The top quotes of the week from around the golf world for the week ending July 15, 2018.
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The top quotes of the week from around the golf world for the week ending July 15, 2018.
“I would pay a little bit more to watch it if it was for their own money, for sure. It’s going to be entertaining. I think it would be more entertaining if it was for their own money because I think the guys would grind even harder. I’ll be curious to see it because I feel like one match, 18 holes, not your own money, it’s just kind of an exhibition.” – on Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson’s upcoming $10 million showdown
“I think it would be pretty cool if it was at night, like a three-round knockout. Have old school (equipment), persimmon woods and balata balls, and then put them in their normal stuff and play a round at night. Have fun with it.” – on Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson’s upcoming $10 million showdown
“Throughout my career, 25 years, there have been a lot of times where I have had to be accountable for decisions I did not make. And the reason why this has actually been easier, it was my own fault. Like this was my own fault. So the articles and the backlash is my own fault.” – on his decision to play a moving ball at the U.S. Open
“Look, I’ll say one thing on that. I will say it’s unfortunate. That was never my intention, to skirt the rules or anything like that. It was just a device I thought had been used for a long time in different fields. It shouldn’t be an issue. It’s not a distance-measuring device. It’s just a referencing tool.” – on the USGA’s decision to disallow his use of a compass on the golf course
“That would be pretty fun to be a part of. I think I could help the team out quite a bit just with the way, the uniqueness that I bring to the table. I can maybe help people think in a different way that allows them to be more confident in whatever they do.” – on his bid to make the U.S. Ryder Cup team
“It’s awesome. Not many drivers if any at all…long irons and poa greens. I love it.” – on Le Golf National, site of this year’s Ryder Cup
“The golf course is beautiful. I never watched much of the French Open, and just by pictures, I thought it was a big, narrow golf course, but it’s actually more a pick-your-shot, pick-it-apart course, a lot of people playing from the same spots. So, it will be a lot of wedge, short-iron control, and then it’s a putting contest, which will be exciting.” – on Le Golf National, site of this year’s Ryder Cup
“It’s kind of confusing, to be honest. One thing I do know is that I love the game of golf, and I know all the courses on both the tours, and I know the players and caddies, and so I feel like I have a nice perspective because I’m still kind of part of it. But I’m also a little concerned that my best golf is nowhere near what it would need to be to compete at the highest level. To be quite honest with you, that is a very difficult time, mentally, for an athlete, and everybody faces it at some point. When that time comes, and you start to question, `Well, am I good enough to be out there?’ . . . it’s a tough time. But I’ve loved doing the TV work with the Golf Channel. It’s been a lot of fun with them, based right in Orlando. I’ve tried to learn the ropes, and a great group of people. So I’ve enjoyed that, too. One thing’s for sure, for the next 20 or 30 years, I’m going to be involved in some way or another.” – on balancing a playing career and his broadcasting work
“I hit some good shots, but I hit some awful shots, really. I had some 6- and 7-irons into the greens and just really hit awful shots. One went in the water. I was fighting it all the way.” – on shooting her age in a first-round 79 at the U.S. Senior Women’s Open and apparently being unimpressed
“JoAnne Carner should be on a statue, for what she’s done for golf and how she played yesterday, it’s impressive. I mean, that’s all I could talk about last night. My kids called and I said, `Can you believe JoAnne Carner shot 79?’ She shot her age and she birdied the last hole to shoot her age. I just think it’s so impressive.” – on Carner’s shooting her age in the first round of the U.S. Senior Women’s Open
“I don’t think so, no. Because you’re not up against the absolute best players in the world. You’re up against the best 50-plus players in the world, and it doesn’t really have bearing on the LPGA Hall of Fame, I don’t think.” – on whether she should finally be awarded a place in the LPGA Hall of Fame should she go on to win the U.S. Senior Women’s Open
“Super nervous but really looking forward to the opportunity. Obviously, getting a sponsor invite really means a lot for them to think of me. Just going to go have fun with it.” – ahead of her first PGA Tour start next week at the Barbasol Championship
“That’s awesome,” Lewis said. “It’s cool to see her get her body back so quick. It’s encouraging for me to know that it’s not going to take that long, and that you can do it. It’s going to be hard, but you can do it. It’s just cool to see her doing it for all the moms out there.” – on watching Serena Williams reach the Wimbledon final less than a year after a difficult child birth
“I guess I’m putting too well. No, honestly, it’s to be expected. There is a lot of opinions out there about the anchoring rules and what not. They were asking me about the way that I’m doing it, and I can say with certainty that I’m not anchoring the putter.” – on his Friday chat with PGA Tour rules officials about his putting stroke following a second-round 64
