From Pat Perez’s comments on Tiger Woods to Donald Trump playing golf with Rory McIlroy and bragging about his game, enjoy this edition of Quotes of the Week.
“There’s no way I could play golf. Enjoyed time at home, took care of the kids, but it was a lot of hard times, for sure … Makes golf less aggravating at times. You realize it’s just a game we’re playing, but it is what I do. I love to play the game of golf, but also there’s a lot of things going on.” – Palmer, on taking time away from the PGA Tour to be with his wife as she battles cancer.
“The guy shot 77 (in Dubai). That guy can’t shoot 77. What does he do the next day? Ah, my back’s gone. He knows he can’t beat anybody! I told you! He’s not going to come out and play, and play poorly.” – Perez, on Tiger Woods’ recent struggles with his surgically repaired back.
“I had an opinion on Tiger, and I said it. No one wants to see Tiger come back, compete and win again more than me. I was the one saying that none of these guys out here today can hold a candle to what Tiger has done or still does. But we’re talking about is Tiger gonna play again? I don’t know. If the guy can’t do a press conference, how’s he gonna play golf?” – Perez, clarifying his comments on Woods.
“I’m getting killed by all these people, but I’m a Tiger fan who wants to see him back playing again. Now I know kind of how Fuzzy Zoeller felt, but I was praising (Woods) and I’m still getting killed by all these people for an opinion I had on our radio show.” – Perez, comparing himself to Zoeller, who received criticism and lost endorsement deals over racially insensitive remarks he made about Woods at the 1997 Masters.
“I don’t talk about players. Ain’t none of my business what they do. If they wanna act stupid, let them act stupid. That’s their business.” – Weekley, on speaking about other players on Tour.
“It’s a crazy. It’s a crazy– no, I actually said I was ‘the best golfer of all the rich people,’ to be exact, and then I got a hole-in-one. So it was sort of cool. Thank you. Thank you very much.” – Trump, recalling a time he got a hole-in-one with General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt.
“I think golf is such a buttoned-up sport that anytime you share an opinion that’s maybe not favorable of anything, people freak out about it. I think it definitely gets over the top. In other sports, there’s guys talking trash all the time, dogging somebody’s play. In golf, you don’t really do that, so I think there’s a little more criticism out here just because of the nature of the game, and kind of what the PGA Tour represents. But I think it’s a little bit unfair, for sure.” – Steele, on players talking about each other.
“Walking to my car at PGA National and got asked by a man if I worked with valet. Before I could answer he hands me the keys.” – Poston, on Twitter, saying he was mistaken for a valet at the Honda Classic.
“The USGA essentially doesn’t like me doing it. I’m pretty much done with it. They’re not a good organization, and you can quote me on that. I’m part of their family and as family it’s very frustrating to see them stunt the growth of the game.” – DeChambeau, on his recent switch back to a conventional putting stance.
“He signed a $100 bill which my wife actually spent one time. It was in the safe. She didn’t realize it was actually signed by Arnie, so it’s out there somewhere.” – Poulter, talking about the time his wife spent a $100 bill that was signed by Arnold Palmer.
“It was, quite simply, a round of golf. Golf was our common ground, nothing else … to be called a fascist and a bigot by some people because I spent time in someone’s company is just ridiculous. I hope, to some degree, this clarifies my decision to accept the invitation.” – McIlroy, explaining his round with president Donald Trump.
“I was wearing Calvin Kleins. Hopefully, I looked good. I’ve been going to the gym.” – Stefani, on stripping down to his underwear to play a shot at the Honda Classic.
