From Tiger Woods’ WD to Rory McIlroy rebounding at the Honda to Paula Creamer’s incredible putt to win in Singapore, here are the Quotes of the Week.
From Tiger Woods’ WD to Rory McIlroy rebounding at the Honda to Paula Creamer’s incredible putt to win in Singapore, here are the Quotes of the Week.
I’ve hit it a few times. I can’t say that I haven’t it. It’s like the cypress tree out there at Pebble, kind of that iconic landmark. I can’t say some of the guys are going to miss it, but we are going to certainly see a difference, there’s no doubt about that. – Woods, on the Eisenhower tree that towered over the 17th fairway at Augusta (Getty Images)
Her recipe. She might be nervous (to cook) with Arnie and Jack in the other room. – Scott, on his mother’s pavlova recipe that is to be served at the Masters’ Champions Dinner (Getty Images)
ESPN reporting Michael Sam is leading the handbag throw at NFL combine…. No one else expected to throw today” – Elkington, in a controversial tweet that has since been removed from Twitter (Getty Images)
It’s up to the tours to enforce the criteria to their membership. And we’ve expressed our position to the tours, which is that we know they can’t enforce their players to play and that’s fine, we understand that. But we do think that players need to be respectful of … these majors events (which) are really at the top and the pinnacle and the lifeblood of the sport. If you’ve got sponsors investing that level of money, the players should respect the calendar. – Morgan, on players respecting the WGC events (Getty Images)
It’s as simple as that - I felt like I took too much time. Like I said there, this is the way my dad taught me to play the game of golf. I think winning is important, but playing the game the right way is even more important to me. – Garcia, on his concession to Rickie Fowler at the Match Play (Getty Images)
This feels to me like the start of the year because I feel good, I’m healthy, I’m able to swing it well. I’ve had some good practice sessions, I feel strong and ready to play some good golf, and so this kind of feels like the start for me. – Mickelson, on his health prior to the start of the Honda Classic (Getty Images)
Oh, no. It will be – even (par) has a chance, but it could go to 1 under. No, I won’t make the cut. – Mickelson, prior to missing the 36-hole cut at the Honda Classic (Getty Images)
It was pretty boring. It was just kind of whittling the days away and waking up and checking the news, seeing what was happening and trying to find a couple things to do other than spend 12 hours on the couch. – Scott, on his not-so-eventful break (Getty Images)
It’s not embarrassing, because I think a lot of people in the same situation might have done the same thing. But I’ve learned from it and I’ve moved on. It wasn’t my finest hour, but at the end of the day, everyone makes mistakes. – McIlroy, on his WD at the Honda a year ago (Getty Images)
It’s one of those putts where if you just get it in the right spot, it’s going to fall down. But I could stand there all day long and putt that and I don’t think get it within six, seven feet. – Creamer, on her 75-foot eagle putt to win the HSBC Women’s Champions (Getty Images)
It might be one of my favorite wins. ... It’s been almost three years and so much has happened. Holding that trophy, gosh, it was so nice. – Creamer, on her first win since the 2010 U.S. Women’s Open (Getty Images)
It’s my lower back with spasms. It started this morning warming up. (Regarding Doral) It’s too early to tell. I need treatment every day until Thursday to try to calm it down. We’ll see how it is. It’s the same feeling I had as Barclays. – Woods, in a statement, after withdrawing on the 13th hole in the final round of the Honda Classic with a back injury.