Jay Haas
Jay Haas
Jay Dean Haasis an American professional golfer formerly of the PGA Tour who now plays on the Champions Tour...
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth2 December 1953
CitySt. Louis, MO
drive edge felt gives hopefully next played renewed three top week weeks
It gives me renewed drive that hopefully I'll play well this week and next week and get into that top 30 for Sonoma, ... I felt if I played well these three weeks I could do it. I'm right there on the edge now and I can do it. If I don't I can have a week off.
clutch driver drives felt help hit last seemed switched week win
I switched to a new driver last week and that really seemed to help me. I really felt comfortable and hit some clutch drives down the stretch. I made a lot of putts too and you have to do that to win out here.
expected four good round turned
Four really turned things around. I never expected to make a 4 there. Then the birdies at 14 and 15 turned a good round into a really good round.
game good sharp week
My whole game hasn't been sharp this year, but this week it was. I had a very good ball-striking week.
difficult hang hit putter south toward
My putter just went south toward the end of the round. I just had no touch, no feel. I couldn't hit it well enough to get away with anything. I'm not going to hang myself. It was a difficult day.
birdie certainly hole looked round turned walk
I won't say it turned my round around, but it certainly helped. It never really looked like I was going to make a 4 on that hole at any point, but to walk away with a birdie was great.
thin vogue wore
I wore visors when they were in vogue -- and I wasn't so thin on top.
champions energy golf guess guys lost start year
I think I lost my golf energy. You can't come out here and go through the motions. These guys are too good. I guess I'm at a crossroads. Right now, I would say I'll play more on the Champions Tour. But if I start to play a little better at the end of the year ... I still like to do this.
bunker feet foot front great grounding guy hit hundred last leaf leaning picked playing sand seven shooting took
I was playing with this guy one time, and he was shooting a hundred and fifty, probably. We got to the last hole, and it took him about seven to get to a bunker on the green. Then he picked a leaf up right by his ball, in the bunker, which is a two-stroke penalty. Then he was leaning on his sand wedge in the bunker, grounding his club, so there's another two-stroke penalty, so he was 11. And then he hit that one about a foot in front of him in 12, and then he got that on to about 8 feet and made the putt. So he makes his putt, and I say, 'Joe, great putt. Is that a 4?' And he goes, 'Oh, no. Six.' It was really like a 14 or something.
blowing british davis green hal hard hit hitting hole impressed left love open playing practice round walking wind
I was playing a practice round with Davis Love at the British Open and Hal comes walking out to the 17th hole, the wind was blowing hard left to right, ... I hit a 4-iron to the green and Davis hit it on. When we got to the green, Davis said, 'You think Hal was impressed with that?' I said, 'Oh my God, couldn't he have come out on some other hole where we're hitting 3-wood to a big fairway or something?' We laughed.
couple flawless fortunate mistakes paid
I wasn't flawless out there, ... I was just fortunate that Dana made a couple of mistakes and paid for them.
again excitement felt few holes last line means three tied tournament week
Last week was great, I can't tell you what that means to me, ... Just the excitement I felt and to want to play well again and to do it with the tournament on the line with being tied with Dana with a few holes to play, and to make three birdies in the last three holes, that was pretty gratifying.
break-through hitting ceilings
I have been very, very consistent. But at the same time I kept kind of hitting my head on the ceiling and I couldn't break through.
passion thinking games
I think Curtis is finally getting his drive back, his passion for the game, ... I think he's starting to enjoy that competition again. That's what drives us all out here that feeling of being able to hit a good shot in a tough situation.