Luke Donald Quotes

The only way to win tournaments is with the short game. Over half your shots out here are within 30 or 40 yards. Ballstriking is where I'm trying to improve, yes, but more to eliminate big numbers than make birdies.

You drive for show but putt for dough.

I'd say 230 yards off the tee is my average. Short game is a strength. I don't three-putt often. Actually, I'd say my mental game is probably the best. I'm very good at staying positive and focused on my game.

You've got so much confidence if you start making big putts because you know you just need to hit the greens, and you've got yourself a good opportunity for the birdies.

My golf score is really bad. I don't know. I'm definitely not a good golfer. Off the tee box, I can drive it about 275, and I'm in the fairway about 99% of the time. It's my next shot that needs work.

I'm much better off the tee. I'm not a great putter. I do not have a good short game.

I like to address all parts of my game, but I'm really concentrating a lot of time with my coach, David Whelan, on my short game and on the greens.

I play fairly aggressively week to week and fire at a lot of pins. So I might miss more greens than other pros, but I'm still only a few yards from the hole when I do. That being said, when I really need to hit a green in regulation, I'm confident in my swing.

It's kind of exciting again. I'm doing everything right, right now. I'm driving the ball well and I'm hitting some pretty good irons and giving myself opportunities.

At Pebble Beach, even on your good shots, you've got to hit it to the correct side of the holes to save pars.

Where I fall down is my short game. I don't practice enough, and when I have to take a half swing from 50 yards out, that's trouble.

Chad was in the right spot. He got a little aggressive with the third shot there. He probably didn't want that putt he had there for the par. And you don't want to put it back there where Casey and Sergio did because you have 20 feet of break there.

My short game's not that good. It just becomes a matter of getting that weight moving.

There are so many aspects of the game that you can work on - you can drive it father, you can drive it straighter, you can hit your irons higher and more consistently, you can get better with your wedges, and you can always putt better. There's never an end to that striving to get better in golf.

I have worked hard to improve my consistency in my driving, irons, short game, and putting.

Stats are important to me, especially the ones related to scoring. You're going to miss fairways and greens out here, so how you play from the sand really matters.

I think my putting could be better, my short game.

I love putting. I love to practice my short game.

You just have to drive it in the fairways. If you miss fairways, it's easy to make big numbers.

Being in the fairway, I think the fairways are a little bit more overrated.

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

My strength is short game. I love the creative side to it. You can hit a wedge a million different ways. The flop is my fave.

I'm trying to be a complete player and have every shot in the game.

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

You know what's funny, I really hate Par 3's. I feel like you have to be perfect from jumpstreet. But on Par 5's, you can mess up a little bit, but you still have time to adjust before you get to the hole and still end up with a birdie or a par.