been playing
some really good golf this year. Um, and then yeah
Boston was always special it was very emotional.
Speaker 5 (35:41):
Yeah yeah I bet and I think people don't understand
I think when you've been doing this your your whole
life and um you know please uh chip in here
and I'm like it's a really difficult decision to retire
like I was very ready I'd been ready for about
a decade but it was still quite a difficult decision
um it's just weird isn't it like what do you
think have you been thinking about it for a few
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years or is it was a is it Is it
like a particular moment or are you just kind of like,
I'm pretty settled with everything? You know, you've obviously had
an incredible career. Like, are you kind of at peace
with it all? Is that where you're at?
Speaker 6 (36:15):
Yeah, I mean... I've been quite open about my story. Obviously,
I was going through a really hard divorce a couple
years ago. And, you know, I was literally going through
hell and back. And I just didn't want anyone else
to kind of write my ending. I don't even know
how I picked myself up at times because I was
just so mentally and physically broken down from it all.
And Um, but I kind of wanted to leave the
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game at a place where I felt it was on
my terms. So I think that's kind of been a
battle the last couple of years. And I mean, the
amount of cuts that I probably missed in 24, 25, 26.
I mean, I feel like those together, it's probably been
more missed cuts in my whole life. So it's like
when you don't recognize yourself, um, as a player, Um,
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and you know, and the way like you feel on
the golf course, that's a really, really hard place to be.
And I mean, people would speak about me as a
golf players and I would just be like completely numb
to those words. Like, I'm like, who are you talking about? Like,
I couldn't even like remember what I was like. So
I think a lot of it was like, all right, well,
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I want to go back to a place where I
feel like myself and I feel like the strength that
I used to always have. Uh, so I think this
year was the first year that actually started to kind
of enjoy golf again. Um, and the last couple of
months I made some changes in my team and, you know,
just be kind of keeping it simple. I had some
friends help me out with my swing and, you know,
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just kind of enjoyed the process a lot. So, um,
And just even having those few moments, I mean, I
think I battled hard, like, to make a cut into KPMG,
made some putts, and I'm like, that was probably the
first time I, like, started to feel like myself. And then, like,
having Evian where I finished seventh, like, I know seventh
doesn't mean a lot, but for me, it almost felt
like a win because it's like, for four days, I
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could actually feel some strength again and, like, recognize myself. So, like,
I think those moments were so important because that's obviously
why I worked so hard for so long. But... I'm 39.
I never thought I'd be playing golf at this same age.
I thought I'd be married and have kids by now,
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but obviously my journey didn't quite work out that well,
but maybe I'm right where I'm meant to be. So
at this time, it's like I feel like I need
to close the chapter and give myself a chance to
have my own family because that's obviously always been one
of my biggest goals. So I feel like the timing's right,
but it feels very empty. Like this week, like I
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have not been able to stop sleeping. So I think
coming back from Solon Cup is going to have, like,
it's really going to hit me because it's not like
I have a plan, like what I want to do next.
Like I love to stay in Malden Golf, but... you know,
it's kind of like, it's just like, okay, well, what now? Yeah.
Speaker 4 (39:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (39:06):
It feels like a, like an inflection point.
Speaker 3 (39:08):
It's kind of, it's scary, but it's so exciting that
to have any opportunity to write your own story next.
Speaker 6 (39:15):
Yeah. And obviously Carlotta, a good friend of mine, she
didn't know that I was retiring last week. So she
was like, okay, let's play golf. So she had this
golf game set up yesterday afternoon She wanted to play
a match. So it was me. She had picked my
boyfriend as her partner and I was going to play
with her husband. And I sat there and was like, look,
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how's this going to go? And she's like, well, You
got this. If I can beat you, I can beat
anyone in the Solon Cup. I came out of retirement
yesterday and I literally had zero motivation to go play
golf because I'd just been so tired. But she gave
me a few holes and I think she saw me
as a match player in the back nine and me
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and James ended up winning the match.
Speaker 5 (40:00):
Oh dear, that probably didn't go down very well.
Speaker 6 (40:05):
Maybe I'm back into retirement now.
Speaker 2 (40:09):
One last blaze of glory.
Speaker 4 (40:13):
Well, mate, I must say, I think that you, that
was really insightful.
Speaker 5 (40:17):
And I think that anybody who describes you, you know,
if we're talking about a golfer and a person, I
think resilience definitely comes to mind. I think that you're
one of the hardest working players out there, you are,
but you're so resilient on and off the golf course.
Speaker 4 (40:32):
And The fact that you.
Speaker 5 (40:34):
Have been through hell and back and you've picked yourself
up and, you know, you keep putting your best foot forward.
I think it's admirable. It's extremely difficult to do, even
in a good mindset. And so you should be extremely
proud of yourself. And, you know, as someone who's known
you for a couple of decades, almost three decades, it's inspirational, honestly.
It's really cool. And yeah, it's just I'm just proud
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of you, basically, is what I want to say.
Speaker 6 (40:57):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (41:00):
Anna I know you're so busy so before we let
you go I just want to ask about your team
and especially your captain's picks how you made your captain's
picks and what you're looking forward to seeing about this
team unfold some of the personalities the veterans the rookies
and how it's come together.
Speaker 6 (41:17):
Yeah I mean I think there's no doubt on paper
we're probably the underdogs but I always feel like that
doesn't really say much when it comes to the Solon
Cup um Because I always felt like, you know, some
people don't have a good year necessarily. And then, you know,
they get to the Solon Cup and Solon Cup just,
you know, I've seen what it's done to me. I mean,
it literally brings out the best in most people. So
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I feel like we have a really, really cool team.
I think we're going through a little bit of a
generation change. I mean, I'm not on the team for
the first time since, what, 2009? Yeah. Madeline's on maternity
leave Georgia's just had a baby Emily didn't make the
team this year so it's like there's a lot of
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new faces but four rookies seems like a lot but
I just feel like you know the rookies aren't shy
anymore you know they come in with great personality I
think I'm excited for the world to kind of see Julia.
She has so much personality and so much energy. And
we took the team to team practice at Bernardes after Evian.
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And I mean, she was the one that was kind
of like keeping, you know, she was like kind of
the glue that kept the team together and, you know,
made it fun and came up with all these games
and stuff like that. So yeah, Lottie. It's surreal to
feel like she's only been a pro for basically about
a year. But I feel like she's a player that's
basically been meant for these moments. And I feel like
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I can see myself a little bit in her at times.
So I'm excited to just put her on the first
team and just let her do her thing. Nastassia. she's
also like a power player. I mean, she's, she's super aggressive. Um,
and then she makes some of the most birdies on tour.
So she's only what? 21, I think. Um, but she
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certainly doesn't play.
Speaker 4 (43:12):
Like, so me and.
Speaker 6 (43:14):
Mel are going to be like the old camp counselors.
Speaker 2 (43:21):
Oh dear.
Speaker 4 (43:21):
Make sure they've got their cookies and milk at the
end of the night.
Speaker 6 (43:25):
But then you have like someone like Carlotta who like
lives and breathes Solon Cup. And I mean, me and
Carlotta have had so many conversations. You know, we just,
you know, obviously played golf yesterday, you know, had dinner together. And,
you know, I feel like it's a good mixture of,
you know, oldies and rookies. And there's a lot of
rookie caddies, you know, who get to experience it for
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the first time. But I think the mixture of it
all is what makes it so special.
Speaker 4 (43:53):
Well, I'm absolutely buzzed, mate.
Speaker 5 (43:55):
I am literally, funny you say that, Carlotta was blowing
me up yesterday, just.
Speaker 4 (43:59):
How excited she is.
Speaker 5 (43:59):
So no, it's literally my favorite week every two years.
I just, same as you, people don't understand until they're
actually kind of, they've played a Solheim or been part
of a Solheim and kind of the team room and
like in the locker room, it's just, it's magic. It's
so different. It's so different. And it's just unbelievable. Like
the caddies, the helpers, like, yeah, right. The players, the caddies,
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the captains and stuff, but it's also the LAT staff.
Like it's, it's everybody that comes together and we're just
like this one big cool bubble.
Speaker 4 (44:28):
And it's just, it's just so much hard work goes
into it.
Speaker 5 (44:31):
And like you said, it's for me personally, it's the
best week of my life every, you know, every two years. And, um,
you know, I hope that the players feel that I'm
sure they will do at the end of the week.
So it's just, it's nothing like it. It's so special.
Speaker 6 (44:44):
Yeah, because everyone always asks you to describe what does
it feel like to step on the first tee? What
does it feel like to play in the Sloan Cup?
But it's like, it's just one of those emotions that
you cannot describe in the world. Like, you know, some
people don't like the first tee. They just, you know,
they think it's too much. But I mean, I don't
think there's a better feeling. Like when I was in Washington,
probably in my mind view was maybe my last one.
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It was just like, I hit the first tee shot
and I'm like, Oh, I'm going to miss this. Like,
I'm going to be jealous of the players getting to
tee it up because like, in my opinion, like there's
nothing better than getting up to the first, first tee.
And I know this year, uh, the owner of the
golf course, uh, Robert Vandermalen, who's, who's basically like, you know,
it's such a tremendous support for this event. And, uh, um, he, uh,
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he had asked, it's like, okay, well, how big was
the grandstand in Washington? And I don't know how many people,
like how big it was. I thought it was pretty big.
And then he goes, well, add another 2,000. I love that.
Speaker 3 (45:41):
The structure is insane.
Speaker 6 (45:45):
I mean, it wasn't fully built when we were there
in Bernardus, but it was quite breathtaking. And I cannot
wait for, you know, people. And I think this year
is going to be really special too, because you literally
have the first tee. Most times, you're at the first tee,
and then when you start your match, you leave. But
then this year, there's a reachable par 5, your second
hole coming straight back. The second green is literally right
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behind the first tee. So I think it's going to
be some of the coolest starts we've ever had at
the Solon Cup.
Speaker 4 (46:16):
That's awesome.
Speaker 2 (46:17):
I can't wait to watch.
Speaker 3 (46:18):
I'm so jealous that you guys are going to have
this amazing time in the Netherlands. I am eight months pregnant,
so will not be making the trip, which is.
Speaker 6 (46:27):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (46:29):
Oh, and Kira, you're like this. I'm a style icon
of yourself.
Speaker 5 (46:32):
If you're thinking, wow, the Europeans look fucking awesome, it's
because me and Anna did the styling this year.
Speaker 2 (46:40):
Oh, I can't wait to see it.
Speaker 3 (46:42):
I can't wait.
Speaker 6 (46:43):
Yeah. Let us know your thoughts.
Speaker 5 (46:47):
I'll do an outfit of the day every day for you, Kira,
and you can kind of analyze it and see what
you want to do with it.
Speaker 3 (46:53):
I'm sure that everybody's going to look absolutely fire and
I can't wait to see the outfits because that's really
what I'm here for.
Speaker 4 (47:00):
Exactly.
Speaker 5 (47:01):
I'll send you an outfit of the day every day.
I'll send it to you and you can... you can
analyze it, okay?
Speaker 6 (47:05):
Well, I think that's been the most fun of this
whole process. Like, obviously, I love the sign, but, like,
me and Mel, like, designing the clothes with pink, yeah, like,
it was one of the most fun parts, and, like,
I got to see all the kit at AIG, and
there was kind of hiding a few pieces because they
didn't want to, like, kind of, like, reveal it for
the players yet. I mean, I am so excited. I
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can't wait to wear it.
Speaker 4 (47:27):
Yeah, me too. Me too.
Speaker 2 (47:31):
Amazing.
Speaker 3 (47:31):
Well, Anna, this has been so much fun to get
to chat with you. Thank you for joining us. I know,
get back to the millions of things you've got going
on today. Before you leave, you said tomorrow?
Speaker 6 (47:41):
Yes, tomorrow morning. Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (47:42):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (47:43):
Well, the fact that you jumped on with us is amazing.
So we really appreciate it. And I can't wait to
see you kicking butt out there.
Speaker 6 (47:49):
Thank you. I'll see you soon, Mel. Oh, yes.
Speaker 4 (47:52):
I will see you very soon.
Speaker 2 (47:53):
El Capitan. Thanks for listening to Quiet Please. We'll be
back next week with more golf apps.
Speaker 1 (47:59):
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Speaker 5 (48:18):
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Speaker 2 (00:10):
Wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back to Quiet Please.
We have a very special episode for you guys today.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
The European Solheim Cup captain Anna Nordqvist is going to
be joining us for a little interview. But before we
get to Anna and some of her amazing insights, Mel,
we're just going to catch up really fast.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
And then you're off to the Netherlands.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
I am off to... And running for Solheim Cup. Oh
my God, mate. First of all, I'm buzzing.
Speaker 5 (00:51):
My best mate, Brianne, who's my, she's been my car
driver for the last couple when I've been a vice captain,
is just beyond excited. So she needs to calm the
F down. Carlotta's blowing me up. She's buzzing. So yes,
it's a very exciting week. It's the only week that
I would probably look forward to leaving my family after
being at home so long.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
So it's Solheim Cup.
Speaker 5 (01:12):
So it's come at a perfect time. And yes, let's
get the Oh, let's just get the week going.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
Let's just get the week going.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
So Anna very kindly joined us. I love her honesty
and her insights. So I know you guys are going
to love that. Before we get to the interview, there's
always some stuff going on in the golf world. Yeah,
some drums. So who are we if we don't chat
a little bit about the drums? So, well, first of all,
not dramatic. Mel, you became like an internet sensation for
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a little bit there because you got to play around
with Paige Sporanek, who's a friend of the pod.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
And at Harmony. Harmony. Tell us about your round with Paige.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
Yeah, it was awesome. Obviously, I love Paige.
Speaker 5 (01:59):
And so when she asked me to be on her
YouTube series, I was like, absolutely. That would be amazing.
And just joined... So it was a great kind of
way of playing the golf course. But we had a
lot of fun. Some of her game that she made
out was ratchet. It was so difficult. But apart from that,
it was fantastic. So we had an absolute blast. As
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you can imagine, Kira, she was the talk.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
Of the town at the club.
Speaker 5 (02:24):
And I became very popular at the club, having a
friend of Paige. I've never seen so many cart boys
swarm around somebody quite like, They did a round page.
It was like flies around shit. No pun intended. You know,
not saying that she's shit. She's fantastic.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
I know you're not saying she's shit.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
But it was a lot of fun. And I've never
played golf with Paige. She's good. She's really good. Yeah,
she's really good. So we had a lot of fun.
We were shooting the shit a little bit.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
Yeah, I love you telling her that she's not your type.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
Yeah, she took that very offensively, which was fantastic.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Because no one's probably ever said that to her.
Speaker 4 (03:03):
Exactly. I was like, is that weird for you? She's like, yeah.
She's like, I'm kind of offended. I'm like, well, sorry.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
You're hot, objectively.
Speaker 4 (03:10):
Absolutely.
Speaker 6 (03:11):
Not for me.
Speaker 4 (03:11):
Just not for me, babes. Not for me, babes. I
wouldn't know what to do. So anyway.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
I wouldn't know what to do.
Speaker 5 (03:17):
Respectfully, respectfully. Respectfully wouldn't know what to do with them.
Very intimidating for me. So, but yeah, look, we had
a lot of fun. She asked me some outrageous questions,
as you would imagine.
Speaker 4 (03:29):
Oh yeah, fuck, marry, kill. And who better to answer
them than me? Yeah, fuck, marry, kill.
Speaker 5 (03:33):
It was Julie Inkster, Kari Webb and Laura Davies. So
that was interesting.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
No, I thought she did Charlie Hall for one of them.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
She did Charlie Hall for one of them.
Speaker 5 (03:43):
I was like, Charlie's like a little sister. I'm like, no,
she's gone.
Speaker 4 (03:47):
She's off the cliff. So she's gone. She gone. She gone.
She gone. But no, it was a lot of fun. Yeah.
Do you know what? It's actually really worth.
Speaker 5 (04:00):
Having a watch if you've got time because There was
obviously some funny bits, some lighthearted bits. There was some
deeper topics in there as well, which was great. So
she opened up and we spoke about things. So yeah,
it was just a fun day around. And as I said,
become very popular at the golf club now. So thank
you for my street cred going way up, Paige.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
Appreciate it.
Speaker 6 (04:18):
All right.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
So you can check that out on Paige's YouTube channel.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
If you don't get enough of Mel chat on our show,
be sure to check that out.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
All right.
Speaker 6 (04:27):
So.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Tiger Woods had his driver's license suspended for five years
as part of a plea deal. He pleaded no contest
to reckless driving, careless driving charges stemming from the March
rollover car crash that he had in Florida. So obviously
this has been an ongoing story for the biggest star
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of golf ever. And I mean, I guess, good to
have it kind of be put to bed and have
that be the end of it and just move on.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
He's been in.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Rehab in Switzerland for a big part of this year
and we haven't really seen a lot of him. We
saw him briefly at the Payne Stewart Awards. He did
a video for Nota Begay, but this was kind of
the first time seeing him in person for a while,
kind of since that car crash.
Speaker 6 (05:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (05:17):
I think, look, like you said, I think putting it
to bed now and I mean, this isn't the first incident,
is it? So I really do hope this time, you know,
going to rehab, he has rehabilitated himself and his mindset and,
you know, knows how this could have gone terribly, terribly wrong.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
And he actually got off. He got lucky. He's got
lucky a few times now. So, look, he's gone to
get help.
Speaker 5 (05:40):
I hope that this is kind of the new chapter
for Tiger Woods because, you know, nobody wants to see
him like this and put himself in danger and everybody else,
by the way.
Speaker 6 (05:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (05:49):
Look, we hope he gets better. All you want is
for people to be healthy and in a good mindset.
So let's put it to bed, and hopefully next year
we'll see a different Tiger and a stronger and better Tiger.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Yeah, agreed, agreed.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
Did you see the President's Cup announcements come out while
we're on the topic of Cups?
Speaker 4 (06:07):
Did it come out today?
Speaker 3 (06:09):
So Brant Snedeker announces his six captain's picks.
Speaker 4 (06:14):
That's a lot of picks, isn't it? Sorry, that is
a lot of picks.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
That's why I'm always curious how all the different teams
have their.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
I know.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
It's too much, Kara.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Process.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
There's too much variety. Just make it easy for us.
Speaker 6 (06:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Well, okay.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
So first of all, these are the automatic qualifiers. Scotty Scheffler,
Cameron Young, Wyndham Clark, Russell Henley, Sam Burns, and Colin Morikawa.
So those are the people that made the team on points.
The captain's picks are Chris Goddard, who had an amazing season.
He won like three times, I think. Xander Schauffele. He
was ninth on the points list, and this will be
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his fourth President's Cup appearance. Justin Thomas, you know, stalwart,
the usual. Patrick Cantlay, also somebody that is a repeat
offender on these teams. And then this is kind of
where it gets a little controversial. Jacob Bridgman and Jackson Coivin.
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Jackson Koyman is the 21 year old who came out
and won on the PGA tour, I think at 3M
and made this huge splash. Um, Jacob Bridgman won at
Genesis earlier this year, but a lot of people were
saying that, you know, he hasn't really played that well
the rest of the year and that perhaps it should
have been Ryan Gerard instead.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
So I don't know, some, some drums there.
Speaker 4 (07:36):
Some drums.
Speaker 5 (07:36):
I mean, the majority of the four picks, I'm not
surprised that I think they were kind of, everyone was
thinking the same thing.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
Um, I think Jackson's actually a great pick.
Speaker 5 (07:47):
I think that get him in there early in that
kind of situation.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
They're thinking bigger picture as well, aren't they, to ride
a cup?
Speaker 5 (07:53):
And not take anything away from President's Cup, but President's
Cup is kind of like the Americans who have dominated
it primarily in the past. So I think that's a
great pick. I'm very excited to see him at the
President's Cup, I'm not going to lie.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
It's one of those things where you're like, oh, I
wish that they would pick blah, blah. And they kind
of never do.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
But then for once they do.
Speaker 4 (08:12):
They do.
Speaker 6 (08:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
And it's going to be so interesting to see how
he reacts to, I mean, obviously the President's Cup is
different to the Ryder Cup, but there's still tons.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
Of pressure involved. And you still are on a huge team.
It's an honor to play.
Speaker 6 (08:25):
Yep.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
La la la.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
And the nerves that come with that. So will he
thrive under the lights or will he shrivel up and
be scared?
Speaker 2 (08:33):
We shall see.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
We shall see.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Dun, dun, dun.
Speaker 4 (08:37):
Come September. What is September? It is September.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
It's crazy.
Speaker 6 (08:42):
Oh, shit.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
That is nuts. Oh, we're in the burrs. We're officially
in fall season.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
We're in the burrs. We're in the good oyster months.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
Pumpkin spice latte.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Oysters apparently are the best in the burr months.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
Is that right? I love an oyster.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
One of my best friends told me that the other day.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
So, if anyone wanted to know.
Speaker 4 (09:02):
I'll use that.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Great fun fact.
Speaker 6 (09:04):
The.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
Automatic qualifiers for the international team are Siwoo Kim, Hideki Matsuyama,
Ryan Fox, Tom Kim, Minwoo Lee, and Adam Scott. Which,
by the way, the fact that Adam Scott is an
automatic qualifier is pretty insane, given the fact that, you know,
he's the oldest guy and.
Speaker 4 (09:22):
Has been doing this forever.
Speaker 3 (09:24):
The captain's picks, Corey Connors, Nico Echevarria, Nick Taylor, Sungjae Im,
Ryo Hisatsune, and Christian Bezadenhut.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
Well done.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
On how I said those names?
Speaker 4 (09:39):
Yeah, that was fantastic.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Oh, why thank you.
Speaker 5 (09:41):
It's always how you do this for a living.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
A little bit. So on paper, a worse team and
probably going to lose, but.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
But let's get everyone fired up for it.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
Sorry, should I not say it like that?
Speaker 4 (09:59):
No, you should totally.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
Say it.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
It's true. It's true.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
I would love for them to win. I would love
it to be competitive. Please, for the love of God.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
I know, for the love of God. Make it competitive,
we gentlemen. Come on. Are we going to have to
get the ladies involved?
Speaker 2 (10:13):
Yeah, we would love that.
Speaker 4 (10:15):
So come on.
Speaker 5 (10:16):
If you guys want it to be a boys event, yeah,
you better start being more competitive. Otherwise, the girls are
going to have to come and save the day as usual.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
God, we're funny. We're hilarious.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
So anyway, y'all will just absolutely enjoy that at Medina
Country Club in Chicago.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
And yeah, okay. Have fun with that. So last thing.
Please come back here for our in-depth analysis.
Speaker 6 (10:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Last thing.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
So our last episode, we were talking about how the
CEO of Good Good was waking up at two in
the morning or whatever and sending out tweets. And they
announced yesterday that he has been fired.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
Whoopsies.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
Yeah. Or he left. I don't know.
Speaker 4 (11:01):
But he's leaving.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
I can't imagine that doing that was helpful. And that's
what we said. We were like, dude.
Speaker 4 (11:07):
We did say that.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
It's not.
Speaker 4 (11:10):
Just keep your mouth shut. What are we doing?
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Just chill.
Speaker 6 (11:12):
Just chill.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
You know what else is interesting?
Speaker 3 (11:14):
The Good Girls account started posting yesterday to be like,
and they were saying stuff like, you know, this is
the first of its kind opportunity for girls and golf
and blah, blah, blah.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
And I'm kind of like, guys, just chill for a
little bit, please.
Speaker 4 (11:31):
Just shut up.
Speaker 6 (11:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (11:32):
Yeah. sorry I'll say it for you Kira just shut
the fuck up just for a little.
Speaker 5 (11:37):
Bit just let the just let the tide go like
just let the storm pass and then we'll have calm
seas ahead if you just shut up.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
They keep reviving this whole thing I know it's honestly
it's child's play Kira it's literally like being in school.
Speaker 5 (11:53):
Do you know I used to do this in my
personal life a lot I used to do it like
bring things up and it would just never go away
so I've learnt.
Speaker 4 (12:01):
From This checks out.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Should we talk more about that?
Speaker 4 (12:06):
No, thank you. I've worked extremely hard. I still do it.
You just brought it up. I literally just brought it up.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
Anyway.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Do you have a shish of the week?
Speaker 4 (12:17):
I absolutely do.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
Tell us.
Speaker 4 (12:20):
Americans.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
That's so rude. Which type of American?
Speaker 4 (12:25):
It's all uncut wheat, baby. I have to, it's not, don't,
everyone calm down.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Okay.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
I love, I love Americans, a married one.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
Yeah. I love Americans.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
But this week, I love the American.
Speaker 5 (12:35):
People, but not this week, sweetheart. This week, I am
yellow and blue through and through. My wife is yellow
and blue this week. My kids, obviously, well, my kids
are British, so, you know.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
Are they going to be dual citizens?
Speaker 6 (12:49):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (12:50):
Absolutely, yeah.
Speaker 5 (12:51):
They only have American passports right now, which is actually
better than probably a British passport, to be honest, with
visas and stuff. But yeah, but I'm doing it when
they're a bit older because we have to keep renewing
their passport for like five years because they obviously don't
look like a five-week-old anymore. So I'll probably do it
when they're a bit older. But yeah, apparently it's a
bit of a process. Cara Banks, a friend of the pod,
(13:12):
was telling me about it. But yes, they definitely will
have a British, you know. It's very important to me
they have a British passport. I'm weird about things like that.
Speaker 4 (13:22):
So yes, Americans.
Speaker 3 (13:23):
So just Americans in general, just because you're going to
be facing them in this whole hot cup.
Speaker 4 (13:27):
Yeah, that's it. And then we can, we can all,
Sunday night, we can all, I'll love them again.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
Okay. Okay, great.
Speaker 4 (13:33):
What's yours?
Speaker 3 (13:34):
So I, I don't know if I said it on
the show, but I officially, finally, legally changed my name
to Kira Kazantsev Dixon and went through the whole process,
went to the social security office, the DMV, la la la.
The other day, my new social security card was supposed
to come in the mail. And Andrew opens up the
(13:55):
mail and it's half of my envelope from the social
security administration ripped in half.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
And it's been put into a little plastic baggie from USPS.
And it just says basically like, sorry that your mail
has been tampered with. We care.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Let us know how we can help, blah, blah, blah. Somebody,
and it's like a perfect cut. Somebody that either.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
Knows me.
Speaker 3 (14:19):
I don't know at what point in the process, either
at the Social Security Administration office or at USPS or whatever,
knows what those envelopes look like. And they perfectly cut
my Social Security card with my new name and my
number out of the envelope. And my identity has been stolen.
So big shush for me. So you know what I
(14:39):
was doing all day yesterday?
Speaker 4 (14:40):
Oh my God.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
Freezing my credit. Filing a police report, having to go
to all of these different things to make sure I
have to do all this stuff with the IRS because
that's so annoying.
Speaker 5 (14:54):
I mean, that is just a bull like annoying, isn't it? See,
this is why adulting is just such a pain in
the ass.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
It's so ridiculous. Like, I don't want this.
Speaker 4 (15:02):
It's so stupid. I didn't ask for this. Why would
someone steal their own identity? Like, come on. Be a
bit more original.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Like, be more creative.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
I think it's the lowest of the low as far
as crimes go.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
It's so lowbrow.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
Like, it's not even creative and funny or fun or
violent or whatever.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
It's just so, just taking advantage of people.
Speaker 6 (15:21):
Lame. Awful.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
Oh, I'm sorry.
Speaker 3 (15:24):
Somebody could like try to to file taxes in my
name or apply for employment in my name or open
a credit card in my name or any other number
of bullshit that I.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
Got to work through.
Speaker 4 (15:36):
So does this mean you're famous?
Speaker 2 (15:39):
No, it just means that somebody is trying.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
This happens to normal people all the time. Oh.
Speaker 4 (15:44):
Well, I'm sorry. That absolutely sucks. That is horrific.
Speaker 5 (15:47):
I hate shit like that. Like, when I lose my
credit card, even that just annoys me. It's freezing my heart.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Yeah, it's just like.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
It's just annoying.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
It just creates all this work for nothing.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
Well, you've got to think of everything, haven't you? You've
got to think, right.
Speaker 5 (15:57):
You've got to think, yeah, credit card and all that stuff.
Speaker 4 (15:59):
Then you've got to think, I don't even know.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
See?
Speaker 4 (16:01):
I don't even know.
Speaker 6 (16:03):
Yeah. Okay.
Speaker 3 (16:03):
Anywho, so that was my show of the week. But
to make me feel better about it, I am going
to be watching Solheim all of this next week. And
Anna gave us an incredible... insight so Mel good on
you for getting El Capitan on the show because I
know that she's got a million demands on her time
right now.
Speaker 5 (16:21):
Yeah well it's very kind of her to give up
but yes you're very welcome I can be quite demanding
quite persuasive and one needs to be.
Speaker 3 (16:29):
Yes all right so I hope you guys enjoy the
interview please tune in to the Solheim Cup and Mel
good luck we will hear from you all about it
after it's all said.
Speaker 4 (16:41):
And done oh yeah baby all right Thank you and goodbye.
Speaker 3 (16:45):
Bye.
Speaker 2 (16:46):
Goodbye. Goodbye to you.
Speaker 4 (16:47):
Goodbye.
Speaker 3 (17:00):
Okay, it is the week of the Solheim Cup. So
who better to give us an epic preview of what
we're going to see this week than the European Solheim
Cup captain herself, Anna Nordquist. She played in nine Solheim Cups,
nine wins and three majors on the LPGA Tour. A
Solheim Cup record of 17-15-3 and.
Speaker 2 (17:21):
Potentially leading the European team to victory. We shall see. Anna,
thank you for joining.
Speaker 6 (17:26):
Yeah, thank you for having me.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
Yes, I nailed the intro.
Speaker 4 (17:30):
I know, you did nail the intro. Well done, K-Dog.
Speaker 5 (17:35):
Anna, Capitan, how are you feeling? You're a bit of
a busy bee. You've got lots of things that you've
been announcing recently as well. But before we get into that,
how are you feeling? You ready for the week?
Speaker 6 (17:45):
Yeah, I mean, let's say it's very, very busy. I'm
running out of phone very pretty quick, pretty early in
the day, but I've been a big fan of your
podcast for a while. So I'm just excited to be
able to get the opportunity to be on here.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
Oh, well, quiet, please. It's an honor to have you.
Speaker 4 (18:05):
Yeah, thank you.
Speaker 5 (18:08):
I kind of have a few questions. My first one
really is, I obviously absolutely love Solheim. You're Miss Solheim
as well. When you get asked to be a captain,
what an honour that is.
Speaker 4 (18:21):
How does that actually make you feel?
Speaker 6 (18:26):
Yeah, I mean, I think being a captain for the
European team, I mean, it's an honour of a lifetime.
I actually put my name in, obviously, given that fact
I was still playing. I don't know if they would
have considered me now in hindsight. Yeah, it's a big
job to do when you're still playing, but I always
said if I was going to get the opportunity, I
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wanted to do it at a time when I still
knew the players and I was kind of still out
there to be able to do a better job by
kind of doing the whole everything with them and always
being approachable. So I'm really proud, but obviously when you
get the call and it's like you've been captain and
then you have to keep it quiet for a couple
of weeks, you can obviously tell you're Closest family, but
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it's surely like it's the biggest honor of my career.
Speaker 5 (19:16):
I think that people have no idea. Like the fact
that you even like us, well, obviously you just announced
that you're retiring, but you were playing through all this.
People have no idea how much time and hard work
goes into this, do they? Like people have no, I
don't think even, even I being on this side of it,
like a few times now, even I have no idea
really what a captain's behind the scenes job is.
Speaker 4 (19:37):
Like you do so much.
Speaker 6 (19:39):
Obviously, you have to, it's kind of an unwritten rule,
I think, to be a vice captain before you are
a captain. So obviously, I had the honor to be
a playing vice captain under Suzanne in 2023. and 2024
so obviously I've seen a lot heard a lot about
the work but I honestly I had really no idea
what was really going into this and how much really
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work it's been and I think I'm a person by nature.
If I put my mind into something, I'm going to
give it all I have and a little bit more.
So I've truly poured my whole heart into this. And
it's just so much work you never see. As a player,
you're fortunate to show up on the Sunday, the week
before the Solon Cup, and everything is laid out in
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your room. The schedule is set. the giftings done for
the week you know you you truly I think you
appreciate it a lot more now that you've done a
captain and be like oh wow like this is really
what everyone else has put in before you so yeah
like I'm proud but I'm also very exhausted.
Speaker 3 (20:44):
Well it didn't show in how you played this season
you had an incredible season you finished top 10 in
a major you probably if you weren't captain you'd probably
be playing on this team what what's up with that.
Speaker 6 (20:55):
Obviously i mean um now that i like think about
it i don't think there's a way you can do
both uh if you're gonna do one one good you
know you either either play or you're captain and then
when i accepted captaincy i kind of knew that i
was going to be the last one i had played
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um i'm proud of myself for getting my game in
a really good shape and uh You know, if someone
else would have been captain, yeah, maybe I would have
been considered. I wasn't going to consider myself. But it
was obviously encouraging just hearing everyone, you know, telling you
to pick yourself. I love the Solka more than anything,
as you guys know, but... Um, there's just so much
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that goes into it. And, you know, it's like a
once in a lifetime opportunity to be captain. So I
really wanted to do that role well, and that's what
I signed up for. Um, but it's just been nice,
you know, to be able to play some really good golf,
you know, someday it's been really hard, like AIG, it's
probably the tournament I love the most. I knew, uh,
that was going to be my last AIG. So I
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kind of had said to everyone else before, I'm like, look,
you know, don't hammer with a lot of things, but
The amount of sponsor requests and solo card requests that
week was kind of insane. I mean, I made a cut.
I played really well. Sunday night, you know, I was
trying to do the right thing, you know, speak to
all the players, speak to everyone I had in conversations.
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It's like, when do you let them know they're in,
they're not in? So I think I spent two hours
after I was done in player dining on Friday night
of the AIG. Caroline Hedwell was there. uh, to kind
of help me like push through all this conversation. I mean,
it was so emotional and draining. And then on the Saturday,
like I'm going out to try to do something for myself,
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play for myself. But like, I literally have nothing. I
didn't really play that bad, but you know, making the turn,
I feel like I'm just drained. And I think I
ended up shooting six under six over that day. So
it was just like one of those days was really hard.
I think after I came in, you know, I was,
I was just so drained. I told my caddy, Hey, look, um, I'll, uh,
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I'll go, let me go to the pot of green.
Give me 30 minutes. I just need a moment for myself.
And then I meet you on the range, uh, just
because it just has been so much. And, you know,
I remember, I remember I couldn't even walk out of
the play dining before one of the players said, I
thought I had a really good conversation with the day
before letting her know. And then, you know, all of
a sudden she has issues with the way I was
doing things. And I was like, like, look, this is
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just too much. I'm like, I am trying to do
my best here. So, uh, For me to pick myself
up that afternoon and then go out and shoot three
under my final major round, I'm really proud of. But yeah,
stuff like this has just been really hard.
Speaker 5 (23:37):
So I feel like one of our gifts in Europe
is just like we find it, I think, easier just
to become a little bit of a unit. And I
think we have to become a unit because... You know,
on paper, most of the time we're weaker than the Americans.
And so we really have to kind of have each
other's back. And that's just a thing of beauty that
Europeans have, right? Same on the men's side of the
Ryder Cup. I just want you to give the listeners
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a little bit of an insight into what you have
taken away from the Ryder Cup. I know you've been
speaking to Luke. I know you've been speaking to Eduardo.
Just give a little bit of an insight into how
we've kind of pulled together as the continent men and
women for us to help the European team this year.
Speaker 6 (24:19):
Yeah, so obviously I had huge support from the men's team.
I had a talk with Luke the other day. He's
always been very supportive in text message throughout my whole process.
And it's kind of nice to run from thoughts that
no one else can really kind of guide you through.
I've had a lot of talks with like Susanne, with
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Katrina Matthew, Pia Nilsson early on just about the captaincy,
what it means and, you know, kind of how to
do it. Eduardo Molinaro, we had a chat a couple
of weeks ago and I took away a lot of
things from that. But I went to the Ryder Cup
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in Bethpage last year.
Speaker 4 (25:07):
I bumped into you. I bumped into you.
Speaker 6 (25:09):
Yeah. So, like, I had never been to Ryder Cup.
I didn't really know what to expect, but I was
there the Thursday and then I was there the Friday
and Friday was, frankly, not a very enjoyable day other
than enjoying the peace and quiet of the Spectre's first
hour and a half and kind of how they sucked
everything out. But I always felt like this tournament, you know,
whether it's the Ryder Cup or the Solon Cup, like,
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golf needs to win at the end of the day. So...
I kind of try to keep telling the girls, look,
at the end of the week, if the US team
plays better, great, let's congratulate them. Let's be the bigger
persons here. I know we wanted to win, but we'll
try better next time. But as long as we pour
our hearts into it and show up as a team,
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do everything we can, that's all we can really do.
Because I think that's... I feel like we lost a
little bit of the sportsmanship over the years. We had
a few things going on in Washington where I felt
like all of a sudden we were putting the crowds
instead of putting on the stage at the final ceremony.
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So it's like, look, at the end of the day,
golf needs to win. And it's just such an incredible honor, obviously,
to play for Europe. So... I think you try to
gather a lot of information and obviously I've been part
of nine. I mean, Mel, you've been part of both
of those that I played. Caroline Hedwell has a lot
of experience. So I think when we approach this whole captaincy,
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it's like, look, we have more experience than most other people.
So it's easy for people to say, how are you
going to do things? But like, until you're in the
middle of it and try, try to kind of accommodate
like 12 players, 12 caddies. And, you know, I said
at times, it reminds me of planning a wedding because,
but this time you had 12 brides, which is a lot. Um,
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I would say.
Speaker 4 (26:56):
Like, Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:58):
You're the bride. They need to know that you are
the bride at the end of the day.
Speaker 6 (27:02):
This has nothing to do with me. It's basically, you
have 12 brides. Um, it's just been a learning experience.
I mean, um, I think it comes very natural to
us as a team. You play for something bigger than yourself,
like representing Europe. But yeah, there's a lot of wills
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and you try to do the best you can. I
don't do drama and I'm not a big fan of it,
but you kind of put yourself in a position where
people get to let you know how they feel. But
if we can limit that, then for one week, just
try to do the best and There's so many players
in Cadiz that wants to be in their shoes. But,
you know, I think we've gotten them to realize, you know,
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what a special honor it is. And hopefully we can,
you know, continue that Solheim Cup legacy that is so special.
Speaker 3 (27:52):
I know that Mel considers this to be a very,
very special honor to be a vice captain of yours.
Can you tell us why you chose Mel and how
you would describe her as a Solheim Cup competitor?
Speaker 6 (28:07):
I mean I think Mel was a non-brainer even before
like I knew I was going to be captain I
had asked her if I become captain will you be
my wife's captain because I think you know Mel and
I we've known each other known all of each other
since we probably was 16 or 17 years old so
we kind of done this whole journey and I mean
I've had the honor of playing on the team. I'm
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probably a little bit more calm and collected, and then
Mel's like, you know, she's the life of the party.
And I think we saw that even on the European
Team Championship, like, you know, her representing England, and then Brie,
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who represented Wales. I mean, they made sure things were
early on.
Speaker 5 (28:55):
Yeah, we would sniff alcohol out in a different district.
It was awful. Me and Brian got into a lot
of trouble when we were younger.
Speaker 6 (29:04):
I think they were the happiest people or the happiest
team to not make it to the final two matches
or something. They were having a good time.
Speaker 4 (29:15):
Do you know who else was part of that? Carlotta
as well.
Speaker 5 (29:17):
Spain used to do quite well, but Carlotta used to
be involved in that. Little Antics and Bella and Mozo
as well. And Ather, actually. We got a little bit
of a naughty crowd together at one point. But it
was definitely led by Brianne and then myself was with
the instigators.
Speaker 4 (29:31):
But thank you for that.
Speaker 6 (29:33):
No, but honestly, I couldn't imagine not doing this captaincy
without Mel. And obviously, Caroline Hedwas is one of my captains.
too so I think we have a lot of different And,
you know, there's so many different personalities on the team.
So I think we got it all covered. Mel can
probably have some of those hard conversations that I might
shy away from.
Speaker 3 (29:52):
I got you, Captain.
Speaker 5 (29:53):
Don't worry.
Speaker 4 (29:54):
I got you. I got you.
Speaker 2 (29:56):
Mel, don't you say how it is.
Speaker 4 (29:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (30:00):
I'm never going to forget the moment where, I mean,
it doesn't matter. Like Mel will do anything for the
team and I will never forget. forget the time that
you showed up in that fat sumo outfit in the
team room in Gleneagles and I'm like it is like
the best moment ever because it's like she literally will
do anything for you and the.
Speaker 5 (30:19):
Team literally I literally will and this is the thing
I'm the only stupid one that will do things like
that so they just come to me and go hey
we've got this fat sumo a Scottish suit who do
you think would wear it and everyone just looks at
me I'm like yeah of course I'll put it on
like duh yeah Um, anything for the team, Anna, honestly,
anything for the team, anything for the team. Well, I'm
very honored to be alongside you. I think I, I
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said this to you, um, many times, but I think
you're doing a phenomenal job. You've done a phenomenal job,
no matter the result. But, um, I've been obviously incredibly
impressed with you and yeah, we've known each other for
way too long.
Speaker 3 (30:52):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (31:03):
I'm going to put you on the spot here a
little bit, mate. I want your top three. I want
your top three Solheim Cup moments.
Speaker 6 (31:10):
Ooh, top three Solheim Cup moments.
Speaker 4 (31:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (31:13):
Um, in any form, it doesn't have to just be
the golf. Obviously it can be anything.
Speaker 6 (31:19):
Well, now that I like to assume a moment must
be one of them.
Speaker 4 (31:22):
Obviously.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
For sure.
Speaker 4 (31:23):
That's great.
Speaker 5 (31:24):
I had a few beers in that. Who popped it
in the end? I think Bronte jumped on me and
popped it in the end, didn't she?
Speaker 6 (31:30):
I'm not sure. Um, Maybe you can find another one
between now and next week.
Speaker 4 (31:35):
Hey, I've got Amazon Prime. This could happen. This could happen.
Speaker 2 (31:40):
The order's in.
Speaker 6 (31:42):
I think top three moments. I mean, for me personally,
I always felt like Soul Cup was a family affair
because it was the one tournament I got to share
with my family. And then so being able to kind
of have all my nieces and nephews and my whole
family there in Spain, because at the time I was
going through a really hard time and they literally showed
up in all the shirts with Anna on them. And
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then I think they had hats made of everything. every
team member. Um, and then that's obviously when they introduced
the bananas to the world. So I think like that,
that moment of like even being able to bring my
nieces and nephews in, um, inside the ropes in the
practice round and just, you know, like kind of sharing
my world with them because obviously they'd never really seen
me at home. Um, I've been home one week the
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last year cause he's just been so busy. Um, so
that's obviously a very special moment. Um, and then, um,
um glenn eagles was obviously special like i had just
finished my match on 15 and then suzanne's obviously making
the pot i think we made it up back to
the cart like halfway down 18 i mean i had
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lost my voice because i was so sick on that
sunday and i was like out of breath but like
literally i think it was me and my caddy and
whoever like the helper was working with the mash i
mean we got dropped off halfway and we're like literally
just sprinting up the fairway Like to kind of join
the party on the 18th green. That was obviously a
very special one too.
Speaker 4 (33:06):
Yeah, I would agree with that. That Suzanne moment. I mean,
it's so typical of Suzanne, isn't it?
Speaker 5 (33:10):
I'm just like, you don't play golf like a year
and then you get a 10-footer to win the slime
cart and obviously just nail it.
Speaker 4 (33:16):
So Suzanne.
Speaker 2 (33:17):
And then announce your retirement.
Speaker 4 (33:18):
And then she's like, bye, by the way, peace.
Speaker 6 (33:21):
That was quite probably the biggest mic drop moment in
the game of golf.
Speaker 4 (33:25):
I would say so.
Speaker 3 (33:27):
So, so Anna, Suzanne obviously went out in kind of
a blaze of glory in that way with the retirement, blah, blah, blah.
You chose to announce your retirement before Solheim at the
FM championship. Why was that your thought process about it?
Did you want to just give yourself this kind of
week of peace before going into it? Or because you
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could have waited until Solheim and who knows what would
have happened.
Speaker 2 (33:49):
You could have had that mic drop too.
Speaker 6 (33:53):
Yeah, so I decided early this year that this was
going to be my last year. And then when I
thought about the timing of things, I wanted to honor
the fact that I've been playing on LPGA Tour as
my main tour all this year. So I wanted to
make a US event the final one. I mean, AIG
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would have been a pretty cool one, but we were
doing team selections and I had my hands full that week.
So I don't think timing-wise it would have been a
good one. And when I thought about it too, like
I wanted to truly be able to go into Solon
Cup and kind of enjoy the whole experience, not worry about,
you know, whether I was going to play after or not.
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I mean, this week's been crazy. I've been home four
days and I leave tomorrow, Friday. uh for the song
cup so i knew this was going to be crazy
busy and then like after i was probably going to
feel i was going to be really exhausted so i
was never like i never really wanted like a farewell
tour or basically being able to tell everyone okay i'm
retiring this year and like have all these extra questions
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because all this year i mean every interview has been
about everyone else and what they're doing and song cup
and um so i kind of wanted to do something
for myself so it was only really a few of
my closest friends and family then you, um, my, obviously
my team knew, um, and they respected the facts. I
worked with LPGA on this, um, the letter and the
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video in Canada two weeks ago. And, um, you know, I,
I really felt like I did get to finish on
my terms, you know, the last couple of years has
been hard, but at the same time, like I never
gave up and it kept going and I've been playing
some really good golf this year. Um, and then yeah
Boston was always special it was very emotional.
Speaker 5 (35:41):
Yeah yeah I bet and I think people don't understand
I think when you've been doing this your your whole
life and um you know please uh chip in here
and I'm like it's a really difficult decision to retire
like I was very ready I'd been ready for about
a decade but it was still quite a difficult decision
um it's just weird isn't it like what do you
think have you been thinking about it for a few
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years or is it was a is it Is it
like a particular moment or are you just kind of like,
I'm pretty settled with everything? You know, you've obviously had
an incredible career. Like, are you kind of at peace
with it all? Is that where you're at?
Speaker 6 (36:15):
Yeah, I mean... I've been quite open about my story. Obviously,
I was going through a really hard divorce a couple
years ago. And, you know, I was literally going through
hell and back. And I just didn't want anyone else
to kind of write my ending. I don't even know
how I picked myself up at times because I was
just so mentally and physically broken down from it all.
And Um, but I kind of wanted to leave the
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game at a place where I felt it was on
my terms. So I think that's kind of been a
battle the last couple of years. And I mean, the
amount of cuts that I probably missed in 24, 25, 26.
I mean, I feel like those together, it's probably been
more missed cuts in my whole life. So it's like
when you don't recognize yourself, um, as a player, Um,
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and you know, and the way like you feel on
the golf course, that's a really, really hard place to be.
And I mean, people would speak about me as a
golf players and I would just be like completely numb
to those words. Like, I'm like, who are you talking about? Like,
I couldn't even like remember what I was like. So
I think a lot of it was like, all right, well,
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I want to go back to a place where I
feel like myself and I feel like the strength that
I used to always have. Uh, so I think this
year was the first year that actually started to kind
of enjoy golf again. Um, and the last couple of
months I made some changes in my team and, you know,
just be kind of keeping it simple. I had some
friends help me out with my swing and, you know,
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just kind of enjoyed the process a lot. So, um,
And just even having those few moments, I mean, I
think I battled hard, like, to make a cut into KPMG,
made some putts, and I'm like, that was probably the
first time I, like, started to feel like myself. And then, like,
having Evian where I finished seventh, like, I know seventh
doesn't mean a lot, but for me, it almost felt
like a win because it's like, for four days, I
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could actually feel some strength again and, like, recognize myself. So, like,
I think those moments were so important because that's obviously
why I worked so hard for so long. But... I'm 39.
I never thought I'd be playing golf at this same age.
I thought I'd be married and have kids by now,
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but obviously my journey didn't quite work out that well,
but maybe I'm right where I'm meant to be. So
at this time, it's like I feel like I need
to close the chapter and give myself a chance to
have my own family because that's obviously always been one
of my biggest goals. So I feel like the timing's right,
but it feels very empty. Like this week, like I
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have not been able to stop sleeping. So I think
coming back from Solon Cup is going to have, like,
it's really going to hit me because it's not like
I have a plan, like what I want to do next.
Like I love to stay in Malden Golf, but... you know,
it's kind of like, it's just like, okay, well, what now? Yeah.
Speaker 4 (39:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (39:06):
It feels like a, like an inflection point.
Speaker 3 (39:08):
It's kind of, it's scary, but it's so exciting that
to have any opportunity to write your own story next.
Speaker 6 (39:15):
Yeah. And obviously Carlotta, a good friend of mine, she
didn't know that I was retiring last week. So she
was like, okay, let's play golf. So she had this
golf game set up yesterday afternoon She wanted to play
a match. So it was me. She had picked my
boyfriend as her partner and I was going to play
with her husband. And I sat there and was like, look,
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how's this going to go? And she's like, well, You
got this. If I can beat you, I can beat
anyone in the Solon Cup. I came out of retirement
yesterday and I literally had zero motivation to go play
golf because I'd just been so tired. But she gave
me a few holes and I think she saw me
as a match player in the back nine and me
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and James ended up winning the match.
Speaker 5 (40:00):
Oh dear, that probably didn't go down very well.
Speaker 6 (40:05):
Maybe I'm back into retirement now.
Speaker 2 (40:09):
One last blaze of glory.
Speaker 4 (40:13):
Well, mate, I must say, I think that you, that
was really insightful.
Speaker 5 (40:17):
And I think that anybody who describes you, you know,
if we're talking about a golfer and a person, I
think resilience definitely comes to mind. I think that you're
one of the hardest working players out there, you are,
but you're so resilient on and off the golf course.
Speaker 4 (40:32):
And The fact that you.
Speaker 5 (40:34):
Have been through hell and back and you've picked yourself
up and, you know, you keep putting your best foot forward.
I think it's admirable. It's extremely difficult to do, even
in a good mindset. And so you should be extremely
proud of yourself. And, you know, as someone who's known
you for a couple of decades, almost three decades, it's inspirational, honestly.
It's really cool. And yeah, it's just I'm just proud
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of you, basically, is what I want to say.
Speaker 6 (40:57):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (41:00):
Anna I know you're so busy so before we let
you go I just want to ask about your team
and especially your captain's picks how you made your captain's
picks and what you're looking forward to seeing about this
team unfold some of the personalities the veterans the rookies
and how it's come together.
Speaker 6 (41:17):
Yeah I mean I think there's no doubt on paper
we're probably the underdogs but I always feel like that
doesn't really say much when it comes to the Solon
Cup um Because I always felt like, you know, some
people don't have a good year necessarily. And then, you know,
they get to the Solon Cup and Solon Cup just,
you know, I've seen what it's done to me. I mean,
it literally brings out the best in most people. So
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I feel like we have a really, really cool team.
I think we're going through a little bit of a
generation change. I mean, I'm not on the team for
the first time since, what, 2009? Yeah. Madeline's on maternity
leave Georgia's just had a baby Emily didn't make the
team this year so it's like there's a lot of
(42:01):
new faces but four rookies seems like a lot but
I just feel like you know the rookies aren't shy
anymore you know they come in with great personality I
think I'm excited for the world to kind of see Julia.
She has so much personality and so much energy. And
we took the team to team practice at Bernardes after Evian.
(42:23):
And I mean, she was the one that was kind
of like keeping, you know, she was like kind of
the glue that kept the team together and, you know,
made it fun and came up with all these games
and stuff like that. So yeah, Lottie. It's surreal to
feel like she's only been a pro for basically about
a year. But I feel like she's a player that's
basically been meant for these moments. And I feel like
(42:46):
I can see myself a little bit in her at times.
So I'm excited to just put her on the first
team and just let her do her thing. Nastassia. she's
also like a power player. I mean, she's, she's super aggressive. Um,
and then she makes some of the most birdies on tour.
So she's only what? 21, I think. Um, but she
(43:09):
certainly doesn't play.
Speaker 4 (43:12):
Like, so me and.
Speaker 6 (43:14):
Mel are going to be like the old camp counselors.
Speaker 2 (43:21):
Oh dear.
Speaker 4 (43:21):
Make sure they've got their cookies and milk at the
end of the night.
Speaker 6 (43:25):
But then you have like someone like Carlotta who like
lives and breathes Solon Cup. And I mean, me and
Carlotta have had so many conversations. You know, we just,
you know, obviously played golf yesterday, you know, had dinner together. And,
you know, I feel like it's a good mixture of,
you know, oldies and rookies. And there's a lot of
rookie caddies, you know, who get to experience it for
(43:47):
the first time. But I think the mixture of it
all is what makes it so special.
Speaker 4 (43:53):
Well, I'm absolutely buzzed, mate.
Speaker 5 (43:55):
I am literally, funny you say that, Carlotta was blowing
me up yesterday, just.
Speaker 4 (43:59):
How excited she is.
Speaker 5 (43:59):
So no, it's literally my favorite week every two years.
I just, same as you, people don't understand until they're
actually kind of, they've played a Solheim or been part
of a Solheim and kind of the team room and
like in the locker room, it's just, it's magic. It's
so different. It's so different. And it's just unbelievable. Like
the caddies, the helpers, like, yeah, right. The players, the caddies,
(44:21):
the captains and stuff, but it's also the LAT staff.
Like it's, it's everybody that comes together and we're just
like this one big cool bubble.
Speaker 4 (44:28):
And it's just, it's just so much hard work goes
into it.
Speaker 5 (44:31):
And like you said, it's for me personally, it's the
best week of my life every, you know, every two years. And, um,
you know, I hope that the players feel that I'm
sure they will do at the end of the week.
So it's just, it's nothing like it. It's so special.
Speaker 6 (44:44):
Yeah, because everyone always asks you to describe what does
it feel like to step on the first tee? What
does it feel like to play in the Sloan Cup?
But it's like, it's just one of those emotions that
you cannot describe in the world. Like, you know, some
people don't like the first tee. They just, you know,
they think it's too much. But I mean, I don't
think there's a better feeling. Like when I was in Washington,
probably in my mind view was maybe my last one.
(45:06):
It was just like, I hit the first tee shot
and I'm like, Oh, I'm going to miss this. Like,
I'm going to be jealous of the players getting to
tee it up because like, in my opinion, like there's
nothing better than getting up to the first, first tee.
And I know this year, uh, the owner of the
golf course, uh, Robert Vandermalen, who's, who's basically like, you know,
it's such a tremendous support for this event. And, uh, um, he, uh,
(45:29):
he had asked, it's like, okay, well, how big was
the grandstand in Washington? And I don't know how many people,
like how big it was. I thought it was pretty big.
And then he goes, well, add another 2,000. I love that.
Speaker 3 (45:41):
The structure is insane.
Speaker 6 (45:45):
I mean, it wasn't fully built when we were there
in Bernardus, but it was quite breathtaking. And I cannot
wait for, you know, people. And I think this year
is going to be really special too, because you literally
have the first tee. Most times, you're at the first tee,
and then when you start your match, you leave. But
then this year, there's a reachable par 5, your second
hole coming straight back. The second green is literally right
(46:09):
behind the first tee. So I think it's going to
be some of the coolest starts we've ever had at
the Solon Cup.
Speaker 4 (46:16):
That's awesome.
Speaker 2 (46:17):
I can't wait to watch.
Speaker 3 (46:18):
I'm so jealous that you guys are going to have
this amazing time in the Netherlands. I am eight months pregnant,
so will not be making the trip, which is.
Speaker 6 (46:27):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (46:29):
Oh, and Kira, you're like this. I'm a style icon
of yourself.
Speaker 5 (46:32):
If you're thinking, wow, the Europeans look fucking awesome, it's
because me and Anna did the styling this year.
Speaker 2 (46:40):
Oh, I can't wait to see it.
Speaker 3 (46:42):
I can't wait.
Speaker 6 (46:43):
Yeah. Let us know your thoughts.
Speaker 5 (46:47):
I'll do an outfit of the day every day for you, Kira,
and you can kind of analyze it and see what
you want to do with it.
Speaker 3 (46:53):
I'm sure that everybody's going to look absolutely fire and
I can't wait to see the outfits because that's really
what I'm here for.
Speaker 4 (47:00):
Exactly.
Speaker 5 (47:01):
I'll send you an outfit of the day every day.
I'll send it to you and you can... you can
analyze it, okay?
Speaker 6 (47:05):
Well, I think that's been the most fun of this
whole process. Like, obviously, I love the sign, but, like,
me and Mel, like, designing the clothes with pink, yeah, like,
it was one of the most fun parts, and, like,
I got to see all the kit at AIG, and
there was kind of hiding a few pieces because they
didn't want to, like, kind of, like, reveal it for
the players yet. I mean, I am so excited. I
(47:26):
can't wait to wear it.
Speaker 4 (47:27):
Yeah, me too. Me too.
Speaker 2 (47:31):
Amazing.
Speaker 3 (47:31):
Well, Anna, this has been so much fun to get
to chat with you. Thank you for joining us. I know,
get back to the millions of things you've got going
on today. Before you leave, you said tomorrow?
Speaker 6 (47:41):
Yes, tomorrow morning. Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2 (47:42):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (47:43):
Well, the fact that you jumped on with us is amazing.
So we really appreciate it. And I can't wait to
see you kicking butt out there.
Speaker 6 (47:49):
Thank you. I'll see you soon, Mel. Oh, yes.
Speaker 4 (47:52):
I will see you very soon.
Speaker 2 (47:53):
El Capitan. Thanks for listening to Quiet Please. We'll be
back next week with more golf apps.
Speaker 1 (47:59):
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our next show. Quiet Please is hosted by Mel Reed
and Kira Dixon. Our executive producer is Jesse Katz. Our
supervising producer is Grace Fuse. Our producer is Jonathan Kerma.
Speaker 5 (48:18):
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