From Tiger Woods’s latest WD to Justin Timberlake’s near ace, here are the top quotes of the week.
From Tiger Woods’s latest WD to Justin Timberlake’s near ace, here are the top quotes of the week.
“After CME [the LPGA season finale] I got a phone call and said when she comes back from Korea she’d love to come and spend some time with me.” - on working with Lydia Ko
“Under Section 2.1.1 of the policy, the mere presence of clenbuterol in a player’s body, even absent fault or negligence and regardless of the reason, constitutes a violation.” - the IGF in a statement on why it retroactively disqualified Eggenberger after a positive PED sample traced back to his ingestion of contaminated meat
“All of a sudden you have to do a re-evaluation of, ‘What am I capable of? What are my thresholds, and what are we going to do to make adjustments moving forward?’ And I think that’s where we are right now.” - on his friend Tiger Woods after he withdrew from the Genesis Open and Honda Classic
“I’m really hopeful it’s going to make a go of it, whereas maybe two months ago I had a lot of doubts.” - on the news that a group of Brazilian businessmen stepped in to assure at least the short-term viability of the Olympic Golf Course in Rio
“My doctors have advised me not to play the next two weeks, to continue my treatment and to let my back calm down. This is not what I was hoping for or expecting. I am extremely disappointed to miss the Genesis Open, a tournament that benefits my foundation, and the Honda Classic, my hometown event.” - in a statement on his website
“It’s obvious that we can’t wait until after the Tour Championship to make a pick. We have passports, travel to Europe, and I feel like the timing, we probably want to get it done a little earlier and not put those guys through that at the Tour Championship again.” - on moving up the final captain’s pick one week
“I’m not appreciative of people who travel to benefit off other people’s success. I enjoy signing, and sign for kids whenever we get the chance. And when these guys have these items that you’ve already seen online and people ... Our team keeps track of that kind of stuff. And these guys that just have bags of stuff to benefit from other people’s success when they didn’t do anything themselves.” - on adult autograph seekers selling memorabilia online
“We talked on the phone, and he was very clear ... if there was anything that hurt me, he apologized. It was fun talking to him briefly, and I thought that’s a great gesture from him because he’s got a lot of other things to be concerned about, not just, you know, this golfer Bernhard Langer.” - on speaking with President Donald Trump
“Just being around these athletes after just being a fanatic myself, you’ve got to kind of pinch yourself here and there. It’s pretty cool.” - on playing with celebs at Pebble Beach
“That would have been something.” - after nearly making an ace Saturday at Pebble Beach’s par-3 7th