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They Said it! Accenture Match Play Championship Quotes of the Week
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"The guy is the U.S. Open champion. He needs to set a good example."
--Johnny Miller on Webb Simpson’s slow play.
"The guy is the U.S. Open champion. He needs to set a good example."
--Johnny Miller on Webb Simpson’s slow play.
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"If you would have told me then that golf would out-rate tennis, I would have laughed at you."
--John McEnroe on golf overtaking tennis in popularity since his era as a player.
"If you would have told me then that golf would out-rate tennis, I would have laughed at you."
--John McEnroe on golf overtaking tennis in popularity since his era as a player.
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Obama’s now spent more time with Tiger Woods than he has with the Republican leadership.”
--Rush Limbaugh on President Obama's golf match with Tiger Woods.
Obama’s now spent more time with Tiger Woods than he has with the Republican leadership.”
--Rush Limbaugh on President Obama's golf match with Tiger Woods.
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"Obviously it's a bit a freak of nature for it to drop four or five inches of snow in a day in Arizona. It's not really that normal, is it?"
--Ian Poulter on the snowstorm that delayed play at the Accenture World Match Play Championship.
"Obviously it's a bit a freak of nature for it to drop four or five inches of snow in a day in Arizona. It's not really that normal, is it?"
--Ian Poulter on the snowstorm that delayed play at the Accenture World Match Play Championship.
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"This is one time I have the advantage of being fat.”
--Carl Pettersson on keeping warm during the cold weather and snow at the Accenture Match Play Championship.
"This is one time I have the advantage of being fat.”
--Carl Pettersson on keeping warm during the cold weather and snow at the Accenture Match Play Championship.
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"It's part of the getting beat by him so many times, yeah, you're just waiting for it. It's kind of like a whipped dog; you know it's coming."
--Charles Howell III on waiting for that “Tiger moment” during their first round match.
"It's part of the getting beat by him so many times, yeah, you're just waiting for it. It's kind of like a whipped dog; you know it's coming."
--Charles Howell III on waiting for that “Tiger moment” during their first round match.
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“He doesn't have the same respect for a regular Tour event like he used to.”
--Frank Noblio on Tiger Woods after Woods played just four practice holes prior to the start of the Accenture World Match Play.
“He doesn't have the same respect for a regular Tour event like he used to.”
--Frank Noblio on Tiger Woods after Woods played just four practice holes prior to the start of the Accenture World Match Play.
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“All I know is the top two players in the world, swoosh, they are out of here.”
--NBC Sports announcer Dan Hicks on Nike-sponsored Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy losing in the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship.
“All I know is the top two players in the world, swoosh, they are out of here.”
--NBC Sports announcer Dan Hicks on Nike-sponsored Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy losing in the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship.
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"Everything bothers you. And if someone asks you how was your day, you want to punch them in the face."
--Hunter Mahan on what it’s like losing in the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship.
"Everything bothers you. And if someone asks you how was your day, you want to punch them in the face."
--Hunter Mahan on what it’s like losing in the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship.
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“They'd be shooting in the 50s if they hadn't stretched Augusta out.”
--Lee Trevino on how today’s pros would play the old Augusta National layout.
“They'd be shooting in the 50s if they hadn't stretched Augusta out.”
--Lee Trevino on how today’s pros would play the old Augusta National layout.
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