I Just Interviewed Paul Casey Virtually Thanks to @CrownePlazaInv

Paul Casey won the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth on the European Tour on Sunday.  It is their "5th major" and Casey's third worldwide win this year.  Also, he won earlier this season in Houston for his first win in the United States.  He's now third in the world rankings.  He also made the long trek from the UK to Texas to compete in the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial.

He was in the press room this afternoon and the folks behind the tournament's Twitter account, @CrownePlazaInv, were taking questions from Twitterers for both Casey and Rory Sabbatini.

Sabbatini moved to 1:45, Paul Casey at 1:30. Do you have any questions you wanna ask either player? Let me know ASAP! #CPI@C

So, I responded:

What win was more important, 1st in US @ Houston or Euro championship @ Wentworth?

The question was asked in the press conference and I got this answer back from Paul:

For me the 1st in Houston was important. It proved I could win over here & breakthrough. It meant a lot. It was important in my career.

Who says that I have to travel to cover the Tour?

UPDATE: Just so there's a permanent record of this happening, here's the exchange as it is from the transcript.  (The PGA Tour appears not to be using ASAP Sports anymore.)

Q. I'm doing a lot of twittering this week for the tournament, one of my followers wants to know what win was more important to you, your first U.S. win in Houston or your Player Championship at Wentworth?

PAUL CASEY: I'm going to go with the U.S. win. Although Wentworth was huge, big points, the money for the race of Dubai, a flagship event. I think the U.S. win was probably more important for Paul Casey. Yes, I think there was a certain amount of pressure that I put on myself trying to win in the states and wanted that win. I think it was just very important for myself. So very, very satisfying. Again, a good field, I think we had 8 in the Top-10 in the world there in Houston.