Top quotes from the world of golf for the week of June 28, 2015.
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Top quotes from the world of golf for the week of June 28, 2015.
It is difficult to watch him struggle, but I don’t think there is any doubt that he’ll get back to where he was and winning tournaments again and playing great golf. - Cheyenne Woods on uncle Tiger.
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I am sorry for my actions on the 6th green (Sunday). I did not hit the green with my putter. But still it’s not acceptable behavior to do that. It’s not the behavior I wish to show to millions of viewers and fans. And it’s not the role model I wish to be to so many young golfers in the world today! It was unacceptable and I promise to do better! Once again I apologize. - Billy Horschel on his outburst during the U.S. Open.
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The first time, I felt just a bit weird. It didn’t feel like my place. Second time, it felt a little more comfortable, but I felt like my game wasn’t quite ready yet. But now, the third time, it feels like I’m really ready for this spot and my game is getting better and better every day. I feel like I am playing like a No. 1. - Inbee Park, on again becoming world No. 1.
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It is appropriate that his favorite color seems to be black because some of his points of view are dark. He and I are competing so I regarded his comments as a competitive dissing of my work. - Robert Trent Jones, Jr., reacting to Gary Player’s derogatory comments about Chambers Bay during the U.S. Open.
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We feel this is a miscarriage of justice, way too much penalty for not enough crime, and we wanted to show our support for our hometown team. - Foxborough Country Club manager Matt Killilea, on changing all its flags to the No. 12 in support of Tom Brady amidst the Deflate gate scandal.
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I had never imagined anything like this in my whole life. I was literally out of my mind. - 59-year-old retired Marine Patrick Wills, on shooting a 57 that included three holes-in-one.
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That’s what I like to do. And when I get to the point where I can’t do it or I can’t do it often enough to really satisfy myself, then I won’t be out here. - Tom Watson, who was vying to become the oldest winner of the U.S. Senior Open, the oldest to win a senior major and the oldest to win on the Champions Tour at the age of 65.
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I think I know your favorite song! - 4-year-old A.J. Cucksey, who is battling inoperable tumors, just before singing a special version of ‘Rocky Top’ for Peton Manning at the Denver Broncos quarterback’s charity golf tournament.
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I would say yes, but I’d put into that same equation Calvin Johnson and Cam Newton ... Or Bo Jackson still might be the best. - Jordan Spieth, when asked his opinion about whether LeBron James was the greatest athlete in the world. Johnson saw Spieth’s response and sent him a signed ball and jersey to say ‘thanks.’
“I want to say congrats to Jordan Spieth, who won the U.S. Open yesterday in golf. And I want to say congrats to Tiger Woods who found an old locket while he was retrieving his ball from the lake. Could be worth money, who knows? - Jimmy Fallon, on the ‘Tonight Show’ after Tiger Woods missed the cut at last week’s U.S. Open.
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