Quotes of the Week: June 10, 2018

“Sitting out six months is beyond one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do, but you got to do what you got to do for your career.” – after missing that much time because of wrist surgery

“Statistically, you feel like you should have made holes in one all the time out here as much as you play but they don’t come around very often.” – after making an ace on Saturday

“I just didn’t hear him, I didn’t hear ‘time.’ I was just in my routine and it must have been called sometime when I was walking to my ball, which is fine, I just didn’t hear it. It was just four seconds over, which is a little unfortunate. I was a little angry. It got me so heated that I actually holed a bunker shot on the next hole, which was okay, it kind of reversed it.” – after becoming the first golfer to be penalized a stroke for slow play at the Shot Clock Masters in Austria on Saturday

“I haven’t made a for-sure decision. Obviously the plan right now would be to return to Ole Miss since I’m playing as an amateur this summer; that would be the plan right now for the senior year. … Some of the recruits that we have coming in, it’s going to be a really special year next year and I’d like to be a part of it.” - the 2017 NCAA champion and No. 2-ranked amateur in the world, seeming to suggest that he’d remain an amateur through his senior year at Ole Miss

“It’s more special because I have my son with me. It’s a calming influence. I spent more time worrying about him.” – after shooting a 66 with her 12-year-old son, Cooper, on her bag

“I love the uniquely special characteristics of the game of golf. Even when it is sometimes tough love. Congrats to this young lady for using golf as a vehicle to teach us all life lessons on honesty & integrity!” – via Twitter, congratulating Kate Wynja, a South Dakota high school senior, who called a penalty on herself Tuesday and cost herself and her team a state title

“I would just say that it was 14 years ago. It was a different time, it was different people, and we learned from it.” – the USGA executive director, on an overly aggressive setup at Shinnecock Hills for the 2004 U.S. Open

''I think they overthink it. I don’t want to single out Mike Davis here. I think it’s a collective thought process. I don’t think it should be as much of an exact science to set up a golf course as it is. Get the fairways sort of firm. Grow the rough. Put the pins in some tough locations, but fair. And let us go play.’' – on the USGA setup philosophy for U.S. Open courses

“I didn’t play well at all. We were all over the place. I’m a good putter. I just need to figure out everything else.” – after a first-round 66

“It’s going to feel a little different than a typical Sunday round of golf but I’m excited. I’ve earned my way here.” – on playing in a final-round final pairing for the first time

“I can kind of control my own destiny. If I play really good golf, I’m probably going to win. If I don’t, I’m sure Andrew’s [54-hole co-leader Andrew Putnam] is going to beat me. It’s pretty simple.”

“Today is National Best Friend Day so I wanted to lock mine down...I WON!!” – via Instagram, announcing his engagement to girlfriend Allison Stokke