The Tour should be on a different level than you guys play on Saturday, Sunday mornings. |
Their plan is to bring the course back to where they used to play the shots into the greens in the '60s and '70s. We've just got to give it time and see where it goes. |
There's always the fear that when you come back you will not be the same and something might go missing forever as you say. |
There's no one better than Ben on the greens here at Augusta, probably him, Tiger (Woods) and Phil (Mickelson). I think Ben still may be even better than Tiger on the greens. |
This course had some teeth today. |
This is a great win as well, ... Normally when you aim at a low score you don't do it. But here I did - and with two wins under my belt, now I can't wait to get to America. |
This is one of my favorite golf courses. I felt comfortable and the greens were perfect.'' |
Tiger is looking good after his victory in the United States isn't he. But I've won here before and I like the course. I feel comfortable. |
Tiger is not playing as well as he did then. Guys like Vijay, Phil (Mickelson), Davis (Love) and me have elevated a little bit, and the gap has closed a bit. I think guys get to the first tee and really believe they can win with Tiger in the field. Golf will humble the best of them and that's where we are. |
Tiger was clever enough, when he got the ball rolling in 1997, to step on the gas. It was a blow that kind of stopped me. I basically lost two years of conditioning and a lot of confidence. When I gathered myself, the mistake I and some other top players made was looking at Tiger and saying, 'All right, now I'm going to challenge.' But he had passed us. We weren't in his league. When I realized that, I wasn't sure where I needed to start. I'd say 'OK, I'm going to hit balls now,' and I'd hit balls for six hours thinking that's how I'd get better. But that didn't do it. Then I began to think about my attitude, and Jos was there to refresh me. I think he's gotten me closer to Tiger. And now I think a lot of players are realizing what they really have to do to compete and get better. |
Today I was a bit more determined not to let it get to me too much, and I played a good back nine. |
Today was a tough day and I got off to an iffy start and was two over par after five holes. I battled hard to get it back to level. But I have to work on my putting. I looked at my putting stats and I'm down in the bottom half of the field, so I guess that is where my problem is this week. |
Today was a tough day. I looked at my putting stats and I'm down in the bottom half of the field, so I guess that is where my problem is this week. |
Up to now, I've had a great career. A couple of putts here and there, it could have been a lot better. |
Vijay (Singh) has set the standard for the 40-somethings and I'm not even there yet. |