Ben Crane Quotations

We've tried to shave maybe 10 or 15 seconds off each shot, and we're pretty close, ... It's gotten to the point where I'm not in violation when I'm hitting shots like I probably would have been a few months ago.

My agent called me this week and told me that, and I said, 'You know, I wish the ball knew that, because it's not like it's going in the hole any easier.'

I am. I'm trying to get to my ball faster, and make sure that when it's my turn to hit, I'm ready to go.

If I'm going to shed it, ... No. 1, have a sense of humor about it and, No. 2, continue to try to play faster.

Get it? I'm the one who started the joke! I was walking down the last fairway with Kenny Perry , and it had been a long day, and I go, 'You knew I was slow, but you didn't know I was nine hours slow!' At first he was just flummoxed. But then he said, 'Don't sell yourself short. You weren't slow today.' I went, 'Thank you.'

We've been trying to pick up the pace and start playing a little faster so we put something in place this week that's allowed me to pull the trigger a little faster. This was just kind of a trial week to see what would happen, and obviously it was a great result.

He likes to come at it from a different angle. He likes to get to the root of the thought and tries to expose your fears and understand why you fear something and maybe then you won't fear it so much.

Right. Well, I think playing faster is going to help my game, because the more when I get up over a shot, and know what to do, and just let my body do it, instead of having all this stuff going through my head, and having to process it. That day's coming, and I'm excited about that.

To this day, the first thing I do when I walk into a restaurant is take off my cap.

Drew and I had a wonderful time. It was a fun way to start the week. Drew read my last two putts and we made them both.

Things have gotten a lot better. Earlier this year -- in February, right after the Hope -- I found out I would basically stand up and arch my back at the top of the swing. It prevented me from playing well, and was also giving me back problems. I was basically hurting myself with every swing. And I was making huge compensations. I had to take two months off, and it took months after that to get to playing well again.

This golf course is as good and as hard as it gets. There were some places around the greens where you could hit a decent shot and wind up three feet off the green and really have no shot.

They do. When you're working on things, the information takes some time to get from your head to your body. As I get more comfortable with the changes, things will get better.

It was awesome. I was very happy for him. I thought he played awesome, phenomenal golf. Like the world's best.

It's not for me to say. David is a nice guy. We're all out here competing. I'm a player; not a coach.

That is pretty sweet, having a coach who is always thinking of you like that. He is a big part of my success.

OK, let's see. I love to go to Montana, and stand in the river in my waders, and listen to the water rush past my legs as I'm casting a dry fly with mountains on either side of me. Beyond that, winning a few more tournaments would help.

I'm doing something to try to override the thoughts that tend to get in my head and keep me from pulling the trigger. It seemed to work this week.

I just wanted to see if I could slip in there and make the cut, ... Sometimes unexpected things happen.

I tend to be hard on myself and worry about things. Dr. Waddington helps you get at the root of why you think the way you do and to lighten up on yourself and relax. That's valuable.

He played great?unbelievable. That was some great golf. I was very happy for him even though he got off to a rough start. I was thrilled to see him playing so well.

A golf shot simply doesn't mean that much. When I look at Stewart, I see a man who has a great relationship with God, who loves his family and is a role model. Guys like him give the Tour a good name.