Olin Browne Quotations

What makes it really hard is it's not a reaction sport, ... This is a premeditation sport. You're walking down the fairway, considering what your options are on the next shot that you're going to hit, how you're going to handle it, where you're going to go with it what you're going to do ... you get your head handed to you a lot out here. You know, the people that do well out here are able to absorb that, deal with it, put it in a little compartment, send it somewhere where they don't need to be in and move on to the next step.

Top 30 is something you'd like to do, but I hadn't done anything to feel confidence enough that top 30 was attainable, ... It's been a lot of fun. This is like a pat on the back for the guys have played great.

I guess I'm a dreamer and figured I could still play out here. Others might not have thought that about me, but I'm the one who counts.

I guess if it attracts attention to the tournament, it's good for the tournament.

I have hit the ball really solidly for the last couple of days and had enough opportunities,

Buck Moore is signing more autographs than anybody else this week. He's a superstar.

If we see cold, wet conditions, I'm in trouble.

He looked like a guy looking for his wallet.

He came out his rookie year and dusted everybody off bang, bang. He's obviously immensely talented, and he's playing like he knows how again.

I think we've seen the easiest it has to offer. I would hope they don't look at a couple of red numbers on the board and flip out tonight.

Let me play like I did today. It was a lot of fun. But then there are days when it's not fun here, too.

It doesn't intimidate me. I can't reach the bunker. Doesn't bother me a bit.

I sure wish I made a couple more putts and at least made him stress a little more. He's obviously immensely talented and he's playing like he knows how again.

I thought it was for 58, ... I've always had trouble with math.

The amount of times you play is irrelevant. It's how you play when you get in.

We just have to wait until the last few holes to see the way things shake out, ... With as many guys as there tied for the lead ... there's going to be a lot of jockeying for position. The important thing is to catch a rhythm, hit as many quality shots as possible, and if you have a chance on the last couple of holes, take your crack.

Fatigue mentally and the pressure that mounts each day are two big factors that guys have to deal with as Sunday gets closer. You don't have either of those on Thursday.

I've been playing well since June and I just need to get past when I play well finishing 15th to 20th,

It was a little cutter, 163 yards from a difficult lie, a bit of a hook lie, and it happened to come off perfectly, ... I hit a lot of really good iron shots like that this week. I had a lot of confidence in my ball striking, with the driver and with the irons, and was able to maneuver the ball very well. The HX Tour Golf Ball is just so consistent in its flight characteristics, it let me get at some of the tough pins when I needed to, and I was rolling it well when I had the opportunities.

Now, guys are figuring out that it's OK to get a little help. They're simply looking for the best way to get the ball on the green any way possible.

A year-and-a-half ago, I called Jim Hardy because I'd had it,

This is the big leagues, man. I think tournaments should invite players who qualified to play. I don't see any high school kids playing major league baseball.

This golf course is brutally difficult in place. This golf course is all you want. It's like boxing Mike Tyson when he was was 20 years old.

This is the tournament of all tournaments. If I were to win and drop dead right after, it would be OK with me.

There's a New England vibe out there, and I'm ecstatic to be a part of it,

It's a little bit different feeling to start out with a lead and play with it all day long, and then finish it off. I couldn't be happier about the way I played.

It's a hard place to be, ... Everybody wants a piece of you. Guys are crawling out of the booth to interview you on the putting green. What you want to do is focus on preparing, not what you're up against. But what everyone else wants to talk about is what you're up against.

It's hard to get the ball close all the time. The wind is gusting. There's plenty of trouble out there. I know I'm thrilled to be here.

It's my overpowering length that is such an asset on a golf course like this, ... The course is playing well, and it's playing fast. I've hit the ball solidly the last couple of days and had enough opportunities that I've taken advantage of a few. I hope I can continue that.

It's nice to be remembered for your commitment to the tour. But at some point, you have to validate those invitations. You have to back it up.

I'm not daydreaming out there. I was working.

I just wish that we had... the Augusta karma.

I'm thrilled to be here. I would like to play well enough to be invited back. And there's only one way to get back.

I'm one of the kinds of people that like the way we've had it for all these years. I'm sure that the Classic Club will be a wonderful test of golf.

I have no idea. I didn't punch anybody. Nobody tried to punch me.

I have never made top 30 in my career. I hadn't done anything to feel confident enough that top 30 was attainable, ... It's a pat on the back for the guys who have played great. But this is all about a couple of years of hunkering down and doing better.

I'm used to the bubble, man, but it's still a bubble, ... It's a nice problem to have. I hope to calm down and come back to work for San Antonio, Greensboro, Vegas, Disney and Tampa to see where I stand. Regardless, this is my best year. Whatever happens from here, I'm tickled.

I'm cool with it. Whatever happens, happens. I'm just trying to have some fun with it because for the last four years it hasn't been a lot of fun.

If you're playing great, you start thinking about what could happen and your game could fall apart, ... And if you're not playing well, you think about what could happen and it could fall apart. Everyone wants to know how you feel. Everyone wants to hug you if you mess up or do well. Guys are pulling for you, some are pulling against you.

I hit the ball solidly today, I only made one bogey and it was a three putt. Looking forward to playing tomorrow and the next day.

I guess there are a few more people who recognize who I am,

I had had it. Finally, I just (stunk) so bad I couldn't do it anymore. He helped me pull back.

I had good opportunities most of the (front) nine and managed to get under par early, caught a groove for the day and managed to hang on to it.

By Sunday, it will be raucous like it is every year.

I asked the scorer what the protocol was for withdrawing, ... I didn't want to get in trouble with the USGA if I bailed out. But it didn't feel right not playing. I feel like every round is an opportunity to learn something.

The course is playing very different from yesterday. It's playing much faster. The greens are starting to firm up.