From Tiger Woods on driving a ball across a bridge to Phil Mickelson wanting to be a U.S. Olympian, here are the Quotes of the Week.
From Tiger Woods on driving a ball across a bridge to Phil Mickelson wanting to be a U.S. Olympian, here are the Quotes of the Week.
"(A)ll these cars were driving on the right, so (if) I lose any balls to the right, there’s an international incident right there.” – on hitting balls across the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul to publicize the Turkish Airlines Open (Getty)
“Don’t be surprised if Moreton Bay bugs are on the menu somewhere. I don’t know if I’d get away with serving meat pies.” – on his potential Masters champions dinner menu (they’re really lobsters) (Getty)
“We’ve made each other work hard. ... The three of us have definitely made each other better, I can tell you that. I’m sure it will continue into next year as well.” – on her rivalries with Inbee Park and Suzann Pettersen (Getty)
“My boy Damon fired me.” – on caddie Damon Green not being available to tote for Johnson because he was playing in Champions Tour Q-School (Getty)
“The PGA (Tour) has made exception after exception after exception, both with regard to whom it was administering this drug policy and against whom it was disciplining. For some reason the (Tour) singled out Mr. Singh ...” (Getty)
“Tiger Woods did absolutely nothing wrong at Augusta. ... He didn’t try to hide anything. There it was, that was the decision. There’s nothing more to say. When a rules man gives you a ruling, that’s it. Amen.” – on Woods’ controversial drop during the Masters
“The players are saying they are being dictated to and being told where to play, but you shouldn’t have to be told to play for $7 million, should you?” – defending the European Tour against complaints from players about participation requirements (Getty)
“I think 1,000 bucks isn’t an issue to him but pouring my drinks all night might be a big problem.” – on a bet he made with Ian Poulter about which one would win the Race to Dubai (Getty)
“Unfortunately, I had to stay longer watching the game than I wanted to.” – on staying up late in Turkey to watch his alma mater Stanford beat Oregon in football (Getty)
“I want to be an Olympic athlete. I think it would be really cool. I think it would be a life experience.” – on wanting to be part of the U.S. team when golf returns to the Olympics in 2016 (when he will be 46) (Getty)