Best quotes of the past week from the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills.
Best quotes of the past week from the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills.
“They’ve lost the golf course. When you have a championship that comes down to sheer luck, that’s not right.” – to Sky Sports, referring to the USGA’s course setup officials
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“It got too tough today in some areas. If we got a mulligan, we would have slowed the greens down this afternoon. Confident we can slow the golf course down going into tomorrow.” – the USGA executive director, after Round 3
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“Is that an apology ? Just grow a set of balls and say we £€¥#ed it up again... You don’t get mulligan’s in business at this level. how can this team keep doing this without consequences.” – via Twitter
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“We felt good about the setup when we left this morning, but now that I’m sitting here, we would say that parts of these tests of golf were too tough.” – the USGA executive director after the third round
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“I had six or seven putts today that I could have easily putted right off the green. But, you know, that’s what it is. It’s the U.S. Open. It’s supposed to be tough.” – after Round 3
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''We must slow the course down tonight, and we will.’'
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“Be careful what you wish for. We’ve all been asking for a real U.S. Open again. I guess we got one this week.”
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“It was meant to take advantage of the rules as best you can. … I know the rules. I’ve had multiple times where I’ve wanted to do that, I just finally did.” – on his controversial tactic of putting a moving ball to prevent it from rolling off the green
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“I think it’s just a moment of madness.” – Mickelson’s playing partner, on his controversial maneuver
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“I don’t mean any disrespect. If you’re taking it that way, that’s not on me ... If somebody is offended by that, I apologize to them, but toughen up, because this is not meant that way. It’s simply that I just wanted to get on to the next hole and didn’t see that happening at the time. I’ll gladly take my two strokes and move on.”
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“Verbally abused on every hole does get a little old” – via Twitter, complaining about how the crowd treated him
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“It’s the first I’ve heard of that being an option.” – admitting he was unaware that the USGA had changed its playoff format from 18 holes to a two-hole aggregate
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“I’m not very happy the way I played and the way I putted. I’m 10 over par. So I don’t know that you can be too happy and too excited about 10 over par.” – after shooting 78-72—150 and missing the cut
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''There’s a disaster on every single hole.’' – after making a triple bogey on the eighth hole on Friday
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“Absolutely. Have you seen the way I’ve been swinging?” – insisting he will win another major
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