Fred Couples Quotes

It's a dream come true for Bubba Watson from Bagdad, Florida to have the green jacket on.

It's my dream to win a grand slam title.

If you're going to be a player people will remember, you have to win the Open at St. Andrews.

At the British Open, I had my opportunities, but the ball just didn't want to go in the hole on the back nine.

Vijay Singh won a playoff in 2004 at Whistling Straits after a final-round 76, which was the highest last round by the winner of any major since 1938, when Reg Whitcombe won the British Open with a 78 in a storm that blew down the exhibition tent at Sandwich.

Meteorite hunting is not for wimps. The best places to look are also the coldest and windiest. You need very old ice, and you need wind, lots of it, strong and unrelenting. Antarctica fits the bill.

The Masters, while it has slowly gained equal importance as a major, isn't really the championship of anything.

Pretty much whoever wins the tournament at the end of the week is the guy that putted probably the best.

I'd definitely like to be one of the best golfers in the world, of all time.

As a kid, I remember John Daly bombing it around St. Andrews in 1995 to win the British Open, and people say we are similar in a lot of ways.

My ultimate goal is to be the best player in the world. If I'm the best player in the world, I'll be the face of American golf. It will come with the territory. That's where I want to be. If I want to be there, I have a lot of guys I have to beat out, in the U.S. and the world.

The most satisfying accomplishment for me was winning the British Open in 1996. But the most rewarding times were the times on the mini tours.

Even when I finished third at the U.S. Open a few weeks back, I didn't putt very well, nor in the last round of last year's Masters when Mickelson won, nor last year's Open at Turnberry, where I came second.

Since 1934 every accomplished player in golf has come to the Augusta National looking for an introduction into history.

I'd happily cover the British Open every year until St. Andrews slides into the sea or Scotland runs out of beer, whichever happens first.

I've always felt like I was going to win a British Open at St. Andrews. That place is suited for me.

I look at the PGA, and it was like winning the lottery.

To me, the [British] Open is the tournament I would come to if I had to leave a month before and swim over.

When the British Open is in Scotland, there's something special about it. And when it's at St. Andrews, it's even greater.

The fact that Slammin' Sammy couldn't win the Open made it all the more valuable for the players that did win. Gave it a special quality. I'd say a part of the sheen on that trophy comes from my sweat.

I came back and in '63, I was at the British Open, trying to win my first British Open. And I had what I thought was a two-shot lead with two holes to play at Lytham. I remember it like it was yesterday. Anybody with a proper brain would have played the ball short of the hole. I didn't have a proper brain at the time. But you have to make that mistake to learn it.

If I could have shot 69 in the last round every time, I would have won nine U.S. Opens. Nine!

The Open is the one that we all want and strive for and to be able to hold this Claret Jug is an incredible feeling. To be three legs towards the career grand slam at the age of 25 is a pretty good achievement. It's not going to sink in for a while.

Any golfer worth his salt has to cross the sea and try to win the British Open.

Wind is part of the British Open. It is an examination and it took me a long time to pass the examination. Eighty per cent of the fellows out there have not passed the test.