I don’t have any big secret about putting. Just hit at it. It’s either going to miss or go in.
BEN CRENSHAWI feel like I’ve won the tournament.
More Ben Crenshaw Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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The game embarrasses you until you feel inadequate.
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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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As a golfer, you feel like you’re perpetually on the rack [in foursomes]. Mentally, it’s very difficult.
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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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Hale Irwin is the exception. He just does everything so well.
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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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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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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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I had a 15th club in my bag.
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