David Duval Quotes

The story of the week is you have got to putt well to win the Masters and I haven't putted well.

I played with Annika today. I love being paired with her. She does not make many mental mistakes, and she has the ability to repeat her swing over and over and wears people down.

I've always been a good ball-striker, but if you're not a great putter, you're not going to win a lot.

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

I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis.

You know, one day you make putts and the next day you don't.

You learn their honesty, you learn their competitiveness. You learn a lot about a person. It's not that they have to sink the putt and there's a great deal of talent involved - but you do learn about how competitive a person is on the golf course, and frankly, how honest.

The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst.

I first saw Arnold Palmer when I was just a kid and he came to Columbus to play in a tournament. I watched him on the driving range hit balls that day. We went on to become great friends.

Putting is not an art, it's a dreaded evil. No wise man ever said that.

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.

I don't always have to play my absolute best to win matches.

I'm becoming a more complete player. I have more shots. I can rely more on my putting, rely on my short game.

When you're out here grinding away, firing at some flags, firing at the middle of the green, you just got to be very patient, and I always do a pretty good job of that in the majors.

I match up against everybody well. I just have to stay consistent and keep going out there winning fights.

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

I play to win. And if I string together four of my best rounds at the Masters then there's no doubt about it - I will wear the jacket.

Obviously it's very hard for everybody to be successful in the Grand Slams, so that's why some of the players, they lose, and they should not lose.

I do not think I could go on living unless I felt that one day I might win the Open Championship at St. Andrews.

Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course

A lot of tournaments that I can remember I made a few bad shots and I was afraid I would lose the tournament and it seemed to work, the putts seemed to go in. Just the Desire.

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

It's been 18 months since I won on the European Tour and to win the flagship event, I could not have asked for any more.

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

When Nicklaus plays wells well, he wins. When he plays badly, he finishes second. When he plays terribly, he finishes third.