From an on-course proposal to an appreciation of Tiger Woods, enjoy this edition of Quotes of the Week.
From an on-course proposal to an appreciation of Tiger Woods, enjoy this edition of Quotes of the Week.
“I know she might think I’m a bit silly but it’s going to be a great memory for us as we grow older.” – the European Tour journeyman after proposing to his girlfriend during the second round of the Made in Denmark event (she said yes)
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“It would be hard to leave Paula off the team, but I need my best players. We’ve lost the last two times, and I really want to turn that around.” – the U.S. Solheim Cup captain on the likelihood she would pick Solheim Cup stalwart but currently slumping Paula Creamer for the team
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“There are so many guys out here I don’t know. You go up and down the range, they’re all early 20s.” – after admitting he had never heard of his Wyndham Championship 36-hole co-leader Tom Hoge
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''Heart is the biggest thing of all. A big heart, that you want to win, that you don’t give up. ... All winners, that guy that win a lot, that win big tournaments, you’ve got to have a big heart.’' – on why he has been successful for so long
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“Just to know I have a place to play now any week that I want and I have full status for at least full year is really exciting.” – the 17-year-old Canadian, who was granted a waiver of the LPGA’s 18-year-old age minimum for membership after she won last week’s event in Portland
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“[The Wanamaker Trophy] is just going straight into the trophy cabinet. … [It] apparently has not had any sort of liquid in it and I don’t plan to because I just respect the trophy too much to put anything in it.” – after winning the 2015 PGA Championship
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“This is fun. We play hardly any golf courses anymore in the States that I get [to use] my 2-iron. This is one of those courses.” – on the short yardage of the Sedgefield Country Club course that hosts the Wyndham Championship
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''It’s like playing with a rock star.” – on playing in Washington state with Seattle native Fred Couples
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''I think it’s awesome to see him playing well again, to see him playing like Tiger Woods, because that’s what we all want to see.’' – after the third round at Greensboro, where Woods was tied for second, two shots behind Gore
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“Finally I got something out of my round.” – after shooting his lowest score in two years, a first-round 64 at the Wyndham Championship
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''Contrary to popular belief, I’m still a good golfer.’'
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