Tom Kite Quotes (41 Quotes)


    This is why I came back. This is the only reason that I took this little challenge to come back and play the Tour ... to see if I had what it takes to contend, to see if I have what it takes to possibly win a golf tournament.

    I feel if I play up to my standard, it's good enough to win a lot of tournaments. I think I am as good a player when it gets to be tough as anyone out here. I am starting swing well again and I am very encouraged about what will happen over the next year or year and a half.

    You're always going to have some individual incidents that aren't going to show off the Ryder Cup in the true form and spirit that it was made.

    I have lots of confidence on this course. It's one of the best driving courses we play on the Champions Tour. Just enough rough to give you some problems.

    I'm playing a lot better, there's no question about it, ... I'm looking for some good things these last few weeks of the year.


    Discipline and concentration are a matter of being interested.

    Never have a club in your bag that you're afraid to hit.

    This has been way too long a drought. I played terrible last year. I've worked hard on my game and felt very much in control of my swing this week.

    Fear comes in two packages fear of failure, and sometimes, fear of success.

    You can always find a distraction if you're looking for one.

    River Place has been a tremendous supporter of the Kids Classic through the years and, hopefully, that relationship will be able to continue.

    We went around and looked and talked to a lot of foundations with those charities and decided upon the Children's Hospital. They had a golf tournament at the time, but it was a small event that didn't raise a significant amount of money.

    It's a piece of property that, if you're going to have a development out here, you need to have a golf course because you need to take care of the effluent water being created by the development.

    You can only play one hole at a time.

    I think they really hurt the higher handicapper. In our case, the bunkers are way too short and we drive over them, or they're too long for us to drive over them. It's a funny golf course.

    There's going to come a time when one of the top players says 'I can't do that. I need a break,'

    I was going to run in the primary, whether I won or not (tonight). I truly have a good group of people helping me.


    I didn't think it would be a multiple-shot victory. You had a three-way tie at the top and everybody bunched right behind them. I really thought it would come down to the last hole. David obviously played well.

    or run like hell back to the Champions Tour.

    Give luck a chance to happen.

    A lot of the bunkering is designed more to save you than it is to penalize you.

    It's fun to get out in the field. I really enjoy that. It's fun creating.

    If there is anything you ever need, just call. I'm a good listener.

    No matter how you putt, these are tough greens. You almost have to say, 'I'm going to miss some putts.

    The corporate outings were fun, but after doing them for 25 years, they got to be a little old hat.

    It's been a long time since I've had a round like this, ... It was a great day for scoring.

    But I'd say that probably 70 percent of the bunkering is more to give you an idea of the direction that you want to go or to save your ball from going into worse places.

    Nothing has changed just because I'm getting older. I'm a golfer who has wanted to play in the Open since I was a teenager. Just because I'm on the Champions Tour does not mean that I shouldn't want to play in our national championship.

    I have always said if I owned a (football) team and my coach went into a prevent defense, I would fire him the next day. But when you have a seven-stroke lead, it's hard not to. I would not say I went into a total prevent defense because I was hitting some good shots, but I wasn't shooting at pins. It really is a strange mindset.

    Now the Kids Classic is one of the major fund-raisers for Children's Hospital. Since we started seven years ago, we've raised more than $1 million for the hospital.

    It was a lot of fun to play today. It was a great day and a great crowd.

    You still remember the bad rounds here, but they don't stay with you as long. The Champions Tour is great, it's competitive and it's a wonderful show, but it's not the real big league. The real big league is the PGA Tour, and we all know that.

    I love it Practicing in Texas. You can find anything. You can practice rain, you can practice wind, you can practice on hard pan, you can practice on lush gold courses, you can find all the conditions you will ever encounter in Texas.

    I don't know why the number of majors has to be four. There's no reason it can't be five. Some way we've got to get off this number four. If we do, we all know which tournament would become a major.

    It's just nice to play well again. Once I get going, I feel like I can sustain it. I think I'm really starting to feel like I've done all the work.

    To go around the course without a bogey today is really, really good.

    Last week I started hitting some good shots. My scores didn't always show it, but I felt like I played well. And it's always nice to come back to a good golf course where you've had some success and some good memories.

    Golf course design is exciting.

    This is definitely the best golf I've played in a long time. My golf swing is great, my putting stroke is great. It's fun to play well and I'm hoping to build on it. ... There is no question about it. To come out and win with this field on this golf course was pretty good.

    When I woke up Sunday morning at the Open and stepped outside and felt the wind and rain in my face, I knew I had an excellent chance to win if I just took my time and trusted myself.


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