From Phil Mickelson’s rules gaffe to Jordan Spieth wishing “Merry Christmas” to the International team, here are the Quotes of the Week.
From Phil Mickelson’s rules gaffe to Jordan Spieth wishing “Merry Christmas” to the International team, here are the Quotes of the Week.
“It was more his decision than mine – I was a little surprised. Now I am looking for someone who is energetic, upbeat and brings a good energy to the round.” -- Donald on his former caddie, John McLaren, leaving his bag
“I made the mistake of opening my Twitter account and I was devastated to read some of the messages on there. I know Suzann has had it a million times worse; that’s the power of social media.” -- European Solheim Cup captain Carin Koch on the reaction from the Suzann Pettersen controversy
“We spotted the Internationals’ best team two holes and they still couldn’t beat us. Just sayin’.” -- Mickelson on halving a match with Adam Scott and Jason Day despite Lefty’s rules gaffe
“Phil made the mistake of violating the one-ball condition, and we made the mistake of not telling him he could continue to play the hole.” -- PGA Tour vice president of rules and competition Mark Russell
“I was very frustrated out there. I was very frustrated that I couldn’t help my team. And that’s why I probably threw my putter a couple times . . . only a couple times.”
“Phil can be a pretty energetic guy. He likes to let some stuff out, and I’m a pretty mellow guy out there. I said, rather than getting up there and doing a chest bump or the big ‘ol whatever, we just kept it simple. Just a nice, classy handshake when things went well.”
“We wanted Jordan in slot No. 8, 9, 10, somewhere in there. They [Spieth and Day] played the last two days, so not a head-to-head personal battle, but they have played a lot of that golf during the season. So I don’t know if it was a make-or-break for the Presidents Cup if they played or didn’t play.” -- Haas on why he didn’t put Spieth against Day in the Sunday singles
“Phil made a huge mental error, and then they [the rule officials] compounded it a little bit. But if he hadn’t been speeding, he wouldn’t have got a ticket. So I don’t have a problem with it.”
“We both played very poor rounds of golf and we didn’t have many chances, so it was Merry Christmas to the other guys.” -- Spieth on he and Dustin Johnson losing to Branden Grace and Louis Oosthuzen
“It was extremely dark. I would call it unplayable.” -- Spieth on finishing the Saturday fourball matches in the dark