I had a prejudice against the British until I discovered that fifty percent of them were female.

I honestly believe that with a strong mind, you can literally 'will' the ball into the hole.

Guys get voted into the Hall of Fame who don't belong, who lack the numbers. I'm very upset at the Hall of Fame for that. It's not fair to the people who went in early.

How can you get tired of playing golf?

If you travel first class, you think first class and you are more likely to play first class.

Golf is a game, and games are meant to be enjoyed.

I'm used to the golf course playing soft, so tomorrow I'm going to have to pay attention a little bit more.

If I play my best, I can win anywhere in the world against anybody.

As a kid in Fayetteville, N.C., I played golf all day, every day, a lot of it by myself. I spent hundreds of hours around the greens at Cape Fear Valley, the course my dad owned, hitting every shot I could think of - the one-hop-and-release, the chip that lands dead, the explosion from a bad lie.

I guess what was going to come back came back on Monday. Of course now I've played a different golf course. I've played two practice rounds and two tournament rounds all kind of the same and now today I've played a different golf course.

They call it golf because all the other four-letter words were taken.

I was from North Carolina, so as a youngster all of my mind games about golf were always, If I make this I win The Masters, if I hole this par putt I win The Masters. So it was a great thrill to play there.