I feel like I’ve won the tournament.
BEN CRENSHAWIt’s emotional for every champion who decides to step down, it’s a tough decision. It’s probably easier for some, like me. But I’m just going to try to take it in stride. It’s part of life.
More Ben Crenshaw Quotes
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I have felt terribly from the beginning when I saw the problems and recognized that they would be ongoing. We were hired to put back the contours of the greens as closely as possible to George Thomas’s designs and were real proud of what we did. It’s a sad situation now.
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I don’t have any big secret about putting. Just hit at it. It’s either going to miss or go in.
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I’m about five inches from being an outstanding golfer. That’s the distance my left ear is from my right.
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If we are to preserve the integrity of golf as left to us by our forefathers, it is up to all of us to carry on the true spirit of the game.
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Hale Irwin is the exception. He just does everything so well.
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This is happening all over the world. It’s not just this golf course. Hopefully, if it stays dry, it will let a few more people in (contention). If it gets wet, though, there’s only a few people where it’s attainable.
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It’s emotional for every champion who decides to step down, it’s a tough decision. It’s probably easier for some, like me. But I’m just going to try to take it in stride. It’s part of life.
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Hitting a shorter club to these greens means a great, great deal. Younger players are so much more capable length-wise.
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The areas off the greens are masterpieces. I don’t think there’s anything like it in North America.
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My golf game’s gone off so much that when I went fishing a couple of weeks ago my first cast missed the lake.
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I had a 15th club in my bag.
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I do not think I could go on living unless I felt that one day I might win the Open Championship at St. Andrews.
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Golf is the hardest game in the world. There is no way you can ever get it. Just when you think you do, the game jumps up and puts you in your place.
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As a golfer, you feel like you’re perpetually on the rack [in foursomes]. Mentally, it’s very difficult.
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I know most players do, but I always keep both eyes opened. I still do it. I see two shafts, the real one and the transparent one. I look for what’s on the inside edge of the transparent one
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