In this edition of Quotes of the Week, we’ve got Inbee, Brandel Chamblee and Phil as a bumblebee. And a big win for Michelle Wie. Enjoy.
“Celebrated my little girls birthday at school today with a donut cake.. Should have checked the cake before I got to school..” – via Twitter, noting that the birthday cake he got for his daughter Lily said Happy Birthday Billy
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“Like I did during the FedExCup, because of the last earthquake that happened in Mexico and the past earthquakes in the last few months, I want to donate some money to the Mexican Red Cross for all these people in need. I feel like, as a Hispanic and Latino, I want to help out this community. ... Let’s hope I can make a lot of them and can donate as much money as possible.”
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“This is my 12th year on tour, but it is still so hard to enjoy golf as long as I’m playing professionally. … Hopefully, I can just enjoy a little bit more the golf and maybe just free my mind a little bit more this year. Yeah, just truly enjoy the professional life would be a big goal.” – on her goals for 2018
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"@TigerWoods effect is real....just got hip checked out of the field by the GOAT #ImNotEvenMad.” – via Twitter, commenting on being downgraded to first alternate for the Valspar Championship because of Tiger Woods’ late entry
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“I think this is going to be the best week for [TrackMan’s] branding, for sure, versus any other week. You look out on the range, about everyone’s using one just because we’re able to get a lot better idea of the numbers.” – on players using TrackMan to gauge how Mexico City’s 7,835-foot altitude affects shots
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“It’s crazy how all these people came out to see me today.” – joking to playing partner Tiger Woods in the final round of the Honda Classic
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“Not right now.” – to Shubhankar Sharma, mistaking him for a media member, before Round 3 of the WGC-Mexico Championship. Sharma and Mickelson ended up in the same group in the final round.
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“Told you… he’s always playing invisible golf” – via Twitter, the wife of NBA star Steph Curry commenting after her husband accidentally destroted a table in his hotel room while practicing his golf swing
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“After a good recovery week I’m committing to play in the @ValsparChamp and @APinv next two weeks.” – announcing, via Twitter, that he will play the Valspar Championship for the first time and the Arnold Palmer Invitational
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“I think in a previous life I was a bumblebee.” – commenting on a fan’s sign that had Mickelson’s face superimposed on a bumblebee costume
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“My guess is he’ll get pegged as a player and his responsibilities as a vice captain will sort of slip to the side. They’ll find another vice captain. … [H]e looked like a badass at Honda. He looked like ‘Tiger Woods: Badass.’ – on the Golf Channel Podcast, talking about the possibility of Tiger Woods being both a player and a vice captain for the U.S. Ryder Cup team
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“I think that has to be the best putt of my career so far.” – after making a 36-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the HSBC Women’s World Championship, her first win since 2014
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“I don’t know what to say. It has been a tough go the last four years. Not playing my best, but having the belief that I was going to get there and finally break through and to do it feels incredible. I believe that more is to come.” - after winning the WGC-Mexico Championship, his first victory since 2013.
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