From Phil and Tiger’s playful jabs to Rickie Fowler’s tree trouble, enjoy this edition of Quotes of the Week.
From Phil and Tiger’s playful jabs to Rickie Fowler’s tree trouble, enjoy this edition of Quotes of the Week.
“You’re not going to do this every week, but this is a great opportunity to do so. When that will happen again, I don’t have a crystal ball. But we think long and hard about that process.” - on the Woods-Mickelson-Fowler grouping at The Players
“I’ll ask him for a percentage [of his winnings] after this week.” - after giving good friend Charl Schwartzel a swing tip
“It’s a rare occasion.” - on his ball getting stuck in a tree
“I was chipping so poorly, my nerve and my back was not doing very good, and I was flinching a lot, and he offered numerous times to help me out with technique and just talk about it and philosophy.” - on Mickelson reaching out when he was injured
“This stuff is stretchy. You don’t even know it’s on. It’s very comfortable, so I actually really like it. I think nobody does kind of slightly overweight, middle-aged guy better than me, and this says exactly who I am.” - on his fashion statement at The Players
“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.” - joking about taking on Woods
“Eventually I was going to put all the pieces together. Today, for the most part, I did that.” - on his third-round 65
“I had no valid excuse to say, ‘Hey, I’m Mackenzie Hughes.’ So I just sat there quietly and listened in, a fly on the wall.” - on his failed first attempt at meeting Tiger Woods at Bay Hill
“It’s 90 degrees, but I can assure you I had some goosebumps and shivers at times out there when you hear some of the roars and you realize that you’re playing with Tiger Woods and he’s doing what he’s doing and I’m hanging in there. It was fun.” - on playing with Woods and watching him shoot 65
“I did black out today. A blackout is when you’re out there on the course and you just get in the zone and you just black out and just let it take over. I entered the blackout mode today probably on [No.] 4.” - on being in the zone at The Players
“That water is going to taste like acid in a minute when I finally have a drink. I’m raging right now. Not happy. Extremely disappointing from that position.” - on finishing with a double in Round 3