David Toms Quotations

There are some good scores today, even with the conditions. Somebody is always going to play well, no matter who is in the field.

There are some good scores today, even with the conditions.

It seems like everyone around me has recreation going on. I'm the only one working, I guess.

Our region is going to be in chaos for a long time, ... The media's not playing it up to make it seem worse than it is. The reality is that it's as bad or worse than what you're seeing on TV. It's going to take a lot of help from a lot of people to get everybody back to living a normal life again.

Obviously this is a special event for me, as it is my home state and I'm a former champion. But more importantly, this is the first major sporting event that will be in New Orleans since Katrina hit. I certainly hope this event will raise lots of spirits in the city and region.

Obviously, I'm fond of it. It's a great golf course, and I've had success playing it.

Obviously, it would be big for me to be able to do it three times. You don't get that opportunity very often. Certainly, I don't, and this is my one chance. I look forward to the challenge. There's no reason why I can't play well again.

I have an issue with my heart, but it won't be a life-threatening situation. I am staying overnight in the hospital to get some further evaluation and tests done. The doctors will then give me some options on how to treat this issue.

The people calling wanted to talk (golf). I wanted their credit card number.

I was a bit sluggish early in the week. I don't know if that's because I didn't sleep for a couple of days or what, but now I'm starting to feel much better. I really don't see it being an issue at all, unless for some reason I have an incident this week on the golf course, or off the golf course.

I think he's got a lot of charisma, carries himself very well. I can just tell by the way he goes about his business, and he obviously can play golf pretty well, too. So he doesn't seem like he's intimidated by what's going on out here at all.

I think he's got a lot of charisma, carries himself very well.

That was one of the things I'd like to forget. It's all behind me now.

I was on the opposite side of the golf course, and there's nobody out there watching us play golf. You knew where she was the whole time. It was almost like a Tiger-type following. You know where she was on the golf course. That says a lot. I don't think that wears off until that goes away for some reason. I just don't see that happening any time soon.

I wasn't even nervous all day because I'm trying to catch the guy. All of a sudden, I've got a putt all the way across the green, big break, and I'm nervous because I'm just trying to two-putt. That's my mistake. But if I had been looking at it all day, then maybe I would have felt that way all the way through the back nine.

You know, I hit a great shot from where I was (in that divot). I was just trying to punch it down there and run it on the front of the green and it came out perfect, and it went just over the green. I had a pretty easy chip and obviously took advantage of the shot that I had and made it. A lot of emotions on that one hole.

You know, he was one of the best junior players of all time.

We didn't play great. I had a chance to win there on 18 and didn't get it done, and he gave me one on the first playoff hole. I was lucky to get by with a victory.'.

With only a couple of networks, people know where to tune in for golf. But you might lose the casual fan who might not subscribe to The Golf Channel. I know they've been pushing hard to grow the tour, and we've had a tough economic environment. I think they did a good job.

Without immediate action in Newfoundland and Labrador . . . we can expect supply shortages.

We've been on the wrong end of the celebration the last few times, we've got a lot of work to do.

You have to have that grinding mentality that you never give up. Always pay attention to what your opponent is doing.

When you play against Tiger, you can't slip up. You just have to play solid every day.

First let me thank all the doctors and staff at Pittsburgh's UPMC-Presbyterian University Hospital,

First let me thank all the doctors and staff at Pittsburgh's UPMC- Presbyterian University Hospital. They were outstanding and I don't think I could have received better care anywhere.

There's so much that goes into it other than playing the golf course.

The water's not even in play for him. He can hit a 3-wood over it.

A family we're helping out has two girls in college, ... One's a pre-med student, and the other is enrolled in a nursing program. But their parents have no jobs, and they have no money in their pockets. We originally approached them about getting out of the shelter and into a hotel. But they said, What do we do then? We have shelter here -- and free food. We don't have any money to buy food on our own.

As I was getting ready, the 2-month-old baby was screaming for a bottle and the 8 year old was screaming to go out,

You've really got to pay attention to what you're doing out there. I paid the price on the back nine for being too aggressive a couple of times and forgetting where I was and not playing the smart shot.

They're going to play the golf course a different way than I'm going to play the golf course. I've got to be able to post something in front of them every day and see if it's good enough.

There's been three or four other tournaments where they've taken those events away from me, and they're no longer on the schedule. It's kind of like when I win something, they move away from it. I guess they don't want me to dominate the tour like Tiger.

It's just so much unknown. A lot of times, if you have 72 holes, you can make up for somebody getting hot one day and you can make up ground. Here, if somebody gets hot, there's not a whole lot you can do about it.

It's a constant roller coaster of emotions. A lot of things go through your mind on every single hole. So much of it is unknown.

It's a good opportunity for her. She's going to learn a lot from this week every time that she plays against us. It'll probably help her career.

It's a place that I'm fond of, so many memories of all that water flowing across the golf course. Standing up there by the clubhouse and watching it all, you realize the power of water.

It's not disappointing at all. I played a good, solid round of golf today under tough conditions, and I came back from a disappointing day yesterday. I feel good about leaving here.

It's like CIA stuff, you know what I mean?

It's hard to make a golf course that will please everybody. What you try to do is make one that everybody can play and then it doesn't necessarily play into one person's type of game. That's what we tried to do here.

It's become more frequent, and that's why the doctors want me to go ahead and take care of it, ... I'm more at risk to wreck a car or pass out on an airplane or something like that.

It's personal and I'm not a very confrontational person, I don't like that kind of thing in my life. It's still going on, and probably will go on into next year. I finally started playing better when I realized I had two choices -- either continue to dwell on it or let the lawyers take care of it and let me go play golf. It was kind of weird.

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That made me some money, that is for sure.

I walked off the second green and told people they need to go watch football. Obviously, some guys are playing good. But to see pros in the teens over par starting the season? That's not a lot of fun.

I've kind of been hit or miss the past couple of weeks. I've done some really good stuff, then made a bad swing when I shouldn't. However, this golf course will do that to you. Sometimes you can't just dial it in to the perfect yardage to some of these pins. I just need to be out there making good swings and taking the results it gives me.

They are hard holes. You definitely have to take advantage on the front nine.

I'm sure he'll be ready to play tomorrow morning and make up for what happened in our match last year. And it should make for some great golf.

I'm just trying to get it to where I can hit good golf shots.

I'll talk to some of the players along the way. It's something I felt an obligation to do. I think it's important to the future of that event. It's important to showcase it on television, the rebuilding effort. The more quality players in the event, the bigger the television audience will be.

I really don't see it being an issue, unless for some reason I have an incident this week on the golf course, or off the golf course, ... I certainly hope that doesn't happen.

I really don't see it being an issue at all, unless for some reason I have an incident this week on the golf course,

I ran into a buzz saw every match. And even today, I was lucky enough to play just a little bit better.

I just don't think it's fair. I think it's a bad setup the way they have it. To me, it's either go back even farther so no one can do it, or maybe just one or two people, or move it up so that we all have the same shot.

If I'm playing a power player and he hits it 350, I just want to hit the fairway. Use the advantage that I'm first to hit into the greens and put pressure on him that way.

He's obviously been very solid and somebody you can count on to go out and play well and to represent his country. He thrives on it. He's a grinder, he's got that bulldog mentality that he hates to lose.

I could have separated myself (from the field). It would have been nice, but that's OK. I'm in good position.