I'm using exactly the same clubs, other than No. 4. I was brainwashed into believing it would be abnormal with all the changes. But we're hitting the same club Jack Nicklaus did. I remember Jack hitting 5-iron on No. 11. The greens weren't as fast, but the fairways were lousy.
Quotes about fairways (16 Quotes)
I hope we've got a lot of fairways and greens. We'll go from there.
We call him 'plod'. It's fairways and greens with Luke, he kind of plods his way around the golf course. He's a very boring player, which is a compliment in golf.
It is so hard out there and it is such a tough course if you miss the fairways, but I managed to avoid doing that for most of the day. I have improved a lot in the last couple of years. My game feels twice as good as it has ever done and the reason for that is my brain.
There were lakes in the middle of the fairways where your landing area would be on two or three holes. And there's nowhere to drop the ball to get relief without compromising the integrity of the drop. So the rules were really compromised. It's just not a good competition that way.
There was a time when the guys who hit it long were considered dumb-asses, because they just bombed it and didn't care where it was going. I can hear Lee Trevino saying, 'If that guy had half a brain ' Now, that's the game. Vijay bombs it. Tiger bombs it. It doesn't go in the fairway, but that doesn't matter. Tiger was dead last in fairways at San Diego, and he won.
Golf has become so manicured, so perfect. The greens, the fairways. I don't like golf carts. I like walking. Some clubs won't let you in unless you have a caddy and a cart.
Today's round was solid, I played well, fairways, greens, made some putts. You think about (the money list), but I'm not over-stressed about it. If you play well, things take care of themselves.
It's pretty tough out there, and if you miss the fairways or the greens, you are dead. But I am enjoying the tournament. It's also nice to get the Lost City out of the way so you can concentrate on the three days ahead at the Gary Player.
The plan should be to go out and attack but it's difficult because there are a lot of out-of-bounds close to fairways and greens,
We didn't have fairways and hardly had greens, ... We kind of went from tee box to tee box. ... This is a wonderful course. It's traditional, old-style golf. You can play conservative if you want or you can hit driver if you want.
You know, it was a day for battling, and I really battled. I started out great, just striped it the first five or six holes, then missed a few fairways by a yard. It seems every time you miss by a yard, you're stone dead. Every time I was, it was a chip out. But I managed to get pars.
It's just nice to see the wind calm down a little bit so you can make a few birdies out there. It was a little bit easier today to hit the fairways and get it closer to the hole. Obviously, it was a good day. Anytime you shoot a 62 is a great day. It was nice -- me and David just kind of fed off each other all day. He played great and I was able to kind of follow in his footsteps.
There was a little bit of wind in the middle of the round, but otherwise the conditions were fine. For the most part, it was pretty calm and I just played fairly steady. I hit a lot of fairways and greens. I didn't try to do anything fancy.
When you get up there in years, the fairways get longer and the holes get smaller.
I've put a premium on hitting fairways. I've been backing down to a 3-iron or even my rescue club if I needed it in the fairway and wasn't real confident with a 3-wood or driver. A 5-under around here two days in a row are great days. The consistency and the fact I have played solid is definitely a positive.