Every year I look forward to this time. That's why I play this week to try to get myself into a bit of better shape going into Augusta, |
getting to know what a person is like, his character and what sort of game he has. It's a captain's job to get to know these guys a bit more. |
Good, ... Let's get another 11 of them. |
He gives himself so many opportunities and that's fantastic for matchplay. He's long, he hits his irons well and he chips well. I've been watching his putting on television and he looked to be struggling a bit, but his stroke looked a lot better here. |
I didn't ask him about that. We were just trying to play the golf course and concentrate on not letting it beat us up too much. |
I felt I was getting a bit old or unfit for this game, |
I had a few pairs of Oscar Jacobsen trousers and all of them were a bit Rupert the Bear. Being Welsh I wore a red pair on the last day, and I was going to wear a white shirt, but it had a mark on it, so I wore blue. I knew it didn't go with the green jacket but I didn't care a crap. |
I had an awful start and when I missed from two feet on the first I had to go immediately over to cross-handed with my putting, |
I hope if these guys have the opportunity, they will come back to our tour to play. I want that sort of player to be on the team. |
I hurt my shoulder on the fifth tee - just hitting it too hard when you're too old. |
I said to him on Wednesday that I had watched him and I've never seen him that relaxed, |
I said to him on Wednesday that I had watched him and I've never seen him that relaxed. I told him to keep it up and accept the bad stuff with the good stuff. He's swinging well and if he gets some more points he's in. That takes the pressure off me. |
I think everybody deserves to get their chance, women or men. Good luck to them. |
I think if the captain can get the team right and get the enthusiasm up and the morale up, then he does play a big role, |
I thought, 'Great, I've been practicing my putting all night, |