Gary Player
Gary Player
Gary Player DMS, OIGis a retired South African professional golfer, widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. Over his career, Player accumulated nine major championships on the regular tour and six Champions Tour major championship victories, as well as three Senior British Open Championships on the European Senior Tour. At the age of 29, Player won the 1965 U.S. Open and became the only non-American to win all four majors, known as the career...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth1 November 1935
CityJohannesburg, South Africa
It's like a mile race and you're 50 yards ahead. This is as close as it can be without being a tie.
It's very long for me. I'm driving it into the face of every hill out there (and) had to hit a wood into every (par-4) hole.
That putt Chris made, I take my hat off to him, ... What a day's golf.
It's exactly the same. You wait until the tournament starts. You'll hear the cheers. It will be great.
It's a strange game, ... Today you shoot 66. Tomorrow you shoot 73. It changes within hours.
It's a strange game, ... as the Scottish people say.
It was calling for a real good match.
I want to play one more than Arnie. I want to get to 51.
It's a good idea for future Presidents Cups to have a reserve ready to play. The people want to see the match played as scheduled.
When you've got two guys 1-up with two to play, you automatically think, 'we've got it', especially after they'd battled their hearts out to get back in those matches.
As we all know... golf is a puzzle without an answer.
I thought when I get to 70, I would be sitting on the ranch and doing less, and I'm doing more. I would say, with all things equal, five more years.
I see it going right down the line again.
Our guys played well, they just played better.