Vijay Singh Quotes (127 Quotes)


    I think whatever the Tour is doing, I think they're doing it for the better of golf,

    I played really well, ... These are the conditions where you don't really want to play much golf because if the ball gets wet on the tee box, it can squirt a little bit.

    I made some nice putts today that kept me in there.

    I don't think I've ever had back-to-back doubles. I was happy I hung in there and didn't give up. After the disastrous holes, I played pretty well outside of that. It could have been much worse.

    On paper, it's very good. People would die to have a year like this, but I was disappointed because of the season I had last year. Also disappointing because I didn't win a major.


    I feel like I'm due. I'm playing well enough to win. It's (a matter of) putting everything together.

    You give me a bad lie, I'll get out of it with a 5-wood. Put a 2-iron in my hand, even a 3-iron, I can hardly get out of the rough.

    I told the guys, 'Good, good, good. Let's go to the next tee box.

    If you're not careful, you'll hit it over the green and make bogey. We'll see what happens.

    The rough is very deep but it's playable. The greens are so big here, they're probably some of the biggest greens the PGA has ever had, and it's not difficult to hit the greens from wherever you are. To get close to the pins is another factor. The course favors the longer hitters but not that much. I think it's going to favor whoever putts well. You've got to hit fairways but at the same time, you've got to putt well. The guy who putts well is going to win the tournament.

    It doesn't much concern me if Tiger plays in the tournament or no.

    I was wondering how long it was going to take for you to ask that question, ... You know, it was an issue in 2000, and it's 2005 now. It's five years away and it's gone. Everybody has forgotten it but you guys.

    Yeah, this is a long golf course ... the rough is playable,

    My level of play has dropped, not out of neglect or anything. It's just that's the way it goes. I mean, golf is a weird game.

    I always feel comfortable here, it's a lot like my home in Fiji. I was too far back to make any difference today, but I'm pleased with the way I've started my year. I wish I could have won at the Mercedes. That one was disappointing, but this is still a good way to begin 2006.

    I have not enjoyed it yet. No matter how hard I try, it might be almost an impossible thing to do again. You never know, we'll try again next year and see what happens.

    The key for me is driving the ball. If I can drive the ball straight then I give myself chances for birdies and it also looks like I'm beginning to putt again the way I want to. I knew Miguel was going to be a tough match he never gave up.

    I have always defended a title on the PGA Tour and I am greatly disappointed I won't be able to do so in Boston,

    I think the conditions today favored us, not the holes they changed.

    I played pretty decent today. I didn't make too many mistakes.

    Golf is a lot different than last week. The wind is not as strong today. I think it was a lot stronger yesterday as well. I'm playing well, I'm feeling good and looking forward to the event. Hopefully, I can do what I did last year.

    I've been out there so many times, ... Right now, I don't think I'm in contention unless I would go out and win the next three or four events. I think the money title is more important than Player of the Year for me.

    I play 30 tournaments a year, that's 22 weeks off. Where can you get a job where you get 22 weeks off I love playing golf.

    But I'm happy to be back to defend my title at this great tournament.

    This tournament is very special to me and I hope to return to Boston in 2006. I hope they have a great tournament this weekend. I only wish I was there.

    All in all, I'm pretty pleased with the way I finished, with 74. Could have been a lot worse.

    He didn't play badly. He didn't shoot a high number or anything. We caught him. He's going to feel it a little bit, but not as bad as what Greg did during the Masters.

    The scoring part of it is not as sharp as last year. Maybe I've played too much golf, I don't know. Some say I may have played too much. But if I had gone ahead and won those tournaments it would have been fine.

    I played really good golf, didn't struggle at all.

    They make a six you try to make a five. If they make a five, you're trying to make a four. So you don't really realize how good or how bad you're playing until you finish.

    The golf course did not grow on me. Normally the more you play one, the more it grows on you. For some reason, it didn't do that. I hope they go back to the old golf course next year. I think a lot of the players feel the same way.

    I'm playing pretty good now, but my ranking doesn't say that. I'm number two.

    It's just tough out there. The winds are swirling around and it was difficult to pick clubs. All in all, I'm pretty pleased with the way I finished. It could have been a lot worse.

    I think the conditions today favored us. Really, it was the conditions that dictated the difficulty of the hole, and today it was perfect, so we could get it out there.

    He started pushing to make birdies and you don't do that when you're down.

    When you're playing well, you seem to be thinking better. I thought I was thinking better when I hit those balls over the green on 4 and 5. That's what happens when the winds start swirling around here.

    It was pretty tough out there with the windy conditions. When we started off it wasn't as windy, but as we got along, it got really windy and dry. It was tough. I was really pleased with the score I had, and I had a lot of opportunities out there to even better it, but I'll take a 68 today.

    Normally it blows and the rains are coming down, but this was very unusual, clear skies, beautiful weather, but it's just so windy.

    It was hard work, ... I told my caddie, 'I need one birdie.' I cannot do 18 pars. I've never done that before, and I didn't want to do that today. That puts me in good shape tomorrow.

    It's one of the great ways to start the year. It's cold back home, cold everywhere in America, so this is paradise. I'm just surprised that the field is not as strong as it should be. I just love playing here.

    I just hope I can follow what I did last year. It's going to be hard. One of the hardest things to do is go out there and win golf tournaments, and as many as I won toward the end of last year, it's going to be almost impossible. But I'm going to give it a shot.

    Finishing second is not going to do her any good. If she had 10 seconds it's not going to do her any good in the long run. You break records by winning tournaments.

    It's really easy out there with the green softening up. You've got to go out tomorrow and play hard. It'll be a long day.

    I was talking to somebody the other day and it's just like the top guys have almost conceded. It's like we arrive at the golf tournament and they've conceded if Tiger is playing. That's the feeling that I don't have. I'm more aggressive. I want to go out there and take it on and if my golf game just gets around like it was, sure, I'll be there.

    This is unlike the Blue Monster, where the wind normally blows a lot. This is as calm as I've seen it at noon.

    Given time, I think it grows on you. Today I felt better on the golf course than yesterday. The other golf course is a much harder driving course. This is an easier driving course-wider fairways.

    I played pretty decent. I didn't make too many mistakes and when I did, I got some good breaks. He made one or two bogeys and I made some nice putts.

    Coming up here and trying to defend is my main priority. I like playing golf tournaments, I like winning golf tournaments and this is one of them I'd like to defend if I can.

    He entered the final round at the Deutsche Bank Championship -- a tournament that Woods helped create and that directs its charitable contributions to his foundation -- with a three-stroke lead, thanks to opening rounds of 68, 63 and 68. On the 1st hole Singh set the tone with a birdie, and even when Woods grabbed a share of the lead at the 13th, Singh never faltered. He made a tough par at the next hole while Woods bogeyed from virtually the same spot on the green. Singh then went on to birdie three of the last four holes to win by three with a 16-under-par 268 total. I've played pretty good for the last two years, ... I'm just trying to win tournaments, plodding along, and here I am.

    I think the HSBC Champions is going to be a really exciting fixture on our golfing calendar and with a prize fund of US5 million, the largest in the history of Asian and Chinese golf, it is an event we all want to win.


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