FUNNY SPORTS QUOTES \ Source: golfchannel.com

Quotes of the Week - 01/28/2008

By GOLFCHANNEL.com Team

Editor's Note: In our Parting Shots feature, the GOLFCHANNEL.com team offers up the best quotes from the most recent week in golf.

"He was a throwback. He raised the level of every player he worked for. He could take guys who were marginal and they would play well." -- Caddie Patrick Smith, about fellow caddie Steve Duplantis, who died tragically in an accident this past week.

"Does he actually receive texts? I know I tried to text Jack (Nicklaus) one time and he doesn't know how to do that." -- Tiger Woods, when asked if he was going to text message Arnold Palmer after he officially tied him on the all-time PGA TOUR career wins mark.

"We think the interest in golf in each country will heighten when these players compete in the Masters." -- Augusta National chairman Billy Payne, in announcing the invitations to three Asian Tour players for this year's Masters Tournament.

"There's two tournaments going on. I'm going to try to win the tournament that Tiger's not playing." -- Justin Leonard, during Tiger's runaway win at the Buick Invitational. Leonard placed fourth in the B Flight.

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"Eighteen is a par 5, and we both got on in regulation. He missed a 20-footer, and I made a 15-footer, uphill, left-to-right. It came out of me. That was my first fist pump. I started upper-cutting the air. It was the greatest thing I ever did in my life, beating my dad." -- Tiger again, recalling the first time he let out one of his now famous fist pumps, when he was 11 and beat his dad for the first time.

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"This is the Tiger Woods Invitational, isn't it? My goal going into today was to finish second. That's almost like winning the golf tournament to me." -- Ryuji Imada, who did indeed finish second, thus being credited as the winner of the B Flight in San Diego.


"I actually think that if the conditions stayed the same at Torrey Pines as any other golf course, I think Torrey Pines is the hardest golf course in the country." -- Phil Mickelson, talking about the Buick's host course. Lefty tied for sixth.

"What he's going to do is screw the U.S. Open up for everyone else. If he had shot 10 or 11 under, the USGA would have said, 'Well, maybe we have it in the right spot.' Now, they may have to regroup a little." -- Fred Couples, commenting on Tiger's dominant performance at Torrey Pines and how the USGA might have to alter the course set up come June to make the winning score a little higher.

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