When I made the putt on 15, I felt like victory was in hand. That's when I felt it was mine to control. |
When I practiced on the course I thought guys would be lucky to be two or three under par. |
When No. 14 happened, where he ended up having a little mishap there ... You don't want to win like that. If he knocks that first putt in, we would've had one heck of a time those final four holes. And I wanted to see that happen. |
When other guys are up there, you know that if you can just stay around, there's a good chance they might come back two or three shots. But Tiger doesn't ever seem to do that. You know you have to make birdies to catch him. |
When players have won this tournament, they were in the top 10 -- Nick Price , David Duval , Greg Norman . It just that we've had a younger movement of players that have stepped up and finished off the top five (or) six, through 10, if you will. |
When Roger first handed me the new X-Tour Wedge, I couldn't wait to test the spin. I knew the grooves were big; in fact, I called them my 'Mack Daddy' grooves for their size. They delivered what I wanted -- max spin that equates to maximum control. |
When you walk down the fairways at Augusta, it's unlike any other tournament for us as players. It's a different feeling. You have people taking pictures of you and you feel like you're almost an artifact in a museum. |
Where you can make up ground is if the wind blows and your opponents make big numbers. I think you can shoot three, four, five-under par. But to make up a six, seven or eight-shot lead, that will be tough without the leaders coming back. |
Yeah, that probably wouldn't have happened. |
You don't want to win like that. |
You don't want to win like that. If he knocks that first putt in, we would have had one heck of a time that final four holes, and I wanted to see that happen. As much as I wanted to win this tournament, I was sorry to see that happen. |
You mean out of the five matches I lost. Is that what you're referring to? |
You're making this sound like that was the apex. The way I look at it is I was trying to get my game sharp for this week — and I think it's fairly sharp now. |