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’m about five inches from being an outstanding golfer. That’s the distance my left ear is from my right.
More Ben Crenshaw Quotes
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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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I had a 15th club in my bag.
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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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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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Hale Irwin is the exception. He just does everything so well.
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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 had a few miracles happen out there today.
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It’s Star Wars golf. This place was designed by Darth Vader.
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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 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 enjoy Augusta. I enjoy its challenges. There’s no other golf course like this anywhere. Its greens and its challenges on and around the greens are just super, super tough. So the greens are fun to play in sort of a morbid way
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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 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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The areas off the greens are masterpieces. I don’t think there’s anything like it in North America.
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