Dustin Johnson weighs in on his wife’s social media posts, Tiger Woods comments on his fourth back surgery and more in Quotes of the Week.
Dustin Johnson weighs in on his wife’s social media posts, Tiger Woods comments on his fourth back surgery and more in Quotes of the Week.
“He is looking forward to life without pain, looking forward to day-to-day without pain. He’s looking forward to playing with his kids without pain, playing golf without pain. He knows he’s got a long road, but there’s a huge sense of relief right now.” - on Tiger Woods’s fourth back surgery
“His entire emphasis is quality of life and a healthy, active lifestyle. That includes living day-to-day pain-free, playing with his kids, playing competitive golf, going out in the backyard and having fun with his friends.” - on Tiger Woods’s fourth back surgery
“If he can befriend people and find common respect, common ground and friendship - if you can have a good time together - then you are always going to see somebody in a very different light.” - on the positives of his father, President Donald Trump, playing golf
“Absolutely not. She doesn’t ask me! . . . Like I would know what would be good to post or not. I’m terrible with that.” - on if he has any input in his fiancee’s social media posts
“Everyone’s pissed off, not just players. Random golfers I see are coming up and saying, ‘Can you believe what happened? It’s an outrage.’ People aren’t happy.” - on the reaction to Lexi Thompson’s penalty at the ANA
“The surgery went well, and I’m optimistic this will relieve my back spasms and pain. When healed, I look forward to getting back to a normal life, playing with my kids, competing in professional golf and living without the pain I have been battling so long.” - after his fourth back surgery
“I have good days and bad days. I’ve had three back operations, and that’s the nature of the business unfortunately. That’s all I can say.” - a day before having his fourth back surgery
“Right now I feel like 13 clubs in my golf bag are exactly where they need to be, very comfortable, feel like I can do whatever I need to with them.” - after discovering the specs on his clubs were wrong
“I think I’ve had it for, you know, a little while now. I haven’t really felt good since Thanksgiving.” - announcing he is battling Lyme disease
“What’s the most frustrating thing for the next few months is, you know, I can’t plan a schedule. So, I have to be ready to go any given Monday to go to an event and, you know, obviously I’ll try and qualify for the U.S. Open, I’ll try and qualify for The Open, I’ll play some events in Europe. I’ll play some more events over here, and obviously I’ll do what I need to do.” - after missing the cut and losing his PGA Tour card
“I’ve had a stretch of really good events the last couple months and it’s really nice to have a trophy again.” - on his win in China