[Meanwhile Wilson and Sorenstam have developed a friendship. He has visited her three times in the last year, they talk on the phone two or three times a month, and they frequently exchange text messages and e-mail.] We're both friendly people, ... We're about the same age, we're both with Callaway, and we have a lot of mutual friends. |
Despite our scoring average, we knew it would be a tight game and a low-scoring game. It always is against Red River. |
Every year I seem to get a little more comfortable with what's going on. |
Fortunately, I remembered a lot of the shots that I played and my strategy, so I'm kind of going about the same thing this year. |
Good teams find a way to win, and we did. I can't explain it, but we just got the job done. |
I felt like our top line was trying to score a picture-perfect goal, making five passes. The other lines just kept things simple. |
I hit a lot of fairways, a lot of greens, and rolled in a few putts today. |
I like to see where guys can mix it up, where you might have a guy that's not so long going against a guy that hits a long way. It's tough to compete against the long hitters. You may be able to get them over 18 holes, but 72 ... it's pretty tough. |
I seem to be putting a lot of rounds together where I hit the ball nice and give myself a lot of chances. That's what I've always been looking for, and so far this year, I've done that a lot, so it's quite pleasing. |
I'd rather be known as the guy that won a tournament than the guy that played with Annika. It doesn't bother me, but I guess I have to do something. I have to win. |
I'm happy that I'm putting myself in contention. I'd obviously like to play better and have a better chance of winning. |
I'm trying to hit a little cut, and I guess at the last second my brain bails out and I go left. Maybe I should have taken a little more time after I see Charles hit it in there. |
I've got to figure it out, how to get it done on the weekend. I know the courses are going to be harder, so I need to play better. |
It was a bit discouraging (Thursday), but I knew it was the first round and there's a lot of holes to go. So, for some reason, I was still calm. There are a couple of holes here that can jump up and bite you. You've just got to try to learn how to stay a little more patient and not get ahead of yourself. |
It was a privilege to be part of that. |