I picked St. Andrews to end my career because they've taken me as one of theirs, ... In the States, they have a purely sports gallery. There's nothing wrong with that, but over here it's purely a golfing gallery, and it means a lot to me as well as other people. It's an appropriate place to end my career.
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I've had that injury before. I don't know that any injury hurts more. He had therapy from the second hole on, so he's going to be sore. That's why I put him off last so he could have time to get loose.Jack Nicklaus
I love Augusta. But when they take the golf tournament and the golf course and limit the number of people who have the ability to win . . . that is the problem.
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Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.
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Also, there's nobody on the tour today who could hit the ball as well as Lee Trevino or Ben Hogan.
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I have no desire anymore to play competitive golf. It was the only time I missed the cut when I wasn't unhappy about it,
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The only thing that Augusta did about the mid-60s when I was winning quite often, they added a few bunkers. It's just very difficult to compare the game today with the game that I played. The game is 90 percent power.
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