I had a 15th club in my bag.
BEN CRENSHAWI’m going to leave y’all with one thought. I’m a big believer in fate. I have a good feeling about this.
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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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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As a golfer, you feel like you’re perpetually on the rack [in foursomes]. Mentally, it’s very difficult.
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Hale Irwin is the exception. He just does everything so well.
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The game embarrasses you until you feel inadequate.
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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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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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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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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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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’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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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 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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