We were hoping for Jack to win, but we didn't think he was going to. To see him play the back nine the way he did was a real dream because, you know, how many more times was I going to see Jack Nicklaus in a situation like that
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I love Orlando, Florida, where we live, too, ... I love the people in the U.S. The sports are different there are no cricket scores in the newspaper. We don't talk the same language in sports. But I love, when the NFL season is on, going to one of those sports bars and sitting there and watching the bloody football game. I love it. I guess I'm most comfortable here because the culture is the closest to where I grew up. You know, the English used to rule us. When they left in '61, they didn't leave us a great plan.Ernie Els
He just makes this place better every year. The golf course keeps improving, the quality of the way they present the golf course gets better all the time, and I think this year is no different. It's just great playing on a golf course like this. He runs a great show.
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Got a lot of good memories from this place. I'm hoping the Blue Monster will inspire me kind of get my game moving into top gear.
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It's a great test. I think to have different winners like that shows you how good the golf course is.
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The ending is happy, as Els' endings tend to be. The last six or seven years now, ... we have become best friends. At first Dirk got into the transport business, like my dad. He completely modernized Dad's operation. Dirk's got a great mind. He's a guy who wants to go forward in life. But I could tell he didn't really love the transport business. Come with me,' I said, and he did. Now we're together, working in golf course design, and having so much fun. We're getting ready to do something with Jack Nicklaus. Dirk has a gift for it, a real talent. He's great.
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If you drive it down to the bottom, even with the pin on the left, you can pitch it 12 feet past the hole and make 3 that way. Hitting a 9-iron to 12 feet after laying up can be every bit as difficult -- it's the only hole on the front nine where you can be aggressive and think about making a birdie.
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