Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Jim McMahon

I played like a dog today. I had a two-foot putt on the second hole for birdie that didn't touch the hole. And it didn't get any better from there. ' I didn't putt real well today.

I really didn't ever have to work for a birdie. I think the longest birdie putt I made was probably 6 feet.

Mark Calcavecchia

I never thought I would say I won a tournament with my head, ... Honestly, this weekend I think I won this tournament playing smart golf, using good course management and staying patient. But someone is going to have to find out the last time someone won a tournament making one birdie on the weekend. That may not have happened before in the history of golf.

Instead of 30 or 40 feet, I'm in there at 20 feet. When I hit a good shot, I'm inside 10 feet. I've hit a lot of greens this week but I've also hit it close a lot. Just a lot of good birdie chances.

Clayton was three-under on his first nine and two-over on his second and he left three birdie putts right on the lip. He said he just played differently the second nine. He played real solid, but the weather got worse. We had a real steady rain.

I hit my drives well. But I would just miss short birdie putts.

I hit a lovely shot into the 14th, the par five, to make birdie and then when I made the mistake on the 15th I was livid because I knew that was that in a way,

Padraig Harrington

I missed a couple of birdie chances on the last few holes which would have made it a good round. But it's not the end of the world.

Henrik Stenson

I kept on trying all the way and couldn't get close enough. And the greens are very tricky to read. ... Chris got off to a flying start, just kept it together and pretty much finished it off with a birdie on 16.

Graeme McDowell

I left my putts short on the ninth, 10th and 11th but the birdie on the 14th gave me something good to sleep on,

Mark Calcavecchia

I left a couple of strokes out there ... that's why making birdie on 18 really felt good, kind of making up for that,

Ben Crenshaw

I made a really pretty birdie at 10, hit a nice five iron in there to about 10 feet. I made a bomb at 16 that was about 50 feet. Then I got up and down at 17 from the front right bunker and 18, I got it up and down from short of the left bunker.

The conditions were perfect for scoring. It was there to be had if you hit the shots. I got off to a ho-hum start and then I got it going (with a birdie at the par-5 fourth). I thought someone could shoot 59 at the start of the day.

You've got to give him a lot of credit to birdie 17 like that. The wind was doing funny things, but he always finds a way.

E. O. Wilson

All of a sudden, it went in from everywhere. It was a tale of two nines. If I could have rolled in some birdie putts early and not made a silly bogey at 18, this could have been something real special. But I'm still happy with what it is.

This is a confidence boost. It took some time for me to create a birdie opportunity so I tried to play patiently early on the front nine.

The birdie at No. 13 was the turning point, because I was able to forget about the double at 12 and move on.

Tiger Woods

Once I got to the 11th green, I saw D.T. had made birdie at 10 and 11 and drew within one. I told Steve (Williams) that I needed to bury this putt and see if we can get some kind of cushion.

Ernie Els

It's not always that you're going to shoot a 29 in a major. You just want to keep grinding, keep playing. On the back nine I played pretty solid. I guess I just ran out of birdie holes.

James White

That hole got me going in the end. I was pretty consistent (Monday). I never got into any trouble. I had lots of chances for birdie and my putting was pretty good.

Rory Sabbatini

It's definitely crucial on this golf course that if you do get opportunities to have a 15 or 20 footer for birdie that you make some of them, ... If you're not making birdies on this golf course, you're going to shoot a high number. It's just inevitable.

Hale Irwin

It's been just awful. Including the pro-am, I've not made a birdie in 54 holes. Right now, I'm not a very good player. There's nothing in my game that's worth talking about. That's the game. You take your lumps and I'll be back.