Quotes of the Week: November 23, 2014

“I see a lot of myself in Stacy… She’s a bit like I was, a little bit shy, a little bit to herself, can have a little bit of a temper, but uses it to get herself going.”

“I think I would be upset… It was mean-spirited and not particularly funny. Seeing him go through that after every round, we just wore him out with it… His remarks taken out of context and used against him and all sorts of things. He was never particularly good at representing himself. I would love to be able to show the side of him that I know to people. … He’s been badly represented and he’s not great at representing himself. He’s good at a lot of things, (but) it’s not that.” - on Dan Jenkins’ fake interview in Golf Digest

“My advice is to just enjoy the ride… It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity. I would stay true to myself, focus on my player and not really pay attention to everything else around it. I was able to do that and professionally it was four years of an unbelievable learning experience. I got to sit behind who I think is the greatest player of all time and work with him.” – on Tiger Woods announcing Chris Como as his new coach

“When Rory told me the Irish Open was going to Royal County Down, I was really keen to play because of the special memories we have there, and also because it is such a great course… It’s amazing what the players from that Walker Cup have gone on to achieve in the years since we played there, so I’m sure Rory and I will have plenty to reminisce about.” – on adding the Irish Open to his schedule in 2015

“This is the easiest situation that any coach has been in… You couldn’t coach Tiger and have a friendlier scenario than Chris Como has… Let’s face it… The expectations are not super high at this point.” - on Tiger Woods announcing Chris Como as his new coach

“It’s not the best thing to be going through, but at the end of the day, it will be over and done with a good bit before I have to go down Magnolia Lane in April and that’s fine by me… As long as I’ve got a clear head going there, I’m happy with that. It’ll not impact playing in Dubai. It won’t impact my early schedule. I’ll be able to play all the events I usually play.” – on his ongoing litigation with his previous management company

“I am delighted that Rickie has decided to add the Irish Open to his schedule next year… Rickie’s performances in the majors and the Ryder Cup this year showed that he is not only one of the top players in the world, but also one of the most watchable. I know the Irish crowds will really take to him and enjoy seeing him in action next May.”

“I know Greg really well and it was really nice of him to reach out…He noticed a couple of things, but I’d like to review the coverage just to see if his observations were my observations as well. I’ve worked hard on my putting the last couple of weeks and I feel like I’ve made good inroads. So I’m walking a fine line of do I mess and try something (different)? It would be unfair to say what we discussed on the telephone and then, all of a sudden, see what happens this week. I will let you know Sunday night. How about that?” – on Greg Norman offering him putting advice on Twitter

“I don’t want to touch it… I don’t want to even think about it. Ask Yani. She’ll tell you the same thing” - on the $1M bonus for winning the Race to the CME Globe

“I was introduced to Chris this summer by Notah (Begay), and subsequently we had several good conversations about the golf swing. I’ve worked with him about a month since I started practicing. Chris will consult and work with me during the year.” -- Woods on his new coach

“Whether it’s misreported information or opinions I think are way off base, I let plenty of things slide. But this time I can’t do that. The sheer nastiness of this attack, the photos and how it put false words in my mouth just had to be confronted.” - on Dan Jenkins’ fake interview in Golf Digest

“We talked about the article and that he was going to say something… I completely agree with him. I agree with his statement and I’m glad that he did it. That’s not journalism. It was like a fabricated interview, like what (Jenkins) thinks Tiger would say. But it went way too far, and it wasn’t very clear that it was a joke, that it was fabricated. If you read it, you might think that it was actually Tiger talking. The whole thing is completely ridiculous.” – on Dan Jenkins’ fake interview in Golf Digest

“None of that stuff really matters to the guy who is writing the check, and we don’t spend any time talking about the check writers. Companies that don’t spend time talking about their customers, they wake up without customers. We have to start thinking like title sponsors.” – on the revitalization of the LPGA