From Tiger Woods’ near miss at 59 to the LPGA’s Ricoh Women’s British Open, enjoy this edition of Quotes of the Week.
From Tiger Woods’ near miss at 59 to the LPGA’s Ricoh Women’s British Open, enjoy this edition of Quotes of the Week.
The American team is going to be a lot stronger on paper than our team ... But its hard to measure the camaraderie and the willpower and the spirit of a team, because that can overcome a lot of things. ' Nick Price (Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
He has a boatload of talent. He knows what hes doing out there. And the more time he is out here, the older he gets, he will develop more shots. The talent is there. ' Tiger Woods on Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
I’ve played terrible coming in here and I’ve played really well coming in. And for some reason this golf course, I just see it. ... Luckily over the years I’ve taken advantage of it. ' Tiger Woods on Firestone CC (Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
The good news is I have shot it before. I shot it at home back in ’97, and to do that at the time at my course [par-72 Isleworth], you had to be 13 (under). ' Tiger Woods on flirting with 59 at par-70 Firestone (Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
I’m just trying to enjoy myself this week, enjoy my golf, play with a bit more of a smile on my face, and I sort of did that. ' Rory McIlroy (Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
It’s hard enough just to win one major. If she’s able to do it, what a great place to do it, at the home of golf at St. Andrews. ' Phil Mickelson on Inbee Park’s Grand Slam run. (Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
Both of us felt like it was one of our biggest victories. We could not lose to these guys, because we knew it would go viral, within minutes, on SI.com. ' Peyton Manning told Peter King (Scott Halleran/Getty Images)
Im not worried about finishing in the top 20 or worried about my ranking or anything like that. If I play my game, Ill be on that team. ' Morgan Pressel. (GRAHAM STUART/AFP/Getty Images)
I feel so blessed to have accomplished my goal of becoming a mother and to be able to be home with my family. Its like everything is complete. ' Lorena Ochoa (Victor Fraile/Getty Images for Mission Hills)
I said (to Mickelson), I know you’re the champion golfer of the year, but I’ll teach you how to play Akron if you want. And he only responded with, I won there when you were nine years old. ' Keegan Bradley (Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
My guess would be Muirfield (Village) will play faster in the fall than it does in the spring. My guess is they will try to have some more gambling situations which will be interesting in match play. ' Jack Nicklaus (Chris Condon/PGA TOUR)
I have elected to officially withdraw myself from the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational so that I can take the opportunity to spend this precious first week at home with Zoe. ' Hunter Mahan (David Cooper/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
Balls were moving on the greens, but I never thought they would delay it. When the horn blew while we were on the 18th hole, I thought somebody had stolen something from the pro shop. ' Christie Kerr (David Cannon/Getty Images)
‘To be honest, I don’t know what emotions I’m going through right now. I looked (the card) over and didn’t see it ... Somehow I missed that one on 16.’ ' Blayne Barber said after signing for the wrong score (Michael Cohen/Getty Images)
It was awfully special for me to have him here to witness it because he understands it now. He understands when I make birdie, when I make par, and he understands the difference. Its awfully special to share that kind of moment. ' Tiger Woods (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
Instantly, I fell in love with it. I think its more the history of it than anything, just knowing all the great champions that have played here. ' Stacy Lewis on St. Andrews (Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images)