You recently enlarged your garage. What are you rolling in these days? I just purchased a Lamborghini Gallardo. That is the V10, 500-horsepower, four-wheel-drive. I got that baby up to 150 at Sebring (Raceway). I have a BMW M5 that I spent some time tuning, Ashley has a X5 4.6, so I am a BMW boy. I have a racecar M3. Having won the Mercedes, I guess I have a Mercedes I could potentially go and pick up as well. I haven't bothered with that 'cause I don't have the garage finished. It will be a three-car garage, and we are definitely going to have that thing full.
I couldn't believe how much attention the Lambo got (at the Bay Hill Invitational in March). Well, I guess it is yellow. I call it indiscreet yellow. I think there were a few guys who wanted to talk to their wives about splitting with a bit of cash for one of those. I paid full sticker ($177,200). No discount on a car like that.
How do you fit your clubs into that thing? My answer to that is: I don't give a sh-t.
So, do you really race your racecar? Once in a while at the track, just for fun. At 12 years old I used to love driving cars around the farm--trucks and tractors too. I always had dirty hands, grease on the fingers. It's in my blood. I have a dream race that I would love to do: The Tiger Tasmania back in Australia. It's with professional drivers and they drive street cars through the beautiful hills of Tasmania. Maybe when I get older and my schedule lightens up a bit.
Your best chance to win a major was the 2002 British Open, where you shot 65 on Sunday to earn a spot in the four-hole playoff alongside Ernie Els, Thomas Levet and Steve Elkington. Do you still think about that bogey you made on the fourth hole of the playoff, which left you one back of Els and Levet, who settled matters in sudden death? I wish I could have that shot back, that little knockdown 5-iron. (Playing the par-4 18th, Appleby found a bunker with his approach and made bogey.) I look back and I practice that shot quite a lot. It was a negative thing, but in a way it was positive because it drove me to understand what I need to do to get to the next level. This is what the best players do. You have to turn it around, say, Righto, let's not do that again.
There is so much failure in tournament golf. How do you deal with the disappointment? We think we can control the ball like it's on a yo-yo string, but there are constant disappointments. The one thing that you can control is your attitude. That is the hardest thing to grasp. The best players have the resilience--an attitude that I'm working on, because I'm planning for something bigger than what I have done.
As far as the British Open, I tried to evaluate the day and, yes, I was disappointed. But I wasn't heartbroken, I wasn't shattered, because you know what? It was a step. Just like Phil at The Masters--the had so many opportunities where he had not pulled through, but when he got near the lead at Augusta he had a game plan. That's the way golf is--it creates more mistakes than it does successes. What you do with your mistakes can create future success. The hard times can drive you. Fear can drive you to do better.
By tradition, I have to end with a wildcard question. So, which of the girls from The Simple Life--Paris Hilton or Nicole Richie--should your dad hire to help out on his dairy farm? My dad would not hire either of them, I guarantee it. He's a no-nonsense guy. I reckon he would not even hire me.
I couldn't believe how much attention the Lambo got (at the Bay Hill Invitational in March). Well, I guess it is yellow. I call it indiscreet yellow. I think there were a few guys who wanted to talk to their wives about splitting with a bit of cash for one of those. I paid full sticker ($177,200). No discount on a car like that.
How do you fit your clubs into that thing? My answer to that is: I don't give a sh-t.
So, do you really race your racecar? Once in a while at the track, just for fun. At 12 years old I used to love driving cars around the farm--trucks and tractors too. I always had dirty hands, grease on the fingers. It's in my blood. I have a dream race that I would love to do: The Tiger Tasmania back in Australia. It's with professional drivers and they drive street cars through the beautiful hills of Tasmania. Maybe when I get older and my schedule lightens up a bit.
Your best chance to win a major was the 2002 British Open, where you shot 65 on Sunday to earn a spot in the four-hole playoff alongside Ernie Els, Thomas Levet and Steve Elkington. Do you still think about that bogey you made on the fourth hole of the playoff, which left you one back of Els and Levet, who settled matters in sudden death? I wish I could have that shot back, that little knockdown 5-iron. (Playing the par-4 18th, Appleby found a bunker with his approach and made bogey.) I look back and I practice that shot quite a lot. It was a negative thing, but in a way it was positive because it drove me to understand what I need to do to get to the next level. This is what the best players do. You have to turn it around, say, Righto, let's not do that again.
There is so much failure in tournament golf. How do you deal with the disappointment? We think we can control the ball like it's on a yo-yo string, but there are constant disappointments. The one thing that you can control is your attitude. That is the hardest thing to grasp. The best players have the resilience--an attitude that I'm working on, because I'm planning for something bigger than what I have done.
As far as the British Open, I tried to evaluate the day and, yes, I was disappointed. But I wasn't heartbroken, I wasn't shattered, because you know what? It was a step. Just like Phil at The Masters--the had so many opportunities where he had not pulled through, but when he got near the lead at Augusta he had a game plan. That's the way golf is--it creates more mistakes than it does successes. What you do with your mistakes can create future success. The hard times can drive you. Fear can drive you to do better.
By tradition, I have to end with a wildcard question. So, which of the girls from The Simple Life--Paris Hilton or Nicole Richie--should your dad hire to help out on his dairy farm? My dad would not hire either of them, I guarantee it. He's a no-nonsense guy. I reckon he would not even hire me.
