A lot of guys who have never choked have never been in the position to do so.
I guess I have never been much of a complainer. You just take what is given you, and don't complain about what you can't affect.
Any time you play in a USGA Championship, if you don't drive the ball on the fairway, you're dead. You're done.
My career was one of just taking it step by step. I didn't know how I was gonna fare on the professional circuit when I qualified. I didn't know whether I was gonna make a dime. I didn't know anything but this one thing: I had some dreams, and I was gonna work harder than anybody out here to ply my trade.
I didn't learn how to swing a golf club until late in my career. And even though I won all those tournaments, I still struggled with consistency, and I relied on my strengths, which were hitting the ball long and high, and I could chip and putt with the best of 'em.
We tournament golfers are much overrated. We get paid to much.
Golfers who play a lot of courses often encounter short ledges or retaining walls, and I always had fun hopping down from them. I could jump off something six feet high and land like a cat, no problem. Well, today I can't jump off anything higher than two feet without it just killing me.
I always could putt. Part of my makeup, I always could putt.
I played team sport as a kid and loved it. I played basketball and football throughout high school into college in the intramurals and I loved it. There was nothing like a team.
I'd rather fight 100 structure fires than a wildfire. With a structure fire you know where your flames are, but in the woods it can move anywhere; it can come right up behind you.
It's time for old players like me, old fogies like me, to give it up and let the young players have a chance.
