Jay Haas Quotations

When it comes down to you, it's uncomfortable,

No. 4 really turned things around. I never expected to make four there.

I guess in a condensed version, I would say I think I've had a successful career but I'm not satisfied,

I'd like it to go back to no carts. It just seems right. It seems like if spectators can go out and walk, we can, too. It's part of the competition.

I'd been putting too much pressure on my putting thinking it was the problem where maybe it was just one of the problems, ... I've also put pressure on myself this year to play as well as I played the last few years. That probably had something to do with it.

I'm a little surprised, to tell you the truth. I hadn't been playing that well lately.

Four really turned things around. I never expected to make a 4 there. Then the birdies at 14 and 15 turned a good round into a really good round.

I switched to a new driver last week and that really seemed to help me. I really felt comfortable and hit some clutch drives down the stretch. I made a lot of putts too and you have to do that to win out here.

I thought our team chemistry was really good, ... they just outplayed us.

It gives me renewed drive that hopefully I'll play well this week and next week and get into that top 30 for Sonoma, ... I felt if I played well these three weeks I could do it. I'm right there on the edge now and I can do it. If I don't I can have a week off.

Last week was great, I can't tell you what that means to me, ... Just the excitement I felt and to want to play well again and to do it with the tournament on the line with being tied with Dana with a few holes to play, and to make three birdies in the last three holes, that was pretty gratifying.

My whole game hasn't been sharp this year, but this week it was. I had a very good ball-striking week.

My putter just went south toward the end of the round. I just had no touch, no feel. I couldn't hit it well enough to get away with anything. I'm not going to hang myself. It was a difficult day.

I won't say it turned my round around, but it certainly helped. It never really looked like I was going to make a 4 on that hole at any point, but to walk away with a birdie was great.

I wore visors when they were in vogue -- and I wasn't so thin on top.

I think I lost my golf energy. You can't come out here and go through the motions. These guys are too good. I guess I'm at a crossroads. Right now, I would say I'll play more on the Champions Tour. But if I start to play a little better at the end of the year ... I still like to do this.

I was playing with this guy one time, and he was shooting a hundred and fifty, probably. We got to the last hole, and it took him about seven to get to a bunker on the green. Then he picked a leaf up right by his ball, in the bunker, which is a two-stroke penalty. Then he was leaning on his sand wedge in the bunker, grounding his club, so there's another two-stroke penalty, so he was 11. And then he hit that one about a foot in front of him in 12, and then he got that on to about 8 feet and made the putt. So he makes his putt, and I say, 'Joe, great putt. Is that a 4?' And he goes, 'Oh, no. Six.' It was really like a 14 or something.

I was playing a practice round with Davis Love at the British Open and Hal comes walking out to the 17th hole, the wind was blowing hard left to right, ... I hit a 4-iron to the green and Davis hit it on. When we got to the green, Davis said, 'You think Hal was impressed with that?' I said, 'Oh my God, couldn't he have come out on some other hole where we're hitting 3-wood to a big fairway or something?' We laughed.

I wasn't flawless out there, ... I was just fortunate that Dana made a couple of mistakes and paid for them.

The only crazy drive I hit all day was on eight, but I still managed to save my par. I was pretty sharp out there today.

To shoot two-under on that front nine after starting off with a bogey like I did was a nice boost and kind of got me right there with the lead,

Those two putts turned a good round into a really good round.

Both D.A. and I thought if we could get to 21 or 22 under and shoot something crazy today we'd have a chance and we were doing what we needed to do. We were surprised Loren and Don were matching us and going even lower.

Craig is just what you see. There's no disguising him. He let's you know how he feels. He's a lot of fun to play with.

Each day, I felt like a left a few (strokes) out there. But today, I made the putts I needed to make, both the short ones and the ones that really made this round complete.

There's no cut, so I can get three rounds in,

I've always said the best time to win is when you've just won, ... You have that confidence going for you. In the past on the PGA Tour, when I've won tournaments, in the next few events I've always played very well.

You would expect to have a lot of chances here because the course is short. I have made a couple of mistakes of where I put the ball and in that regard it hurts me that I haven't played here before.

All of us feel he can do whatever he wants, ... He can play no events; he can play every event. We all love to see him. We owe so much to him. I guess I don't think, 'This could be the last time Arnold Palmer plays golf,' because I don't think that's all Arnold is about. I don't think he's just about golf. He's Arnold Palmer. He's a great man.

It's just one of those days where things felt right from the start. I was just sharp. I didn't miss many greens.

It's a relaxed feeling for me. Obviously, I'm playing well so I have an attitude to be patient and let it happen.

It's a little bit of a continuation from last week. I'm putting well now and I'm giving myself a lot of chances. I'm driving it well, too.

It sure wasn't as easy as it might appear. I was never out of the lead, but I certainly felt pressure.

That made me feel like it was still my tournament. Like it was mine to win or lose.

The best time to continue to play well is when you've just won a tournament. Your confidence is at an all-time high. Things are going your way. That's my attitude, get it while the getting is good.

That (his son being on the tour) is kind of pulling me in that direction, but at the same time I watch Tiger shoot 20 under at Doral and the cut was 4 under and I think I don't miss being in that battle out there.

It looked like one of those guys would go crazy and run away with it. When they didn't, that allowed quite a few of us in. I was just the one that made the birdies at the end.

It seemed like the right thing to do to play the first three weeks in Hawaii. I got to spend some time with my son and am looking forward to playing the MasterCard. I've heard nothing but good things about the course over there.

It was a pretty simple putt, if you can call it that from that distance.

I've had more hole-in-ones. You don't see them. Very rare.

None of the other guys played. The Champions Tour was off last week, so maybe we had a leg up there, just being in competition.

It was a great day for me. It was a huge thrill for me to be here and winning. It never gets old and it never gets easy.

It was a good start, you need to do that in a three-round event. The birdies on 14 and 15 turned a good round into a very good round.

It was a good start. Obviously, with only three rounds out here, you need to get off to a good start to feel like you're in the tournament.

I wanted to prove how well I was playing.

Not playing well on the Champions Tour was disappointing to me.

I'm not real excited about my game right now. I can't be less than 100 percent for me to compete out here.

I kind of fell asleep on the second shot. The green is about the size of Texas and I still managed to miss it. Then, I fell in love with the line on my putt (from 8 feet), but forgot about the speed.

I had to calm down after the birdie at number 17 because I was looking ahead and thinking birdie at number 18,

I never have been satisfied at any time, other than when you win a tournament that week, then you pretty much did what you wanted to accomplish.

I hit a lot of great shots, kept the ball in play and made a quite a few putts,

I hit a lot of good shots out there today. I had a nice stretch of holes between 10 and 17. It was a good back nine except the bad seven-iron on the 18th. I can't be unhappy with four under though.

I had a good group. I played with Fuzzy and John Mahaffey. Any time you play with Fuzzy, you know you're going to have a good time. I really enjoyed it.

I just feel like I'm going to shoot a good round when I come out here.

I have been very, very consistent. But at the same time I kept kind of hitting my head on the ceiling and I couldn't break through.

I think Curtis is finally getting his drive back, his passion for the game, ... I think he's starting to enjoy that competition again. That's what drives us all out here that feeling of being able to hit a good shot in a tough situation.

I was nervous starting off today. I was nervous because I felt like I was going to play good and shoot a good round. I was trying to calm myself down. This race is a long race. The eagle at two was helped, but I was trying not to be too eager.

All week long, I did a good job of slowing myself down. I'd been rushing things a bit.

The course at Savannah is more wide-open, but it has a lot of character to it. Last year it played so hard because of the wind on the weekend. And the 18th hole, I still haven't figured out how to make a par on that hole, so if I'm doing well, I hope I have a little cushion on that last day.

The course is absolutely perfect. It's everything everybody said it was. I feel very comfortable out here after having some success on the Champions Tour late last year. It's good to be competing against golfers your own age.

(The Champions Tour) is where I belong. I don't see myself jumping back and forth a lot. I'll still play a few special ones that I've played well in the past.