In Parting Shots, the GolfChannel.com Team offers up the best quotes from the week.
‘Oh geez, I’m gonna catch some flak for a poor drive like that ...’
‘It was difficult following that. But it’s not really for me to talk about bad drives.” – Phil Mickelson, following a couple awful Tiger Woods’ drives on Friday at Doral.
‘It’s pretty tough not to have a giggle.” – Graeme McDowell, adding his two cents to playing with Tiger through the first two rounds at the WGC-Cadillac Championship.
“To see what you see on TV is very difficult to take.” – Japan’s Yuta Ikeda, reflecting on the carnage the 8.9 earthquake and subsequent tsunami had on his homeland.
“It is not possible to block something of this magnitude out completely.” – Ryo Ishikawa, reiterating fellow countryman Ikeda’s thoughts on the disaster.
‘I’ve been No. 1 in the world for at least seven days, no one can take that from me.’ – Martin Kaymer, on his climb to the top of the world rankings.
“It’s funny when you start playing well, it’s not one particular thing, it’s a combination of a lot of little things.” – Nick Price, after shooting an 11-under 60 in the first round of the Toshiba Classic.
“It’s basically in their hands and it’s a bit of an issue to resolve. Somebody is going to have to move a date or something.” – Ernie Els, on the scheduling problem between the Presidents Cup and the South African Open later on in the year.
“Not a lot of parents do that, and it was nice. I was a 30-hour trip for pretty much 24 hours he was there.” – Kaymer again, after his father flew around the world to celebrate with his son on gaining the world’s No. 1 ranking.’
