Quotes of the Week: May 4, 2014

I’m not going to touch a thing unless the Royal and Ancient ask for it or approve it. I have the greatest respect for the R&A and for (chief executive) Peter Dawson. I won’t do anything to the golf course at all without their full stamp of approval. - announcing his purchase of famed British Open rota course Turnberry (Getty Images)

I’m extremely grateful for the expert care I received from Dr. (Mark)Jenkins and his staff. I anticipate a full recovery and feel lucky to be at home resting with my family. I appreciate the outpouring of well wishes I’ve received from family, friends and fans and I will be back covering golf once I’m fully recovered. - the NBC/Golf Channel analyst revealing he had a heart attack last week in Dallas (Getty Images)

Everyone calls me David Ernst, even all the people here. It seems like I’ve had it five times this week, `Hey, David Ernst, great job’ ... `No, David was the guy I played in the playoffs last year, I’m Derek!’” - on not getting any recognition despite being the defending champion in the Wells Fargo Championship, which he won last year by beating David Lynn in a playoff (Getty Images)

I’m not even the young one out here. Now Lydia is. - on the newest LPGA star, Lydia Ko, who at 17 is two years younger than Thompson, 19 (Getty Images)

I can’t think of three holes in golf, including majors, that are tougher finishing holes than these. - on Quail Hollow’s Green Mile finishing holes (Getty Images)

You want to keep going. I was sad the day was over. - after birdieing the final six holes in Round 1 of the Insperity Championship (Getty Images)

I honestly thought back then that I could compete with Tiger on a regular basis. Not beat him all the time, obviously, but some of the time. I thought my entire game – physical and mental – was in the ballpark with his. Turned out I was wrong. (Getty Images)

My aunt is a better golfer than yours. (Getty Images)

I’ll be just, you know, be using my credit card a lot next week. So I better make some money this week. - on planning to spend next week furnishing the new home she recently bought in Las Vegas (Getty Images)

The old saying, the more you do things, the easier it gets, I can tell you that finishing second doesn’t get any easier. - after recording her sixth runner-up finish since she won the Women’s British Open in August (Getty Images)

Strange game. - after following an opening 80 in the Wells Fargo Championship with a 62 (Getty Images)

I’ve tried to get down there three times now and the course has been booked all three times, so I don’t know when I’ll get down there. I’ve been trying, but the course is booked. There are 300 people on the golf course. They won’t let me out there. - on being unable to get to U.S. Open course Pinehurst No. 2 to practice (Getty Images)

I’ve always been the type of player that I’ve never had to rely on my putting too much. Obviously, you putt well, you’re going to do well and contend in tournaments. But, I feel like I’ve always been a different sort of player, where even if sometimes I don’t putt so well, I’ll still be able to get it under par, because I can hit the greens on the par 5s and two-putt those and hit a couple of iron shots close. I never felt like I needed to rely on my putting so much. (Rory McIlroy)