It’s Star Wars golf. This place was designed by Darth Vader.
BEN CRENSHAWAs a golfer, you feel like you’re perpetually on the rack [in foursomes]. Mentally, it’s very difficult.
More Ben Crenshaw Quotes
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I feel like I’ve won the tournament.
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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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But, if you miss (the supposedly easy pin) by just a little bit, you’re looking at the next putt from 30 feet. The ball just rolls away.
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I had a 15th club in my bag.
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I was horrified. Absolutely heart sick. All I could think of was that after 23 years together, I’d lost my faithful ally. I couldn’t sleep, couldn’t get the loss out of my mind. It was like discovering that someone in my family had died.
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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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The areas off the greens are masterpieces. I don’t think there’s anything like it in North America.
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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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I had a few miracles happen out there today.
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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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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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The game embarrasses you until you feel inadequate.
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I’m going to leave y’all with one thought. I’m a big believer in fate. I have a good feeling about this.
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