“Try seven. I birdied the last two holes.”
Hale Irwin
“To birdie the three par-three holes on this course is like making a hole-in-one. The par threes here are tough with the wind blowing.”
Mardan Mamat
“[Last year, when Phil Mickelson birdied five of the last seven holes to edge Ernie Els, who had two eagles on the back nine, that was about as good as the Masters gets, thought Byron Nelson . Now, the two-time Masters champion -- in 1937 and 1942 -- said he believed this year's tournament could be as good or even better.] The top players, they're all clicking right now, ... I'd pick one of the top five in the rankings to win it. The thing of it is, at that place, somebody always gets hot, but I don't think it'll be an unknown -- if there are really any of those at Augusta -- who will win this time.”
Byron Nelson
“It's obviously not the start I wanted, but I knew there were a lot of birdie holes out there.”
Luke Donald
“This morning I came out strong. I eagled the fourth hole and birdied the next three,”
Michael Campbell
“I came out this morning feeling strong. I quickly birdied three holes in a row. And I came out strong again this afternoon. I'm just going to go home and rest for tomorrow,”
“I left some out there -- I could've birdied every hole on the front nine, and I didn't hit the ball as well on the back nine. We'll see what happens on Sunday.”
Loren Roberts
