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I had to figure out myself to figure out my game.
You have to just forget about the ball and swing the club. It's hard to see if you don't hit the green.
Golf is so difficult to master. It feels like the better you get, the farther you are away from perfection.
I just think the game of golf teaches you so much about yourself like who you really are and what you're made of.
My kids have grown up knowing nothing other than me being gone all the time and playing in golf tournaments. That's what they know.
You play the golf course just like you played it in your practice rounds and you stick to your game plan and just try to get whatever you can out of it.
If St. Andrews is the home of golf, I think Pebble Beach feels like the home of American golf, like the home of championship golf. It has a real sense of history here.
That the win came only days after the Ryder Cup announcement was not a coincidence. Being a captain's pick is a huge honor, and I was very flattered by that, ... but once the Ryder Cup race was over at the PGA, I felt as if there was a burden lifted and I was able to focus on what was at hand this week.
A beginner gets so excited when he hits the ball in the air or maybe hits a nice bunker shot. A player who has won major championships doesn't get that excited about those shots anymore. It takes a lot more to excite you. The closer you get to perfection, the more difficult it becomes. That's what draws me to golf. It's such a challenge.
The vast majority of golfers don't go on to play golf as a profession, but they do go onto other professions where there will heat on them from time to time. Some people choke under pressure. If you have that as part of your character - that you don't perform well under pressure - it's really important for you to know that. The game teaches you about that.