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JOEL SCHUCHMANN: Good afternoon to those members of the media joining us here for this conference call. Today’s guest is Anthony Kim, who won last week’s AT&T National event.

All interview transcripts courtesy of ASAP Sports.

Q. Do you feel like you’re making progress, making cuts this year and things are — do you feel better about the shape of your game this year?

Rising talent Anthony Kim, a
double winner on the 2008 PGA Tour, has taken a leaf out of
fellow American Todd Hamilton’s book for next week’s British
Open.

STEWART MOORE: We’d like to welcome Kenny Perry to the interview room here at the John Deere Classic after a week off last week, coming off the win at the Buick Open, your second one of the year, arguably the hottest player in the world right now. It must have been nice just to finally get home and relax last week, take some time with the family. Why don’t you talk about the last eight or nine days coming into this week.

When it comes to accommodating the PGA TOUR players competing in this week’s John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run, the sky’s the limit — literally.

I’m not cool anymore, but you probably already knew that. I must have been once because I can recognize coolness in others. It just stopped applying to me a long time ago. The difference between being an ex-TOUR player and everyone else is that I can actually narrow down to the day when I stopped being cool.

DOUG MILNE: Jerry Kelly, we thank you for spending a few minutes with us here at the John Deere Classic. You mentioned out there a couple weeks off, kind of recouping from a little injury. Maybe just as you head into the week here, just assess where your game is.

A birdie on the final hole Tuesday earned Jean Van de Velde a spot in next week’s British Open at Royal Birkdale in England.

Kenny Perry is going to play in the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee rather than in the oldest and what is often considered the most prestigious tournament in all of golf. I am pretty sure that the British Open will endure.

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The LPGA Tour moves to Ohio this week and to an event where Se Ri Pak dominates.

The PGA TOUR heads to the midwest this week for the final tune-up before the British Open.

Anthony Kim won the AT&T National on Sunday, his second victory of the season, and moved up six places to No. 14 in the world rankings.

Mark O’Meara saw the change in Anthony Kim seven months ago when he barely knew him.

Golf’s landscape has changed in many ways since a few Scots brought it to North America some 150 years ago.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Sir Bob Charles, winner of the 1963 Open Championship, will become the first New Zealander and the first lefty inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame this November when he is honored as part of the 2008 Class. Charles was selected in the Veterans Category.

Editor’s note: As part of the New Game, New Thinking series, Martin Laird, one of 25 rookies on the PGA TOUR this season, recently spent some time with PGATOUR.com freelance writer Rudy Klancnik:

BRIDGEPORT, W. Va. — The Nationwide Tour will mark a momentous occasion in its 19-year history Thursday morning when the first round of the Nationwide Tour Players Cup begins at Pete Dye Golf Club.

The PGA TOUR heads to Silvis, Ill., this week for the John Deere Classic. Defending champion Jonathan Byrd will be hoping to turn a successful defense into his first win of the season, while Zach Johnson will be playing close to home and looking to give his fellow Iowans something to smile about.