Famous Quotes & Sayings

The 18th hole will present a birdie opportunity but as a dog-leg hole with out-of-bounds ever present it will also be a hole for potential disaster.

John Daly

I thought I had it but I missed a birdie putt on the 16th and then missed from four feet on 17 and that was the golf tournament. I should have had it won but it's just a lack of confidence in putting. Tiger has won so many golf tournaments I am sure I was feeling a bit more heat than he was but you just hate to lose that way and I know Tiger hates to win that way.

Jay Haas

I won't say it turned my round around, but it certainly helped. It never really looked like I was going to make a 4 on that hole at any point, but to walk away with a birdie was great.

To birdie the three par-three holes on this course is like making a hole-in-one. The par threes here are tough with the wind blowing.

To birdie the three par-3s on this course is like making a hole-in-one. The par-3s here are tough with the wind blowing.

Retief Goosen

On the front nine I never really did anything. All of my birdie putts were really too far away to make anything,

I was swinging really well on the front nine. I was hitting it really close to the hole and was feeling it. I can't remember a tournament tapping in and knocking in 2- or 3-footers for birdie as often as I have here. That's always nice.

I would have sold out for a birdie in a heartbeat. It's not important to lead the first day. I don't think it would have made much difference if I didn't make it.

I feel like I can birdie every hole right now. Maybe I'll have a 61 or 62 in me tomorrow. We'll see.

Ben Hogan

If a man can shoot 10 birdies, there's no reason why he can't shoot18. Why can't you birdie every hole on the course?

Stephen Ames

Having the opportunity to birdie the last three holes like I did today was good. And maybe a couple of fortunate times, like 18, a little scare on the 3-wood (drive), it ended up being way up the fairway and only a 6-iron in. It was fortunate and the nature of the game.

He said, 'How are you doing?' I said, 'I'm good, I'm having so much fun. He said, 'Good. Because we really need your point.' I got up-and-down for birdie and on the next hole, the 17th, I'm tied with Stuart Appleby. Mr. Nicklaus is on the tee helping me out with what club to hit. To me, that was the coolest thing.

Fred Funk

It came down to 18 and I didn't think with the wind and those conditions that I could get home, but I hit a really good drive and a really good three-wood to get it up there. I didn't think birdie would win it, but you just never know in the Skins Game.

Fred Couples

I didn't change my stroke, but I just hit the birdie putt way too hard.

Ai Miyazato

I didn't birdie any of the par-5s and it prevented me from shooting a low score. But I think I played very patiently until the end.

Mark Calcavecchia

I can honestly say I never thought I would say that I actually win a tournament using my head. But honestly this weekend, I think I won this tournament playing smart golf, using course management and staying patient. I mean, somebody is going to have to find out when the last time somebody won a tournament making one birdie on the weekend. That may have never happened before in the history of golf, by the way.

Paula Creamer

I feel great. I knew I had to play good golf coming down the stretch. I knew if I just stayed patient and kept giving myself birdie looks everything would be OK.

When we have that many birdie opportunities we really have to make the most of them. That's kind of been our focus finishing out the fall, and obviously for the spring, is that when you have an opportunity, capitalize on it.

Paula Creamer

We had a ton of birdie opportunities but struggled on the back nine.

You make one birdie and shoot a 66. It is a bit of a strange game.

Ernie Els

If you can hit your 3- and 5-woods with confidence from the fairway, par 5s become birdie opportunities, and 420-yard par 4s are a lot less scary.

Loren Roberts

When you're putting well, it really does take a lot of pressure off your game. It's not the birdie putts that are key. On tough days like this, the par putts that are key.

Fred Couples

Other than those few holes, I had a lot of birdie chances. To be five under, blow four strokes, then get five strokes back is a pretty good way to end the day.

I saw what happened, yes, and I knew I needed a birdie at the 18th to catch him, but it wasn't to be.

Morgan Pressel

I screwed up in the middle. That's a birdie hole, so I feel like I gave three shots away.

Lorena Ochoa

I thought to myself, this is a good start to the tournament. I didn't think it was going to be this good. I just tried to really focus and concentrate. I made birdie on the first hole and a birdie on the second hole. I was very happy about that. Then everything was easy and everything was so clear. It was a really good round.

I think to come back and horseshoe out for a birdie summed up my week really. I don't know whether it was the heat or the long week, but I had just no good feelings at all. I couldn't get anything going, but hopefully I can learn from it.

Chad Campbell

I think that's key in this tournament. A lot of them, you knock it on in two...and I've been able to make birdie on most of them.

I was just trying to hang in there and make a birdie because you never know what might happen out there with the wind swirling and the greens firm.

Patience and putting, I think my putting is working very well today. To birdie the 3 par 3s out of 4 par 3s, I think it was a bonus for me. As you know, par 3 here is tough to play, especially with the wind.

Sam Torrance

I was playing beautifully and was six clear, then I three-putted 13 and 14 and didn't birdie 15 with a 7-iron in my hand. Then all of sudden there were two shots in it, but I birdied the last with my shot of the week. I am delighted,

Paula Creamer

We had a lot of birdie opportunities but you have to sink the putts and that is where we struggled.

Mark Calcavecchia

One birdie on the weekend and I win the tournament,