Charles III Quotations

Until you play it, you just can't appreciate the difficulty.

My God. It's the first hole of the Masters, which it could be a 100-yard par three and it would be a hard hole because of the nerves.

If this is the first time you saw it, you wouldn't think much about it. But I think back to when Tiger (Woods) won in '97, it's not even the same golf course.

For those two months of off-season in November and December, it's nice to be able to practice whenever you choose, not when the weather chooses.

If the golf ball and (club) technology had never changed, it all would've stayed the same (here). I don't think any of the golf-course changes would've been necessary.

I always think of that bunker shot on the 10th. Sure. It was the tee shot I wanted to forget, and a bunker shot I want to remember. But they were good memories. I had a chance to win.

That feeling leaving on Wednesday night is not a good one. It feels like you missed the cut.

Today was an important day because largely because Sunday is going to be 36 holes. This golf course is tough enough to play when you've got 18 in front of you, but 36 is obviously a very long day.

We haven't really experienced the changes in all their glory yet.

Whatever you need, it's there. If you can't find it, you aren't trying.

What a round of golf that is. I saw him at 8 under and thought he was playing a scramble with Ted Purdy.

I've worked hard since I first started playing the game at age 7, and that's always been my goal to be the best player in the world.

It was time for a change. I had been with David a long time. This is another person looking at my golf game. I'm working on the same stuff, but it's packaged differently.

It was very cold. Fortunately I had that downhill par 5. If there's a hole you want to tee off on when you're real cold, it's that one.

It was on my mind, absolutely it was. I thought I had to shoot anything under par. I shot par, and that was enough. It's a whole lot better slipping in than slipping out.

It's a different golf course with the wind. They get these pins on the edges, and it's tough. It's a great golf course. We all thought it would be. You get some wind like this, and it's really good.

I totally understand what they are trying to do. You never want to see the seventh hole become a 3-wood and (a lob) wedge. You don't ever want to see No. 11 become a driver and a 9-iron. That's not what the hole was intended to be.

It's the first time I can leave my canoe in the locker.

It's going to take a good week. It doesn't matter if you're 25th or 40th.

It's unbelievable the difference. The big one to me is No. 5, which was a tough par 4 before. I don't think it needed any length, but it got it.

They could set this golf course up so hard that it could make you cry.

They have put the teeth back into it.

That seemed like the year where (the tournament) was just going to be his.

I knew I hit the shot perfect. And then to hit the hole and go into the water, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Obviously, it's a crazy game.

In November, I played four times over Thanksgiving. Over Christmas, I played seven or eight more. So, first of all, I may be the reason they changed the rule that once you qualify for the tournament you can play. I may be the reason that rule gets revoked for everybody.

I have thrown out everything, including the kitchen sink. It's kind of fun starting over.

But if I have 95 yards on Sunday to that front left pin, I will be thinking about it. I promise you that.

I don't think he missed a shot the first 16 holes. I was just trying to hang with him.

The difference in the courses will be more pronounced this year.