Tom Watson Quotes

From the time I won the Kansas City Match Play championship at age 14, I never wanted to be anything but a golfer.

I worked at the golf course, and I always had dreams and aspirations of being a professional golfer.

Obama hasn't been working to earn reelection, he's been working to earn a spot on the PGA tour!

I would like to play Pebble Beach at some point. I keep waiting for them to call and ask me to that little pro-am thing, but I'm not big enough.

I have many golfer friends whom I play with, including my good friend Ian Poulter, a professional golfer who's coming to Asia to play in a few tournaments.

You know, the Oscar I was awarded for The Untouchables is a wonderful thing, but I can honestly say that I'd rather have won the U.S. Open Golf Tournament.

I loved junior golf.

PGA of America has been very good to me; played some of the Junior Ryder Cups, and those go down as some of the best experiences I've had on a golf course.

I started with golf because I saw my brothers play, I was always watching them. It was my life. Growing up, we always played competitions like chipping, hitting.

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

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

I'd like my first Ryder Cup appearance to be in the United States.

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

I'm playing in the Masters. It's obviously very important to me, and I want to be there. I've worked a lot on my game and I'm looking forward to competing. I'm excited to get to Augusta and I appreciate everyone's support.

Three months later, on September 5, 2001, at a pro-am event preceding the Canadian Open at the Royal Montreal Golf Club, I was invited to play a round with Tiger Woods. Nothing in the game of politics had ever been as nerve-racking as that game of golf.

I do not think I could go on living unless I felt that one day I might win the Open Championship 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!

People ask me, 'Would you ever want to play professional golf?' And I'm like, 'No. No, no, no, no. Just because I can hit a good shot every now and then doesn't make me a pro.'

First time I met Jack [Nicholas ] I had heard about his golf and prowess - I was playing in the Ohio amateur.

I think the best thing is being able to play golf competitively for a living. Ever since I was a little boy, that's something I've always wanted to do, and now I get a chance to live out my dreams.

Oakmont, you've got to be playing slope.

That's my No. 1 goal. I want to be part of (captain) Tom Lehman 's team.

1960, I was 20 years old, and I was leading the U.S. Open. Now, I wasn't leading by several strokes, but I was leading the U.S. Open and playing with Ben Hogan, had a very good chance to win, nine holes to go, I was leading. I was still leading with six holes to play.

[On golf:] One of the most distressing defects of civilization.