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When I Was Playing In A Junior Tournament One Time, I Missed A Short Putt And Threw My Putter Into The Trees. I Went On To Win The Tournament And Later, Instead Of My Dad Congratulating Me, He Told Me That If I Ever Threw A Club Again, I'd Never Play In Another Golf Tournament. I Haven't Thrown A Club Since.

Golf Challenges You Mentally At Any Age, And When You Become My Age, It's A Challenge Physically To Try To Make Your Game Work As Well As It Ever Did. That's Close To Impossible, But That Doesn't Keep You From Trying To Hit The Ball Where You Used To Hit It And Make The Putts You Used To Make All The Time.

There's Some Good News, Too, And The Good News Is That The Players [finally] Have Become More Aware Of The Fact That We [in Golf] Need Sponsors, And We Need The Good Will That Is Created By The Players Being, Let's Say, Cooperative With The Sponsors - Meaning Friendly.

When You Get Into Competition And Get Under Pressure, And Get Over That Ball And Are Looking At It, And Know You Have To Hit It, It Is Having That System To Depend On To Get That Ball To Where You Want It To Be.

I Never Felt I Could Be A Complete Professional Without Having Won The British Open. It Was Something You Had To Do To Complete Your Career.