That loss was to breed an independence, a toughness of spirit, and an awareness of adversity and discipline that have never left me,
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But wouldn't it benefit Els, I asked, to prepare for the three U.S.-based majors by flying in two or three weeks early to adjust to the time difference and get used to the different playing conditions I disagree with that, ... If you're in a country four days before, that's plenty of time. I mean, Ernie has a G-5, he has a bed in his plane, he doesn't even have to pack his bags. It's a piece of bloody cakeGary Player
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Nobody has swept the Grand Slam in a single year, but I had a real go at pulling it off. Woods won three majors in 2000. Hogan got three in 1953 and didn't play the PGA. In between winning the Masters and British in '74, I was the 36-hole U.S. Open leader, so the Slam thing almost came within reach.
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Sometimes in golf you come up against buzz-saws. There's just nothing you can do.
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It's a strange game, ... Today you shoot 66. Tomorrow you shoot 73. It changes within hours.
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