Quotes of the Week: Lexi WDs ‘to work on myself’

“… I need to take some time to work on myself. The events of the past year and a half (on and off the golf course) have taken a tremendous toll on me both mentally and emotionally. I have not truly felt like myself for quite some time. I am therefore taking this time to recharge my mental batteries …” – announcing, on Instagram, that she was withdrawing from the Ricoh Women’s British Open

''We hunted, we fished, but most importantly, we all laughed with ‘Lieky.’ He was truly one of the good guys and will be missed.” – via Twitter, commenting on the death of former Tour player Bruce Lietzke (pictured)

“The opportunity to join NBC Sports Group, and the larger company of Comcast NBC Universal, which holds media rights to the world’s biggest events and an incredible assortment of assets, was too good to be true.” – the CEO of the PGA of America, announcing that he is leaving the organization to become the president of NBC Sports Group

It was tougher than I thought it would be. I wasn’t sharp hitting the ball, and I putted atrociously. Today, I was pretty sharp hitting the ball, but I found my way into a couple of pot bunkers. And continued to putt like a buffoon.” – after shooting 77-75 and missing the cut in The Senior Open

“The camera guys were just getting a little too close, and one of them had a lot of change in his pocket, so I should have asked him for (some) of it to get a cold drink at the turn.” – after telling a camera crew to get away from him after an incident in the first round of the Porsche European Open

“It’s happened once before 40 years ago in America when I was on the leaderboard at Doral – it went right into a lake. Both that time and this time I was playing with Sandy Lyle. That can’t be coincidence, there’s a force at work here. If I’d been on commentary I’d have had a field day.” – after his drive on the Road Hole at St. Andrews in the first round of The Senior Open struck a seagull and went out of bounds

''Well, I can thank Wayne for that. There’s a lot of Gretzky fans out there, and so they tend to pull for me, which, ‘Thanks, Wayne, I appreciate that.’ I do get a lot of love up here, and the fans have been great this week.’' – on his popularity in Canada, which he attributes to the fact that his fiancée, Paulina Gretzky, is the daughter of Canadian hockey great Wayne Gretzky

''It would mean a lot to win The Senior Open, especially here at St. Andrews. Seve (Ballesteros) was the first Spaniard to win The Open on this golf course, and it would be amazing if I could join the club with him.’' – after the third round of The Senior Open, when he held a two-shot lead

“I totally forgot it was just my birthday.” – after shooting a 73, good for a share of a one-stroke lead going into the final round of the Ladies Scottish Open, on her 29th birthday

''That was wild. It turned kind of an average day out here into something really special.’' – after closing the third round of the RBC Canadian Open in birdie-eagle-birdie-eagle for a 9-under 63

''Hit it right in the middle of the water, and it hit a rock and bounced over the thing.” – on a break he got during his opening round in the RBC Canadian Open, where he shot a 63

“Amazing what an Open victory does to a team mentality, and not just him. It was him, and (Rory) McIlroy and (Justin) Rose came through very well, and you put all those three together with (Francesco) Molinari’s win, Thomas (Bjorn) is probably looking at the best team that we’ve had assembled for, well, almost ever.” – commenting on the potential strength of this year’s European Ryder Cup team