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.
BEN CRENSHAWI 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.
More Ben Crenshaw Quotes
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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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You learn to accept defeat graciously in golf. Unlike other sports, the game itself is a constant opponent. It never stops. A golfer is fortunate to win a few times. We spend our whole lives trying to conquer something, and we lose a lot more than we win.
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I had a 15th club in my bag.
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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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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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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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I feel like I’ve won the tournament.
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The reason the Road Hole at St. Andrews is the most difficult par 4 in the world is that it was designed as a par 6.
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A good golf course makes you want to play so badly that you hardly have the time to change your shoes.
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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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I had a few miracles happen out there today.
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Hale Irwin is the exception. He just does everything so well.
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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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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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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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