Quotes of the Week: July 8, 2018

“Why don’t we just bypass all the ancillary stuff of a tournament and just go head-to-head and just have kind of a high-stakes, winner-take-all match. Now, I don’t know if he wants a piece of me, but I just think it would be something that would be really fun for us to do and I think there would be a lot of interest in it if we just went straight to the final round.” – on a proposed $10 million, winner-take-all match between him and Tiger Woods

“I’m definitely not against that. We’ll play for whatever makes him uncomfortable.”

“I feel like this is the best I’ve ever played.” – after matching the LPGA’s 54-hole scoring record of 24 under set by Annika Sorenstam at the 2003 Mizuno Classic

“The world rankings in no way right now tell you who he is as a player. He’s far better than those world rankings.” – on Tiger Woods

“I’ll be sitting home at the White House, and I’ll be watching and saying ‘I wish I could play like that.’” – during a speech at The Greenbrier in which the president, an avid golfer, praised Tour pros for their talent and toughness

“The Rule prohibits a player, during a stipulated round, from using any artificial device or unusual equipment, or using any equipment in an abnormal manner, that ‘might assist him in making a stroke or in his play.’ …” – a portion of a statement explaining why the governing body deemed that Bryson DeChambeau’s use of a ‘drawing compass’ is a breach of Rule 14-3

“Golf is funny. When you’ve played it as long as I have professionally you realize some days will be good and some will be bad.” – after shooting a 62 in the first round of the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic, where she was the defending champion

“I am a golfer, so there’s always things that I wish I was better [at] …”

''I guess it’s a good thing that Italy is not in the World Cup, so they’ll have more time to focus on other sports.’' - on how his PGA Tour victory will be received at home

''It’s 90 degrees, but I can assure you I had some shivers at times when you hear some of the roars and you realize, ‘I’m playing with Tiger Woods’.” – on being paired with Woods in The Players Championship

“I got on the mirror the last couple of days and realized that I was aiming a bit further left than I thought I was, and the bad putts were going left. At least knowing that, I know what I need to do to not do that and start the ball on-line.” – saying he has found the cause of his recent putting woes

“It was a terrible round of golf. Just no confidence. I played scared golf. My score shows a couple under par, but it was really bad.” – after shooting a 2-under 68 in the first round at The Greenbrier