Quotes of the Week: March 29, 2015

“My son Jackie was about 6 years old, and somebody asked him what does your dad do and he said, ‘Nothing, he just plays golf,’ … I did play golf. I played the greatest game of all. … For millions of people, golf does so much more. The game of golf has given more back to charity than all of the major sports combined … Yes, Jackie, I just play golf. But my whole life work was to make you all proud of me. Hopefully I have.” – during his acceptance speech for the Congressional Gold Medal

“I was thinking of gripping a 3-wood or hit a cut driver, and I don’t know, I went with the cut driver … (Instead) I hit a pulled draw in the middle of the trees. The next one I tried to choke up a little bit on the driver and hit it straight. I just said to myself, it was just the wrong shot. Hit a straight one … It was straight downwind, get it going straight, it will go straight. So I hit -- and I hit the second one, man. Why didn’t I do that the first time? And it rolls up and goes in.” – after making his second tee shot on the par-4 17th at TPC San Antonio for a birdie three

''I didn’t know that the record was 29 until I saw it on Twitter … to have a record that’s already set by a legendary player like Annika, it’s pretty awesome that I’m like only three rounds away. But like I said, I’m going to try and take one round at a time. This is a tough course.’' – on the longest streak of under par rounds (29)

“I am excited about how this format will not only help to spark new friendships, but will also encourage the development of a healthy gender-blind respect for each other as fellow competitors,” – on partnering with the AJGA to create a tournament where boys and girls play together

“He’s expecting to make the (Ryder Cup) team … He’s working hard, I know that. I’ve talked to a few people around him who said that he’s working very hard (and) is eager to get back. I suppose he has a plan for probably the Masters, I would think. We’re hoping to see him back soon. … I wouldn’t count him out just yet,” – on Tiger Woods

“Literally a 50-50 chance right now, from what I can tell. … I think that’s far better odds than what it was, say, three weeks ago. Three weeks ago I would have said there was maybe a 1-in-10 chance of him playing at Augusta. … Just steady improvement … I don’t know that there was any one thing specifically that you can say a player looks at, but it’s simply something that a player feels when they step on the golf course. They feel like they can go out there and basically defend themselves. … If a player feels like they can do what they want, then they go out and play.” – on Tiger’s chances of playing the Masters

''It was kind of stress-free golf out there today. It was nice … I had a lot of opportunities, and still, even with eight birdies, opportunities that I left out there, I missed or lipped out. But I just played really, really solidly. I’m happy with the result.’' – after a course record tying 8-under 64 in the LPGA KIA Classic

''Jordan and I played the first two days out here and we had a lot of people … We’ll probably have even more people tomorrow. It should be fun.’' – after his round Saturday