Brad Faxon
Brad Faxon
Bradford John Faxon, Jr.is an American professional golfer. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour...
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth1 August 1961
bad february hit shot time
Every time I hit a bad shot in February I was thinking,
cool crowd event guys hits nervous playing shot sitting tour won
Well, how cool is that? You're sitting here with two guys playing in a playoff, one guy has just stoned it. He's nervous. I know he's nervous -- he's never won a Tour event -- and he hits a shot and it hits the pin. The crowd went bananas. I mean, how could you not like that.
great green hitting island nervous second shot tee
It's a great finish. As a player, there aren't many times when you get more nervous than hitting that second shot into 16, hitting to that island green on 17 and hitting that tee shot on 18.
close excited love people playing tournament
People get excited about this tournament and I love playing close to home,
enjoyed expect finally god hours last slept starts thank three tournament
Thank God this tournament starts tomorrow, ... Finally slept more than three hours last night. But I enjoyed that. And I expect that this week.
afternoon bet friday gladly home hotel johnny miss packing par pay room scoring
Well, this was really kind of out of the blue, ... I mean, Friday afternoon I was in my hotel room packing to go home because I thought even par would miss the cut. I actually bet Johnny Andrews (in the scoring trailer) $286.67 that I was going to miss, and I'll gladly pay him now.
next
When you're here, you want to be here the next year.
hoped turned
We had hoped to get one or two of them. They all turned us down.
choice influence pushing
I was pushing him, ... I have to say that. I don?t know that I had any influence in Davis? choice to play here.
accept change course fact golf good grown helped helps learn move people players popularity stays
Most of the players have grown to like the course more and more. I think it helps that we don't change locations. The Players has grown in popularity because it stays in Jacksonville. The fact the Players Championship doesn't move around has helped people accept the golf course. If you want to be a good player, you'd better learn to like it.
counting doctor fingers four hopeful months pushing
I was hopeful to be here. I was counting on my fingers what four months was, and my doctor told me that would be really pushing it.
came chance early played points
I thought if I came back early and played well, I would have a chance to make points early. That's still my goal.
You know what we should have done? Take Greg Skiing.
believe turned understand
I don?t understand it. I can?t believe they turned us down.