Quotes of the Week: March 25, 2018

“Played Match Play in Tucson in 2014. Early group on Wednesday, lost. Threw clubs in my car and was on my couch in Scottsdale by 2:00 pm. Collect 30K and spend the weekend at home. That’s a good format. This one sucks.” – via Twitter (DeLaet did not qualify for this year’s Match Play)

“I should never listen to other people.” – after incorrectly being told that he had qualified for the Masters

“Yelling, ‘get in the bunker,’ that’s part of what our players have to accept. In any sport, you go to an away game, in any other sport, and people aren’t rooting for you. Sometimes out here you’re going to have fans that aren’t rooting for you, but they can’t interfere with what you’re trying to do competitively.” – the PGA Tour commissioner, referencing an incident involving Justin Thomas

“I made him earn it at least. I made the scoreline a little more respectable.” – after losing his first Match Play match to Peter Uihlein

''I’m just glad he’s playing like I know he can play to validate me - validate me, Phil and Vijay. We weren’t bad players. This guy was a special player. To see him back, playing special stuff again ... is great for the game.’'

''I kind of have an idea of where I really need to put my time in as far as to get better and scoring. I’m hitting the ball fine, you just have to score.’' – after shooting 82 and finishing last in the 132-man field in the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship, his PGA Tour debut

“Neither one of us played great golf today.” – after being eliminated from the Match Play by Patrick Reed

“I got him by a stroke.” – the Golden State Warriors guard, who shot 76 twice in a Web.com Tour event last year, when he learned that former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo had shot 77 in the Corales Punta Cana Resort & Club Championship

“I think I was at the [AT&T] Byron Nelson with my dad and Phil Mickelson and Davis Love were on the putting green. I was yelling at them, as I now get annoyed while I’m practicing when I’m getting yelled at, and they were talking. When they finished, Phil was pulled off in a different direction and Davis came and signed for me. And I thought for the longest time that Phil just blew me off. And Davis was like the nicest guy. And Phil, I didn’t care for as much for a little while because of that.”

“I’ve gotten to see him in person and really see how genuine he is with everybody he comes in contact with. Doesn’t matter who it is. And he’s a tremendous role model and I just wasn’t aware back then.” – on talking to Mickelson about the incident years later

“If I was the man, I’d be in the fairway.” - responding to a fan’s yell during his final Match Play match against Kevin Kisner