Quotes of the Week: Everybody loves Spieth
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Butch Harmon
“He led the Tour in putts made from 20-25 feet [in 2015]. At one time he was making 33 percent of his putts from 20-25 feet. Even Nicklaus and Tiger, the two greatest pressure putters we’ve ever seen, weren’t doing that.” – discussing Jordan Spieth on the Golf Channel telecast
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Brooks Koepka
“I know what it feels like to be Jordan Spieth now, I guess, shooting 10 under every round." - on his third-round 63 Saturday at Kapalua
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Justin Thomas
“He probably pulled a couple wrong clubs.” - on Spieth serving as his caddie in a pro-am round at the 2007 Evian Masters
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Peter Malnati
“I’m on the putting green the other day and right next to me is Jordan Spieth. I’m thinking, that guy is six years younger than me and won five times last year. It’s a cool experience.”
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Jason Day
“I’m not going to stop a 260-pound guy that’s 6-8 running full speed. Ellie took it like a champ, though.” – on his wife’s collision with LeBron James last month during a Cleveland Cavaliers game
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Jason Day
“I just kept my mouth shut about it because I knew that it would open another can of worms, and I didn’t want to talk about it.” – on suffering from ongoing bouts of vertigo during the Open Championship at St. Andrews
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Justin Thomas
"Winning Ryder Cup team, hands down." – when asked whether he would rather win a major or the Ryder Cup in 2016
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Justin Thomas
“But, obviously, the main goal is to do both, but that wasn’t an option in the question. So I just got to work to be able to do both.”
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Kevin Kisner
“I smoked it by Bubba on 17, look it up. And I talked trash all the way down. Then he hit it by me 70 [yards] at 18.” – on his experience playing with Bubba Watson in Round 2
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