Colin Montgomerie Quotes (86 Quotes)

He's sort of caught everybody on the hot, really, and good luck to him. I think you'll find, and not just on this course, a lot of people using two drivers now. Why try and change one swing to accommodate a hole

There's a few people cursing their luck now. But you have to beat Tiger. If he stays fit and healthy ... he has 10 of these majors now, and we all know Jack had 18. Can he achieve the impossible He's on his way.

Well to almost hole your second shot on the first, I'd say that was almost a perfect start. I birdied one, three, four and eight and was four-under after eight, so yeah, that was a good round of golf.

I am looking forward to taking the lead with this talented team as we try to make it three wins in a row over Continental Europe.

Asian players are now competing with European players on a level playing field. Its certainly a lot more difficult to come over here and win a tournament than it was a few years ago.

Tiger is usually very good. He's one of the Americans who do travel. There's a few Americans that don't but they have a choice. We're all self-employed and we can play in any tournament we wish to play in.

It's unfortunate for the tournament. They still feel there is a safety issue here in Europe, I'm sure they do. We try and tell them it's OK but they have their own views on that one, being London and what have you.

I have gotten a good reception around here. It has been very good, very fair and very warm. I feel comfortable playing here. I didn't a few years back through the late '90s but I feel a great warmth here.

I am fully aware that if I finish first or second here then I go back to the top of the order of merit in Europe.

If I win I get to the top of the Order of Merit.

The team did really well to come back as they did -- and did better than I thought they would after that start. Three wins in a row is great.

That was a good bogey. When I saw the lie in the bunker with a big tree in the way, I was looking at a double. I was lucky.

He played the best course today in this weather.

Even when you're four up you are never really comfortable. He wins the eighth and the ninth to peg me back to two up and suddenly, bingo, it's a different ball game. But I did okay. There are important Ryder Cup and World points on offer here this week and after missing the last two cuts in Europe, it was important I won.

It is very difficult. You can walk to the next tee and not think about things, but if you do make a mistake and you make a bogey or something, well, it tends to affect you more.

I didn't play very well. He got it back, and I threw it away, I thought.

The first thing is to get into the bloody things, but if I can I think I have as good a chance as I've had in the last 10 years,

Every time I have reached the No. 1, I've never lost that lead, ... I've given myself an opportunity, and I'm very confident of staying in this position.

I think we will make the cut this year, and that will be super for both him and I.

I don't need another Order of Merit, but if it happens, that's great,

I'd wrap up the other seven and put them together and place this one ahead of them.

My ambition last year was top-25 and this year top-5. So to be eighth at the end of last year was a bonus. To get back to the top-10 this year, I'll probably need to win three times.

We all feel that China is where the future of golf is. The standard all over the Far East is very high.

I'm almost there. I have just to play reasonably well. I don't mind when I book my place in the team, just as long as I get there.

That was something in itself, though, as neither had been in great form here and Dredge in particular had been a sorry figure with nothing but defeats to his name and a 15th-club penalty on Friday to his shame. I was really happy for Bradley, ... Everybody got at least a point.

I think the world revolves around the almighty dollar. The American Tour I believe is a victim of it's own success in many ways,

I would wrap up all the other seven titles and place this one ahead of all of them, ... Last year was my worst and, being 83rd in the world, winning money lists was a long way off.

Ask me my favorite courses and I will tell you the ones where I have won. I have not won here, but I have done well and I always look forward to coming back. It's a fantastic test of golf.

It was money well spent. It's a very good test of golf.

I'm very hurt and very surprised (by Evans' comments) but I'm very glad I was able to go out and prove to myself and everyone else that I can still do this, and do what I do best.

I've never really enjoyed the wind in the past but I had looked forward to coming back and playing St Andrews after the positive British Open I had.

The back nine is more tricky, but at the same time I feel you can score on the back nine as well,

If I hadn't been picked I would not be here now, ... It was crucial for my career. It was going in the opposite direction and he gave me the opportunity.

Anybody in any game is capable of beating anyone else,

That's good. It's more world ranking points, ... That's my best putting tournament in America for about ten years.

Sergio had a great finish. We'll go for it tomorrow. To score under par again was a very good effort. This isn't easy.

It's tiring to come to the west coast with an eight-hour time difference but hopefully I can catch up on some sleep tonight.

From the seventh hole onward, he was hitting remarkably straight and remarkably long. He drove the ball magnificent today, and it was a matter of everyone else just hanging on.

Vijay, he's playing fantastic golf tee-to-green. If he putted at all, he'd be out of sight by now but thank goodness he didn't.

I said my next victory would be the most important of my career and it is. A heart-rate monitor at the last putt would have recorded it much faster than usual.

We didn't have many in the top 20 at the start of the year. Now there are a whole bunch. We've done well to get back into it now. We went through a period in the early '90s where Europe held the top five places in the world rankings, and now we're coming back.

The jet lag is kicking in now and I'm very tired. I just left Scotland too late, unfortunately. My first win in 19 months needed celebration. I need to see my children on Monday night, so I flew here Tuesday.

We are watching here a unique golfer on a unique golf course.

I don't know what else one has to do to be honest.

I am really pleased to be playing this tournament and always enjoy visiting Hong Kong - it's such a wonderful city.

It feels fantastic to go top of the Order of Merit,

Kiwis don't surrender. I'll give it my best shot.

This was a long time coming and you don't know if the next win's going to come,

Michael is a world (class) player and is capable of scoring two good scores over the weekend. I've got to counteract that and that is my job this weekend. I've just got to keep doing the same thing. It is a stress, a huge stress and I'll be glad when Sunday evening arrives whether I win this thing or not.

Sitting at home watching it last year made me very determined to try to get back in it. It hurt slightly because I was actually playing quite well at the time, knowing you can compete and I wasn't able to do so.