Quotes of the Week: Sept. 17, 2017

“Nobody likes to see majors being reduced in size. But the most important thing is we really have a quality, fair, competitive major competition, and we feel this is the best way to do that. Not sure everybody will agree, but we think it was the best decision.” – the LPGA commissioner, after reducing the Evian Championship to 54 holes because of bad weather

“I see what they were talking about, in terms of it’s not going to be fair, but when is it ever fair? ... That’s golf. It’s an outdoor sport.” – on the LPGA’s decision to wipe out scores after Thursday’s abbreviated start because of bad weather at the Evian Championship and then shorten the competition to 54 holes

“I thought it was the fairest thing to do. I didn’t think they would do it, because I don’t necessarily think the LPGA officials are all that fair.” – on the same subject

“Some decisions aren’t completely up to the individual. There was outside expectation from elsewhere. I played these events for two reasons: thinking that I still had a chance, but for trying to fulfill obligations elsewhere.” – on playing the last three PGA Tour events despite hinting earlier that he was ready to hang up his clubs for the season

“I talked to my agent about it, ‘Can we do that with the car?’” – on donating the BMW M760i he won for making a hole-in-one to the Evans Scholars Foundation

“That was probably one of the biggest compliments I’ve ever been given, was Ai to ask to play with me, and to put her through this is not the easiest thing.” – on not being able to be a part of Ai Miyazato’s final LPGA round because she had to withdraw from the Evian Championship with ‘excruciating’ pain in her left wrist

“Well this is a first. We currently have a suspension of play in Sapporo Japan due to North Korea launching ballistic missiles” – via Twitter

“I’m out there trying to grind and go through the numbers. I’m talking to (Reardon),” Day said. “The communication is good, which is nice. It was great the first two days, he was great today. We just didn’t get those numbers right.” – explaining that he and new caddie Luke Reardon were unable to get a fix on how far Day was hitting his irons on Saturday in the BMW Championship

“I hit the three bucket-listers for me there. I’m done now.” – explaining that he will not throw out any more ceremonial first pitches after getting to do so for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs and his hometown Texas Rangers

“I remember being really, really nervous on the first tee, which I’m not generally a nervous person but that was a new thing for me. Actually quite a lot that day, probably three, four holes which is not normal for me. I don’t tend to remember rounds of golf too often.” – on his most distinctive memory of playing golf in the Chicago area, being paired with Tiger Woods in 2009 at Cog Hill