Seriously, I'd like to see them make it 20 yards shorter so more guys would try [to drive it]. My philosophy there is, if I feel like I can get too close to the green with a driver, I don't hit it. |
She has not done that in probably eight years. I feel like I slow down a lot more with her, which is great because that's my big problem, I get too fast. |
Should have hit a softer 7-iron. |
Stubborn. People telling me I should do it. I guess I matured, finally. |
That was really good shot, ... Tiger made birdie, too. He didn't have to do that. |
That's what our whole goal was as a team this week, to win for him. We wanted this bad. We wanted this for Mr. Nicklaus. And it's nice to give him that. |
That's why you see a lot of diversity of winners here. It's letting guys have a lot of chances. |
The lie wasn't bad, it was the stance that was not real good, ... I tried to stay real still and hit a good, solid shot and get right of the hole and give me a putt at it, at least have a chance. And it came out perfect. |
The one thing he has that nobody else has -- maybe Nicklaus had this a little bit, too -- is the uncanny ability to win by whatever he needs to win by. If nobody is doing anything, then he won't do anything. He'll just kind of plug along. But if guys are making birdies, then he'll try to make birdies. That's what's amazing about him. If he needs 73 to win, he'll shoot 73. If somebody shoots 64, he'll shoot 65 to win by a shot. |
The putt, I thought I might whiff, ... I thought about two things. I thought about Fred Couples making a big putt to win against Vijay on No. 18. And I thought about Captain Nicklaus. Our whole goal was to win for him. |
There might be guys that are better than me, but as far as competitiveness and never giving up and always fighting and clawing, I don't think there's too many guys that have that. |
There's probably a half-dozen to a dozen guys who usually don't play the week before a major who are playing this week because of where it is. It's a great test for next week. |
They caught a hot streak at the right time. That's what you hope for in golf. |
This is a good win for Phil. This is great for his confidence. He might go 5-0 now, which is what we're going to need. We jell really good together. He calms me down a lot and keeps me focused on the shots I need to make. I can't tell you how much it helps to have Phil Mickelson next to you in the fairway. |
This is a marathon. We've still got 54 holes to go. |