Around this course, if you drive it well, you are going to have plenty of birdie chances, |
As I sat down, Norman started making birdies. I got nervous, so I got up and started walking around. They didn't make as many birdies when I walked around, so I walked around the rest of the time. |
As the afternoon went on, I was kind of disappointed it ended up 3-3. |
Ask yourself how many shots you would have saved if you never lost your temper, never got down on yourself, always developed a strategy before you hit, and always played within your own capabilities. |
Balls have been coming down that shelf, |
Ben Hogan was not really a big hitter. He was long enough. But Ben Hogan today? Ben Hogan today could not compete at Augusta because he did not have the massive length to compete against the long hitters. Power was always an issue at Augusta, but never so dominant that you couldn't play it. |
Bobby Jones believed golf was primarily a second-shot game. |
But No. 7? Wow. I had dinner with Ernie the other night, and he played 4-iron and 7-iron. A 4-iron into that green? Ernie Els? What is Mike Weir playing, a 4-wood? That's the issues I've got. |
But those are just minor things, nothing really. |
Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety. |
Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work. |
Darkness? You're going to have to ask a higher power. I don't have the answer to that question. |
David said he's feeling fine. He hit the ball well, just didn't make any putts. He's quite ready to go. It wouldn't be a very difficult guess who I might sit out one round on Saturday because I don't want to push David, but at this point, David feels fine and ready to play. |
David was telling me he's going to play and that's it, ... David has had this condition for quite a while. It's not a life-threatening situation. It's whether he handles the new medication. He thinks he can. |
Distance is no issue anymore. The longer you make it, the more you make it a power game. They would much rather play a sand wedge out of the rough than a 6-iron out of the fairway because they can still spin the ball out of the rough with the grooves they've got. It's a totally different game than I played. |