I'm bad at golf.
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 want to improve my bunker, fairway and putting status because that's been my weakness over the last three years. If I can just focus on this, then everything else will come.
Golf doesn't really have many big guys.
I don't believe in luck. Not in golf, anyway. There are good bounces and bad bounces, sure, but the ball is round and so is the hole. If you find yourself in a position where you hope for luck to pull you through, you're in serious trouble.
St. Andrews is my favorite place to play golf. I've said it many times. I love the design. I love how there is always a bunker in play. And every time you play, it is always a little bit different. There are so many angles out there. It is beautifully designed. And so much fun to play.
Take nine strokes off your score. Skip the last hole.
I need to improve my shorter stuff with my irons, from 100 to 175 yards. If I can hit a few more greens with those clubs and tighten up the proximity to the hole, that would help a lot.
I think most amateurs dread playing a 180-plus-yard par 3 even more than a hard par 4. Part of it is psychological: You think you should be getting a breather, distance-wise, and instead, you get hit with a long iron or hybrid shot over trouble.
I'm quite good at golf. I'm not amazing, but I play a lot.
Golf is all about patience - one tournament is four days long, 18 holes a day.
The game of golf doesn't come rushing back to you. Last week I made a couple of fundamental mistakes that I probably wouldn't have made in the heat of the battle back when I was in my heyday, and those things have got to come back.
I played other sports, so when I played golf, I wanted to have fun. And hitting it far is fun.
I'm usually out there grinding. You see a birdie go up on the board, and you're not thinking about how it affects the tournament because you're playing.
It's very, very difficult to win golf tournaments.
When you're hitting a fairway wood, you've got a lot of real estate to cover to get to your target. Your first instinct is probably to give it a little more power because you're worried about coming up short.
Golf is a whole different sport, a whole different challenge, everything.
It's important for me to understand more about my swing and my game, no matter who I end up working with.
I think I shot 78 one time. My golf game is so overrated.
Golf was my vehicle to competition, and I can't play if I can't compete.
The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf - it's almost a law.
It is never easy to win but it is a lot easier to win when you play well. The key is winning golf tournaments when you are not playing so well. Managing your game is something that I feel that I am still learning to do.
I never wanted to play the short game.
I love to hit my little five- to 10-yard cut, and that's what I try to do. And I think that's kind of been my game.
If I'm hitting 3-wood and everyone else is hitting driver, it's a level playing field. If I'm hitting driver straight, then I think I'm playing at a different level than everybody else.
