Quotes of the week from the 2013 Open Championship.
Quotes of the week from the 2013 Open Championship.
''This is such an accomplishment for me ... To play what is arguably the best round of my career, to putt the way I putted, to shoot the round of my life, it just feels amazing to win the claret jug.’' - Phil Mickelson (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
Ive hit eight or 10 ... on the range. - Tiger Woods on how many drivers he has hit this week at Muirfield (PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images)
‘No, thanks! I am definitely not getting married. To anyone.’ - Tiger Woods’ girlfriend, skier Lindsey Vonn, quoted in Vogue magazine (Photo by Karwai Tang/FilmMagic)
Let go of their ego and set it up reasonable. The greens are dying, and the holes are on edges of slopes that the ball just simply wont stay. - Phil Mickelson, complaining about the severity of the R&A’s setup of Muirfield after the first round (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
I wasnt being totally fair to the R&A because theyve done a lot of things great this championship. - Mickelson, backtracking on Friday (PETER MUHLY/AFP/Getty Images)
Nick should know how hard this game is at times, and hes been in our position before. He should know how much work that we all put into it. - McIlroy, responding to Faldo (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
You have a window of opportunity. Thats my only words of wisdom to Rory. You have say a 20-year window as an athlete. Concentrate on golf and nothing else. - Nick Faldo, on how Rory McIlroy can break out of his slump (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
‘Everything is dead. Youve got fairways that are running 15 (on the Stimpmeter) in some spots. You cant stand up, because you can slip.’ - Brandt Snedeker, on how firm and fast Muirfield is playing (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
Unfortunately the guys this afternoon will struggle with a few pin positions. 8th hole is a joke, 18th needs a windmill & clown face. - Ian Poulter, via Twitter, complaining about Muirfield’s greens(PETER MUHLY/AFP/Getty Images)
When things are a bit quieter, after the championship, Im quite sure well be taking a look at everything to see what kind of sense we can make of it for the future. - R&A chief executive Peter Dawson on Muirfield’s males-only membership policy (Photo by Ian Walton/R&A/R&A via Getty Images)
Not like me to make a cut. Get your money on me now. I only win when I make cuts, apparently. - Graeme McDowell, after making the cut in the British Open. In his last eight events, McDowell has three wins and five missed cuts. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
Yeah, I get confused for him hundreds of times a day. - Josh Teater, after being misidentified as Sergio Garcia in a photo that was picked up by several media outlets (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
Ive won some tournaments in that stretch and Ive been in probably about half the majors on the back nine on Sunday with a chance to win ... I just havent done it yet.’ - Tiger Woods, on his 5-year major drought
I let a great chance slip during the middle of the round, and thats disappointing. - Adam Scott, who bogeyed four holes in a row after taking the British Open lead (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
‘I was amazed to be in the lead going into the fourth round, because every time I turned into the wind I was really struggling. - Lee Westwood, who began the final round with a two-stroke lead but closed with a 75 (Photo by Ian Walton/R&A/R&A via Getty Images)