Mark Calcavecchia Quotations

She's going to make a cut eventually. Should she play in Hawaii? Sure. I don't have a problem with her playing there. That's where she's from. I think she should try to win some LPGA tournaments first and go from there.

She's going to make a cut eventually. She's never going to win, period. Maybe once she makes a cut, she'll forget about it. Should she play in Hawaii? Sure. I don't have a problem with her playing there. That's where she's from. I think she should try to win some LPGA tournaments first and go from there.

Somebody is going to have to find out when the last time somebody won a tournament making one birdie on the weekend. That may have never happened before in the history of golf.

One birdie on the weekend and I win the tournament. I bet that's never happened. But only seven bogeys all week. A lot of guys probably made seven bogeys today.

One birdie on the weekend and I win the tournament, ... I bet that's never happened. But only seven bogeys all week. A lot of guys probably made seven bogeys today.

One birdie on the weekend and I win the tournament,

Obviously, money is not an issue. They don't need the money, which is nice to be in that position. But it's just golf, you know? It's not a marathon. It's not the Ironman out here, swim 26 miles or something. It's just golf. Take next month off.

I was so nervous out there on the fairway.

I was so nervous out there in the fairway. I hit a great shot and the wind came my way at the right time.

I'd like to see the wind blow a little harder for the rest of the day. Maybe a little rain will be good, ... slim to none.

I can honestly say I never thought I would say that I actually win a tournament using my head. But honestly this weekend, I think I won this tournament playing smart golf, using course management and staying patient. I mean, somebody is going to have to find out when the last time somebody won a tournament making one birdie on the weekend. That may have never happened before in the history of golf, by the way.

I am excited about tomorrow. I didn't hit my driver quite as well today, but I made no birdies and I'm in half a state of shock about that. That just never happens to me. I can usually scrape one or two in somewhere. The good news is I hit a lot of good putts. I just didn't read them right or my speed wasn't right or a combination of both.

I felt like it was a 36-hole day. Thank God we ran out of holes. I saved my best drive and my best iron for the last hole and knew I could two-putt from 6 feet. How embarrassing to lag from 6 feet.

I felt like it was a 36-hole day,

Today I felt good. Actually, starting out I almost felt too relaxed. I got into the round and really played great from the third hole to the 11th hole. I played okay on the back, but birdied the last hole which was nice. Two real good ones there.

I actually ... felt too relaxed. I hit an awful iron into the first hole, then another terrible iron into 2 and I thought for a minute I might be in trouble.

I actually like that, because then it feels like everyone is on a level playing field, ... As the week goes along, you learn the course a little more. It's kind of fun going to play somewhere I've never played before.

I thought somebody would shoot 7- or 8-under for sure, maybe even 9-under.

I saw what he was doing, but that doesn't change your thinking any. You know you've got to make birdies. You've got to keep the hammer down here.

My putter may be replaced sometime soon, or thrown away.

I text-messaged Tiger and said, 'No Hawaii for you, more cash for me'.

Week in and week out, the kids have more game. But on my week, I've still got a high skill level, and that extra bit of experience can make the difference.

You know, you ask me on Wednesday if I could shoot 10-under par on this course and I'd have told you no, ... Ask me now, I'll tell you yeah. It's like this every week; guys surprise me.

But only because I had to go inside and register,

The good news is I hung in there and only shot 2 over without making any birdies but the bad news is I was in a position to go nine or 10 under and put some space in between me and the rest of the guys,

What time did I get up? Two in the morning. My wife had a sneezing fit and woke me - it wasn't worth going back to bed.

Even dating back to the late 80s when I was making everything I looked at, I still missed a lot of short putts, because I cannot stay still over them,

I've probably told myself I suck more than any player out here -- and I know I don't, but I'm just real hard on myself,

I've only made three bogeys, I guess, and that's pretty good around here. It starts off the tee here. I've driven it well and I think that's the key for me.

I've always been an emotional player, I'm an emotional guy,

Tee-to-green, I'm streaky, but I'm still very good at times, ... My short game, as far as bunker and chipping, is still pretty good.

Admit no failings. Think positive. Stay in the present. Keep telling yourself: I'm a great player.

After missing so many, I had a feeling I was going to make it. That's one of my better pars of the year.

After missing so many, I had a feeling I was going to make it, ... That's one of my better pars of the year.

A short hitter has got no chance unless he has a career week with his putter. Only a few guys can win here now ? we all know who they are.

That's just my nature. When things go good for me I'm streaky and I'm very good. And when they go bad for me I lose it.

This is changing my year-end plans a little,

A lot of self-doubt and a lot of demons,

There's a long ways to go. JJ played a great round and I saw what he was doing out there. You know you've got to make birdies. It really doesn't change your thinking any.

This is where you want to start out. Everybody here won a tournament. That's a big thing nowadays.

It makes it more interesting for everyone else involved if I just kind of loiter around there with the rest of the guys.

It surprised me, I started laughing, ... Thomas Bjorn thought that was kind of funny. I was looking down the fairway and just kind of tinged the ball with the toe of my club. I did that one time at the Bob Hope Classic and hit it 60 yards. Almost killed about six old people on the right at Bermuda Dunes.

It's uplifting, ... Certainly if they can do it, I can do it. We've still got a lot of game. You never know.

It's like having a 3 o'clock appointment for a root canal; you're thinking about (17) all morning and you feel (bad) all day. You kind of know sooner or later you've got to get to it.

It's hard out there. It doesn't seem like it's supposed to be that way to me. It just doesn't seem right.

I've hit a lot of putts the last two days. When it works, it sure feels good. If the claw doesn't work for me, I'll have to find another job.

I've got to get as far away from this course as I can.

I've got to admit I never thought I'd win again, let alone on a golf course like this, in a tournament this big,

I've gotten some good breaks for sure, ... I haven't hit it in the heavy rough too often.

The Vancouver course had a ton of trees, small greens, deep rough, ... I anticipate the same sort of thing at Harding, from what I've heard.

I left a couple of strokes out there ... that's why making birdie on 18 really felt good, kind of making up for that,

I made no birdies and I'm in a state of shock over that. The good thing about making no birdies is it can't possibly happen two days in a row. Maybe I'll bust out with six or seven tomorrow and that will be the story.

I made no birdies and I'm in a bit of a state of shock,

I made four bogeys, three of which were ridiculous with wedges to the green. But those things happen. On the bright side I hit six birdies, so I'll take the positives from that. Seventy is a good score.

I made four bogeys, three of which were ridiculous with wedges to the green, ... But those things happen. On the bright side I hit six birdies, so I'll take the positives from that. Seventy is a good score.

I needed to shoot a good score today, and I did, ... I played well, got a great break on one hole. I snap-hooked a drive on the par- five seventh into the hazard. It was dead left. It hit a tree and popped out to the front edge of the fairway about 100 yards off the tee. I laid up with a three-iron and hit a sand-wedge about three feet and made a four. It should have been a six or who knows what.

I'm surprised that the scores aren't lower. With the course conditions, I really thought someone would have shot 7- or 8-under for sure, maybe even 9- under.

I honestly never thought I'd win again let alone a tournament this big. I'm just unbelievably happy. I still can't believe it.

I really never honestly thought I would win again, let alone on a golf course like this. I have my moments when I'm pretty good, but I have a lot of self doubt and a lot of demons that are floating around inside my head.

I pretty much go into a semi-funk for four months. Once September gets here I kind of get re-energized.

I never thought I would say I won a tournament with my head, ... Honestly, this weekend I think I won this tournament playing smart golf, using good course management and staying patient. But someone is going to have to find out the last time someone won a tournament making one birdie on the weekend. That may not have happened before in the history of golf.

I played awful, ... If there weren't 20 marshals on every hole and a couple of thousand spectators, I would have lost five balls today and shot about 84. I missed the last eight fairways and was in the weeds every hole. I turned an 80, literally, into a 71.

He's ready. He hit it like he normally does ? missed the fairway for the first six holes and then didn't miss a shot for the next 12.

I didn't even think about making that putt. I haven't made one all weekend anyway.

I didn't even think about making that one. I haven't made any all weekend, why make that one? Thank God I could two-putt.

I drove it phenomenal in the Pro-Am Wednesday. That gave me the enthusiasm coming into today's round because if you don't drive it well here, you're cooked. I think I hit 10 fairways today, but still drove it pretty good.

I don't think anybody was expecting this kind of a battle the first week of the year. I certainly wasn't. I'm exhausted.

How's my name going to fit on that thing?

I don't like to practice, I don't like to work out, ... There are a lot of things that I should be doing that I don't like to do. I was blessed with a God-given talent to play golf, is all I can say.

He always says he won't play if he's not competitive, and that's the way he is. It would be great for golf, and this tournament, if he made the cut and had a good tournament.

If I had hit it like I wanted to I'd have holed it.

When I'm in a zone, I don't think about the shot or the wind or the distance or the gallery or anything; I just pull a club and swing.

Hit it hard. It will land somewhere.

Golf is just a game - and an idiotic game most of the time.

The good news about making no birdies today is that it can't possibly happen two days in a row.

The first three holes, he couldn't find the course. But the last 15 holes, he didn't miss a shot. He's ready.