Quotes of the Week: Rory cried for Sergio's win
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Rory McIlroy
“That's sort of facing away from Erica and she's like, ‘Why? Are you not happy with me? What's going on?’ I'm like, ‘No, no, it's fine I'm just taking care of my back.’” – on sleeping on his side to alleviate strain on his back
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Rory McIlroy
“Well, we thought, we have people at the wedding who are 80 and people who are 20. So we wanted something that everyone knew. We were like, ‘Stevie Wonder? Perfect.’ That was really cool.” – on his decision to book Stevie Wonder for his wedding
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Rory McIlroy
“I wasn't really happy with the golf ball I was playing and I needed to do something. I felt like I struggled in the wind. … It definitely goes through the wind a lot better.” – on his new equipment deal with TaylorMade and his switch to the TP5x ball
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Rory McIlroy
“I cried. I cried. It was unbelievable.” – on watching his friend Sergio Garcia win the Masters
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Sergio Garcia
“I think at the end of the day, we both respect each other. I mean, we’ve had our differences here and there, but you know, we’ve had great talks at the Ryder Cup and also at Rory’s wedding. He was like trying to apologize for something he said on Sunday, and I was like, ‘It’s fine. It doesn’t bother me at all. I respect you; you respect me. We’re fine.” – on burying the hatchet with Padraig Harrington
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Sergio Garcia
“Obviously, it was a hole-in-one. So if they don’t react to that, then something’s wrong.” – on his ace at the island-green 17th Thursday
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Sergio Garcia
“It was a great shot the whole way. You’re kind of hoping for it, and then it was awfully exciting when it went in. I mean, 17 has got to be the most recognizable hole in the world. To have one there is very cool.” – on playing with Garcia and watching his ace
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Zac Blair
“Literally, three of the best swings I’ve put on it all week. The second one was maybe the best swing I made all week, all year. I mean, it was right at it. I’m thinking maybe I was going to be a re-enactment of Freddie Couples (1999 hole-out par) there. But that just happens every once in a while. It’s all right.” – on the three balls he hit in the water at the par-3 17th en route to a sextuple-bogey 9
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Ian Poulter
“I'd have been pretty miserable at home to be honest with you.” – on what he would have been doing during Players week had his Tour status not been reinstated
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Billy Horschel
“Yeah, I look bad. Obviously that’s the way it looks.” – attempting to explain his club toss and walk-off in a video posted to Twitter
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Grayson Murray
“It’s very hard. I just wanted a caddie out here, and Hicksy tried being a lot of different roles, and that was probably hard on him. It’s definitely hard on me, because I just wanted him to be the caddie but I couldn’t tell him that. I didn’t want him to think that I’m questioning his knowledge of the game. But he was trying to play the roles of caddie, mentor, father figure, swing coach, and I think it finally got to him, too. It wore him down.” – on his mid-round split from caddie Mike Hicks at the Wells Fargo Championship
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Jon Rahm
“I do not know what went through my body.” – on his third-round 82
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Justin Thomas
“Even keel, very easy day. I don’t really know what to say about that round. It was so bizarre.” – on his second-round 71 that included seven birdies, four bogeys and a double
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Jay Monahan
“Right now we don't have any plans on moving it back to March. That's certainly been part of the consideration set,” he said. “But until we make a decision to make any change, I would be happy to answer that question and answer that question directly, but right now we're focused on making The Players the best it can possibly be in May.” – on the future of The Players and its place on the schedule
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