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
I just hate to see what's happening today with golf clubs that I consider to be illegal, ... I'd stop the grooves being so deep (on the ball), and I'd stop the trampoline effect in the wood.
They've got to do it -- there's not even a debate, ... There must be a premium on driving.
I'm 70, I hit a drive 280 yards the other day. I never hit a ball 280 in my life. I don't know where we're going. They're going to hit balls over 400 yards. We are only 20 or 30 years out.
I'm using exactly the same clubs, other than No. 4. I was brainwashed into believing it would be abnormal with all the changes. But we're hitting the same club Jack Nicklaus did. I remember Jack hitting 5-iron on No. 11. The greens weren't as fast, but the fairways were lousy.
I've got too much I want to do in life.
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.
I want to play one more than Arnie. I want to get to 51.
Any time you have two Presidents Cups in a row and you go to the 18th green, I mean, golf is the winner,
Arnold (Palmer) played 50 times. I'd like to play 51 times and then hang it up.
There is so much about him to admire. At 30, Tiger is unquestionably golf's best athlete. Nobody is as mentally tough. He dresses beautifully. What a smile. Incredible all-around talent. Abundant with class. Superb role model.
Arnie played 50 years and quit, so maybe I'll play 51 and hang it up.
Ernie is as tough as can be, and I think his performance in the last two majors left him highly motivated. I wouldn't be surprised if he won at St. Andrews.
Everything just sort of jived, as they say, into place.
Being up one point is irrelevant. It's like a mile race and you're 50 yards ahead. There's such a long way to go.