Tee Quotations

Al Kaline bought a tee and a ball and swung at it all winter. Look where it got him: the Hall of Fame.

You have to be sharp with all aspects of your game at Augusta. You need to put yourself in the best spot off the tee and hit the longest drive you can, but I think this is really a second-shot course. If you leave yourself with an awkward putt on the greens, it can be very tricky here.

The game itself, I think, plays into the strength of my game, which has always been tee to green, hitting the ball consistently in play and managing my game. Putting has always been the one thing that's been a bit more erratic.

I put on whatever is comfortable on me. Suit, jeans and tee as long as it's comfortable. It doesn't matter what brand. If it looks good I buy it.

Not one person from the music world has ever come with - as if I could get a rock'n'roller up at four in the morning to play golf - but that's fine. I have way too much going on to sit around waiting for tee time at two in the afternoon.

Now personally, I think the president should golf every day and never have a press conference. I want the leader of the free world to be as stress-free as possible. And if golf helps fade the psychic heat from the job, by all means tee it up often, Mr. President.

I was still waking up six or seven hours before my tee time. I'm slowly getting back into it.

My swing is definitely not there. Yesterday I was very bad off the tee and I had to keep chopping out sideways. I was a bit better today, at least I kept the ball in play more.

On the 17th hole my palms were sweating and when I hit the tee shot, I knew it was heading for the water.

On the 17th hole, my palms were sweating and when I hit the tee shot (with a four iron), I knew it was headed into the water. I was driving it good, hitting my irons good and putting well. It was easy birdies all the way.

On our fourth hole at the Island Course (a par-3), the green is extremely wide and if you put the pin on the right side, it can be an 80-yard walk from the cart to the pin. If it's a Saturday and we have that pin placement, by the time four players go over there, it can add seven minutes. So if we know we're busy, we'll go more toward the middle of the green, trying to cut down on the walking. We do the same thing with tee markers. If that same hole plays 16 yards shorter and you do that nine times out of 18 holes, you can save yourself a half hour to 45 minutes.

(No. 14) is a hard hole. They played the back tee all four days for the first time last year, and that makes a huge difference. Hitting a 5-iron into that small green is difficult.

I would have preferred to have finished and have a half hour extra in bed in the morning. I played very well, very solid tee to green and was quite good on the greens as well.

Obviously, Bob was in shock, ... We were, too. He finished the hole and I'm keeping his scoring, trying to figure out on the next tee what he made. But I'm certainly not going to ask him. Well, hell, then I'm feeling so bad for him, I get up and yank it right into the water to finish the third round with a double bogey myself.

Right now I'm turned loose and I'm hitting off the tee and playing golf, running, lifting, strength training, lifting as much as I want to lift. I'm not restricted right now. In my range of motion, I'm right at the very end of everything -- five degrees is what they're telling me.

My front 9 was not very pretty. I hit some great iron shots, but my tee shots were not that great.

So how was Christmas for you guys? Did you all get lots of nice black tee shirts?

She had a pretty good day; she's hitting the ball straighter. She played the tee to green better than the day before (she shot a 104).

She stays calm and collected on the course. She has really improved her short game. Her length off the tee helps, too.

The only thing it needs is rebuilding the tee areas, but that's all it needs,

We are going to mix it up, ... One day a hole might play at 207 yards; the next day we might move the tee up so it's only playing 158.

We are going to mix it up. One day a hole might play at 207 yards; the next day we might move the tee up so it's only playing 158.

Fun, fun, fun this tee pee exudes good times.

From tee to green, I probably out-played both of them, but I need to play the course, not my fellow competitors,

From tee to green, we're great. But our putting killed us. We really have to do a lot of work on our short game.

I feel pretty good about our position faring with other schools. Every time we tee up, I like to think that we get better. As we go into tomorrow we look to shave some strokes here and there. Four scores in the 70s would be great.

From the tee to the green the course was mush, mush everywhere. The kids lost a lot of balls. But time's running out; we've got to play these matches.

If it stays right now, I'm only three back, ... This course is fitting to my eye. I get a lot of good vibes on the tee balls, and when I get the ball in play, I can play out here.

I felt like at least from tee to green, I was close if not maybe a little better today than these guys. But to win this thing, you've got to putt well. I wasn't horrible, but I was just mediocre. I just couldn't get one to go in the hole to get any momentum. That was disappointing. Otherwise, I liked the way I played.

Basically, you can tour the entire facility and see if it's something you like. If you like what you see, you can go right online and book a tee time. You don't have to call.

I had it going quite nicely. And then the wheels came off. And the wheels came off very, very quickly. But you know, I'm going to stand on the tee tomorrow three shots ahead.

When I play over here (the U.S.), I have to get releases there and when I play in Europe, I have to get releases from here. Wherever I want to tee it up, I have to ask somebody if I can play. It's quite scary.

We're on the right track, heading in the right direction. Unfortunately, right now, we're out of track. We just have to wait now and tee it up next year.

I almost went to my knees on the tee shot at 12 it hurt so bad. What can I say? It was the best 71 holes I've ever played in a major.

He (Keller) was in trouble off the tee all day. He did a good job of getting it up and down. He did again.

He watched me hit a couple of tee shots and said, 'OK, next week, you can have a pink-shafted driver.

I always think of that bunker shot on the 10th. Sure. It was the tee shot I wanted to forget, and a bunker shot I want to remember. But they were good memories. I had a chance to win.

Golfers will be able to request which course they want. The reality is golf is in demand right now. This will help to make the most of our tee time system and help to alleviate our demand issue.

There aren't many places where you'd find folks that'd rather have a corn dog then a steak. But I think in this one, you probably do. And then riding that Ferris wheel, you can get sick before they even tee it up.

He said, 'How are you doing?' I said, 'I'm good, I'm having so much fun. He said, 'Good. Because we really need your point.' I got up-and-down for birdie and on the next hole, the 17th, I'm tied with Stuart Appleby. Mr. Nicklaus is on the tee helping me out with what club to hit. To me, that was the coolest thing.

My rhythm felt pretty good out there. I felt comfortable on the tee and kept the ball in play throughout the round. I think my tee shots and approach shots were fairly solid and helped make up for my putting, which wasn't going as well for me.

I watched a great player win his second Masters, and I felt like at least from tee to green, I was close, if not maybe a little better (Sunday). But you cannot miss putts and try and win tournaments, whether it's the Atlanta Classic or the Masters.

I was driving it good and I was trying to do things with it to try to keep it in the fairway, and I think that was the difference. I just didn't shape the ball real well off the tee like I wanted to.

I was disappointed in my tee shot because it was into the wind and when I started the first hole, the wind was blowing really hard and I tried to hit it hard. I think I was rushing my play. After the third, I tried to slow down and find my rhythm.

Someone dropped a bottle as I was ready to hit on No. 8 so I backed off the ball. I stepped back in, tried to be positive, hit it, and it came off the club just the way I wanted it to. But I'm as surprised as anybody it went in. You don't ever expect a tee shot to disappear into the hole.

That Buick Open was fun and a great experience. But it was like I was not in my element. I just could not get comfortable. I was nervous on the first tee both days.

Spin is a tricky thing. When you're trying to avoid it - say, on a tee shot, where sidespin puts you in the trees - it's easy to make it happen.

Really, the only bad shot I hit the whole week was the tee shot at 17. I hit a poor shot. That's my fault.

I saw that it was about nine core values, and it rung so home and true, I said this is a fit. We are so proud to be a First Tee chapter. To see that sign here is phenomenal.

I was kind of mad at myself at 17 because I was 5 up after 11 and now he was coming back at me. I just told myself to make a good swing, otherwise it's going to be even tighter. I didn't think standing on the 12th tee that I'd be standing on the 17th tee.

I think some people crossed Oakmont off the places-to-play list because residents got all the good tee times. But our membership knows we need outside play.

I think the day will come when, for example, you will be able to watch Phil Mickelson from the first tee to the 18th green, ... If you want to watch Andre Agassi at the U.S. Open, you can do it.

It is a wonderful thing to see, the values that these kids are learning. There is a great story with just about every one of them, and the big thing is that because of First Tee there are a lot more good citizens coming out.

Our client Tee Pee Tire has been completely exonerated, ... This has been a really tough time for the small, family business . . . especially when you have the big guns from Dunlop Tire Company blaming you for the crash.

Our client Tee Pee Tire has been completely exonerated. This has been a really tough time for the small, family business . . . especially when you have the big guns from Dunlop Tire Company blaming you for the crash.

I tee off when the gates open, so nobody (will be there). It should be good.

it doesn't matter what happened in the past or what happens in the present, when we tee up tomorrow, it's a new day. It's a brand new game.

I think it's very tricky, ... There are so many different bounces you can get on the fairways, on the greens and everywhere, really. It's not playing long, but it's really tricky. The greens are a little roughed up, so I'm looking forward to a morning tee time.

I think this is the hardest U.S. golf course I've played from tee to green and around the greens. It's going to be one hell of a test.

Tiger is not playing as well as he did then. Guys like Vijay, Phil (Mickelson), Davis (Love) and me have elevated a little bit, and the gap has closed a bit. I think guys get to the first tee and really believe they can win with Tiger in the field. Golf will humble the best of them and that's where we are.

Typical goal of mine, just going to the net. I knew Dion was going to tee it up, I just tried to get in front of Turco and it hit me and went in.

The amount of the settlement is confidential, but I am very satisfied, ... For me, a shot from tee to hole is a hole-in-one. There's no doubt in my mind about it.

Usually you put a tee in the ground to let someone know they've hit a ball into your group, ... It is a game with a code of conduct, where thoughtfulness should prevail.

We need to have Steven in this game a whole lot more. When the D-line can tee off, it makes it awfully tough on our linemen, and they're dropping eight guys and it's tough for our guys to get open.

You can have fun hitting driver off the tee on most holes, but it's still a challenging course around the greens. This is a great place for when you want to play without getting beat up or spending a lot.

Weird first round, but if you play enough golf out here you run into these type of things and you almost treat it as two rounds, you do the best you can until they call it and then you come out here the next day and do the best you can until you tee it up again,

The 14th was just really a killer. But at the same time, it just leads up to that. There's several other putts that I just couldn't get to go, but it was a lot of fun and great pairing with Phil. I watched a great player win his second Masters, and I felt at least from tee to green I was close, or if not, maybe a little better today.

That will tee up the next major issue for the president ? broad-based tax reform,

When I first saw my tee time I didn't know what to expect. It was a very late start, but we had very nice conditions and sometimes it works out. It was a nice day to play and I played well and I'm very happy to be here.

We ham-and-egged it pretty good. I hit the tee balls today, Steve stuck it close and we both made our fair share of putts.

We really struggled today due to our late tee start. The winds really picked up as we were playing, but we have to play better. Hopefully we will and make up some ground along the way.

Yesterday, I couldn't feel comfortable over the putter, I thought the greens were very bumpy. Today, I had a tee time about an hour and 15 minutes earlier. The conditions were a lot better, less people walking around on the greens. I think that was important for me because I started to roll in some putts and I felt a lot better.

We didn't play very well. I think that the kids struggled with getting the ball into play off the tee and struggled with putting.

We'll start those tee times at 7:30 in the morning and run them until probably 6 o'clock in the evening. If you want a cart, you will pay the cart fee, but you can walk for absolutely nothing.

Who wants to miss their opportunity of playing in a Major... A golfer's career is all about it. The lesson I have learnt is that I will tee up for the Majors only when I am 100 percent fit.

We want to stop the run first and then force them into a passing game. I think that's what we did two years ago when we went up there in the rain. We stopped FSU tailback Greg Jones for 15 yards on 13 carries. That just lets you tee off on the quarterback.

We're just happy to be playing another week. Let's tee it up and see how we do.

We stood at the tee and I told Suzann, 'We can turn this around and be 1-up. Suzann said, 'No, we could be 2-up.' I said, 'Yeah, you're right.

We stood on the tee and I told Suzann, 'We can turn this around and be 1-up,' ... After that, it seems like we took air out of the team.

When you've got a 3-up lead through 10, that's a pretty good lead. Standing on the 13th tee only being 1 up, you're pretty disappointed.

Course built for 300 yard tee shot artists are not great course.

Even though it was an easy pin today and an easy day, still you've seen so many people mess it up over the years. It's such a famous hole. That was probably the only nervous shot all day, my tee shot on 12.

At that point I knew it was just Paul and me. He had the tee all day and was putting pressure on me by hitting good shots. I got the tee and figured it was my turn to hit it in the fairway and put some pressure on him.

Things were working today. I figured something out at the practice tee and the momentum just built as the round went along. Everything fell into place.

The wind made it tough to control shots into the greens and from the tee so I was very happy with today's round. With the wind doing what it's doing, it was hard to gauge what clubs to hit. A lot of times I was guessing, to be honest with you. They were the toughest conditions I've ever played in.

When you get to the tee on a really long par 5, I know what you're feeling. You want to let the shaft out on the driver and try to bomb it down there. I get the same feeling. But a big tee shot is not always the best strategy, especially on a long hole.

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.

It was tough to keep focused because we were out there for a very long time. Whenever we got to a tee box, the group ahead had just walked off. So it was a day spent looking for shade, but we're happy with our performance and we're obviously in a good position.

It was very cold. Fortunately I had that downhill par 5. If there's a hole you want to tee off on when you're real cold, it's that one.

you had the sense that they were there to tee up a real negotiation.

You get up at 5 a.m. and you don't tee off until 1 o'clock in the afternoon à that's a long time to hang around. I hit some good shots coming in, and birdie at 18 gave me a good feeling because I got back to where I started at level par.

You get up at 5 a.m. and you don't tee off until 1 o'clock in the afternoon that's a long time to hang around. I hit some good shots coming in, and birdie at 18 gave me a good feeling because I got back to where I started at level par.

You got to a point when you're forced to pass, the defense gets to tee off. They know what's coming, and it's not a secret.

What are my expectations? ... I expect to be on the tee in the last group of the U.S. Open tomorrow at 3 o'clock -- I hope that's the last tee time; I hope it's not 2:50. I expect to put the tee in the ground and put the ball on it and hit it out there somewhere and go find it. And go play golf.

Every time I missed a fairway I was in a bad place. Sometimes I couldn't even chip out. I hit it bad off the tee and never gave myself a chance to play, so that's frustrating. It was just one of those days.

A couple of the par-fours, you can have a run at them from the tee and one or two of the par-fives are reachable in two. I'm pretty sure some guys will be having a run at them.

Actually, today was probably the worst I hit the ball off the tee for sure. I missed a lot of fairways on the front nine, but I tried to give myself chances and I tried to stay patient out there. I feel good with a seven-shot lead, that is nice, but there is a lot of golf to be played.

Rather than watering everything, you're just watering the playing areas. You don't play solid green all the way from tee to green. It's a question of trying to design something that looks right in the landscape.

Once you stop the run you get teams in third-and-long, you can tee off because you know the quarterback is going to be back there.

Some players that didn't tee off yet were going to come tomorrow and play in sunshine while half the field is playing in this muck. We just didn't feel like that was fair to the field.