Campbell athletics media
services student assistant Ryan Dunn recently sat down with Maite
Ortiz de Pinedo, a senior on the women's golf team from Valladolid,
Spain and discussed the spring season. Last year Maite became just
the 16th individual in the history of Atlantic Sun Conference to
earn all-conference honors in women's golf three times in a
career. She won the 2007
Fighting Camel Spring Classic and shared medalist honors at the
event this year with teammate Belen Diaz Cisneros.
When did you start playing
golf? Did you play any other sports?
I started playing golf when I
was 4 years old. I was also involved in gymnastics.
Why did you choose
Campbell?
Because of the golf
program
What is your favorite golf
course?
Valderrama Golf Club in
Cadiz, Spain which is the home to the European PGA Tour's Volvo
Masters tournament.
Do you have any
superstitions?
I think I have a lot of them.
I don't play with yellow tees and I try to play with balls which
number is one or three.
What's one piece of advice
you would give to average golfers to help them improve their
game?
Practice your short game
(putting and chipping) much more than your long game.
What goals do you have for
the rest of the year?
Go to the national
championship tournament and do everything we can each day to be the
best.
What have you been working on
the most to help improve your game?
My putting and trying to
control my emotions better, I'm still working hard in trying to
control them better.
What are the strengths of
this year's team?
I
think each person on this team has a lot of talent. But I think the major strength is the
fact that everyone of us has a desire of being better each day and
a desire to win.
