Quotes of the Week

By GolfChannel.com Team

Editor's Note: In our Parting Shots feature, the GOLFCHANNEL.com team offers up the best quotes from the most recent week in golf.
 

"If I remember the quote correctly, he said he likes the new Tiger. I figure I've won nine of 12 (PGA TOUR events), and I've won three times this year -- the same amount he's won in his career. So, I like the new Tiger, as well." -- Tiger Woods, playfully responding to Rory Sabbatini's comments on how he thinks Woods is as beatable as ever.
 
"I had to give it a slap across the face. I had no choice." -- Joakim Haeggman, recounting an incident that happened in the first round of the European Tour event in Spain, where he claims he was attacked by a goose in the fairway.
 

"Don't hit four hours worth of balls, don't practice yourself to death. Go see some movies, go bowling, go play some blackjack, or go to a concert. You know - have fun." -- Mark Calcavecchia, on the advice he gives to some of the younger players, who he feels have too much of a business-like approach to the game.
 
"He probably swears a little bit more." -- Phil Mickelson, jokingly speaking on the differences between the way new swing coach Butch Harmon communicates compared to former coach Rick Smith.
 
"Unfortunately, I got kicked in the teeth." -- Sean O'Hair, on his attempt to fire at the flagstick at the dangerous par-3 17th at Sawgrass.
 
"Welcome to sunny, dry, warm Florida." -- PGA TOUR commissioner Tim Finchem, in a press conference jokingly referring to the first tropical storm of the season that hit the Ponte Vedra Beach area on the eve of THE PLAYERS.
 

"The tornado came out of the middle of nowhere and I felt like I needed to do something for them." -- Mi Hyun Kim, who donated $100,000 to the United Way Greensburg Disaster Relief Fund to help victims of the tornado that tore through the Kansas town last week.
 
"There's going to be no faking your way up to the top of this leaderboard." -- Adam Scott, describing how the revamped TPC Sawgrass course would be a real test for the players.