He just makes this place better every year. The golf course keeps improving, the quality of the way they present the golf course gets better all the time, and I think this year is no different. It's just great playing on a golf course like this. He runs a great show. |
He knows his swing. If he really feels he needs Butch, he'll probably call him. |
He's a full notch behind Vijay. He's not even on the same rung. There's no major that rattles you like the U.S. Open. Last year's Open probably took a month to get over that. It's not like the Masters, where the conditions are generally the same. At the Open, they're probably already rattled going in. |
He's a great champion. I love picking his brain about what he was thinking when he was winning all those tournaments. |
He's almost like a golfing machine. He never seems to get tired of the game. And he's gone up a level this year. |
He's definitely right now the best of the young players, him and Sergio [Garcia]. [When I was Scott's] age, I don't think my swing was as good as his. My short game and my rhythm really helped me out a lot. But he's got a sound golf swing, and he looks like he's hungry to take it far. |
He's there all the time. The rest of us, we're in and out the rest of the time. So yes, he's winning. But there is competition. |
I actually feel pretty nervous about playing again, ... I've spoken to a few guys who had a similar experience to me, with not being able to play because of injury. They all said the same thing. When you come back, there's that extra element of the unknown, which we're not used to. But nerves aren't a bad thing. |
I cannot complain about the way I came back. I could be sitting here without any confidence now, hitting the ball all over the place. But the knee has been pretty good, and it's given me time to practice and get my game back in shape. So I'm happy where I am right now. |
I cannot complain. After all the hassle I had with the leg to come back ... and to almost win is fine. |
I did see the changes, obviously, and they are quite major. |
I didn't putt well at all today. I had many chances but didn't take them. However, I feel I am hitting the ball nicely. My stroke feels goods, but I was a little off bit off. I must get into middle 60s to have a chance of winning. |
I don't take too many long breaks through the season. My next long break will probably be somewhere in June or July when I have two weeks off. For the next four or five months, it's a lot of golf with a week off here and there and a lot of traveling. So I needed to do that just to recharge. |
I feel that to bogey a par five is a huge sin. But after making mistakes I came back well and that kind of sums up the whole day. |
I finished second six times to him that year, |