Stewart Cink Quotations

No, ... But I'll probably tell him at the Presidents Cup. He won't remember that, so me telling him that would be sort of anticlimactic.

Fred knows how to play the game, how to keep it in play and he's got more game than he's given credit for. You always know what he brings to the table. He has great control. Like most guys out here, he's a very competitive individual.

Going back over the last ten U.S. Opens I've played in, I think this course is probably the best because it leaves no room for error, ... You're not going to get away with anything on Pinehurst No. 2. You have to plan your shots well and execute them.

I thought he'd be hitting balls Monday morning at the golf course, because it's a tough course to finish on and it's a major championship. If anything, just him being there at the clubhouse and being seen might have affected the way they played on Monday.

I was comparing myself to other players too much, ... When I got to 50th in the World Ranking, I told myself, Players ranked this high don't miss fairways. They don't hit balls out-of-bounds. They don't miss three-foot putts.

I was accustomed to feeling that I was better than the other guys, that I had a mental edge,

Last week he let the cat out of the bag. I don't think he had been telling anybody, but I'm sure he had been planning it for months.

Originally everyone was saying they were trying to Tiger proof the course. But most people agree that it probably only helps the longer players.

I was the one who crumbled that day.

Just him being there at the clubhouse and being seen might have affected the way they played on Monday.

That went through my heart and soul like a dagger.

I was really critical of the changes here. But after seeing the course play like it did, especially the first two days when it was fast and dry, I might have been a little premature.

I would love to be someone he would depend on, ... I'll be there to fill that need it that's the case.

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,

Unfortunately this year Zach got left out, and so I did think he deserved a chance to play for the United States,

Well, there is no easy side out here. You do have a few chances to hit some shorter irons into the greens, but it's by no means easy. All in all I played really well. I played well on the front nine and made some putts, and I played well on the back nine and just didn't make as many putts.

But then when I walked away, I was thinking, 'Why didn't I tell him I knew?' Because if I told him I knew, he would have thought I was better because I made that putt to tie Jack Nicklaus.

Events like this are fun, it breaks up the monotony, ... It's a little more laid back. But it won't be without pressure.

Dr. Waddington has helped me take those fears and, rather than squeezing them out, understand where they come from.

I've not only seen him on the silver screen on TV playing in the Masters, but also around the dorm. So just to be qualified and to be able to represent a team that's captained by Jack is special enough right there.

A few people called in about something that happened out there in the waste area,

a person that's out there hitting golf shots.

Augusta was always a place where you could have a lot of fun and you could demonstrate an artistic talent for strategy around the golf course. Now it's not.

A two-foot putt -- is that something to dread and fear?

You're talking about Sunday at the Masters. I think adrenaline will keep everybody going enough to get through it. If endurance comes into play, or maybe fatigue, it will be after the tournament is over.

It's one of the great spectacles in golf, especially Saturday and Sunday when the fans really get going. It makes golf feel like a true stadium sport. In a way, it adds a lot of pressure because you don't want to be a goat there.

It just reminds me that the ones doing the work aren't the ones playing tournament golf. They've taken a lot of the character out of it.

It's definitely something I can't relate to, what he's gone through this year, and, hopefully, I'll never have to relate to it. But to get him a win here might take some of the sting out for him.

It was a good idea for Phil, but I don't think it would be a good idea for me. I've been working on a swing that helps me hit the ball right or left. But, hey, I didn't win The Masters.

It think that is probably because it's a long season over there,

I'm disappointed I didn't shoot a better score because I played well all day.

I'm not a numbers guy. I'm just going to go out and grind my rear end off on every shot. If you focus on a number you think you have to shoot, that just puts more pressure on you and there's already enough pressure in a major championship.

I had seven bottles of water, two sports drinks and zero trips to the bathroom. My new Nike shirt is dry. This is an amazing material. But I can wring out my hat.

If the wind doesn't blow, I think there will be lots of birdies,

I played with Jack, and I tied Jack,

He's very dependable and knows the golf courses. And he really knows my game.

My kids have grown up knowing nothing other than me being gone all the time and playing in golf tournaments. That's what they know.

The vast majority of golfers don't go on to play golf as a profession, but they do go onto other professions where there will heat on them from time to time. Some people choke under pressure. If you have that as part of your character - that you don't perform well under pressure - it's really important for you to know that. The game teaches you about that.

A beginner gets so excited when he hits the ball in the air or maybe hits a nice bunker shot. A player who has won major championships doesn't get that excited about those shots anymore. It takes a lot more to excite you. The closer you get to perfection, the more difficult it becomes. That's what draws me to golf. It's such a challenge.

Golf is so difficult to master. It feels like the better you get, the farther you are away from perfection.

That the win came only days after the Ryder Cup announcement was not a coincidence. Being a captain's pick is a huge honor, and I was very flattered by that, ... but once the Ryder Cup race was over at the PGA, I felt as if there was a burden lifted and I was able to focus on what was at hand this week.

I had to figure out myself to figure out my game.

I just think the game of golf teaches you so much about yourself like who you really are and what you're made of.

You have to just forget about the ball and swing the club. It's hard to see if you don't hit the green.

If St. Andrews is the home of golf, I think Pebble Beach feels like the home of American golf, like the home of championship golf. It has a real sense of history here.

You play the golf course just like you played it in your practice rounds and you stick to your game plan and just try to get whatever you can out of it.