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
best confidence events few next past played time win won
I've always said the best time to win is when you've just won, ... You have that confidence going for you. In the past on the PGA Tour, when I've won tournaments, in the next few events I've always played very well.
few last maybe played pressure problem putting thinking year
I'd been putting too much pressure on my putting thinking it was the problem where maybe it was just one of the problems, ... I've also put pressure on myself this year to play as well as I played the last few years. That probably had something to do with it.
ball chances couple course expect hurts mistakes played regard
You would expect to have a lot of chances here because the course is short. I have made a couple of mistakes of where I put the ball and in that regard it hurts me that I haven't played here before.
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.
enjoyed fuzzy good john played time
I had a good group. I played with Fuzzy and John Mahaffey. Any time you play with Fuzzy, you know you're going to have a good time. I really enjoyed it.
character course cushion figured hard hope last par played wind year
The course at Savannah is more wide-open, but it has a lot of character to it. Last year it played so hard because of the wind on the weekend. And the 18th hole, I still haven't figured out how to make a par on that hole, so if I'm doing well, I hope I have a little cushion on that last day.
champions few forth jumping played special
(The Champions Tour) is where I belong. I don't see myself jumping back and forth a lot. I'll still play a few special ones that I've played well in the past.
both felt few left needed round short
Each day, I felt like a left a few (strokes) out there. But today, I made the putts I needed to make, both the short ones and the ones that really made this round complete.
both chance crazy matching needed shoot surprised today
Both D.A. and I thought if we could get to 21 or 22 under and shoot something crazy today we'd have a chance and we were doing what we needed to do. We were surprised Loren and Don were matching us and going even lower.
craig fun
Craig is just what you see. There's no disguising him. He let's you know how he feels. He's a lot of fun to play with.
rounds three
There's no cut, so I can get three rounds in,
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.