Justin Leonard
Justin Leonard
Justin Charles Garrett Leonardis an American professional golfer...
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth15 June 1972
CityDallas, TX
early few fortunate picked played shoot wind
It was good. I played pretty well. I could have made a few more putts, but I'm not going to complain. To shoot 2 under, I was fortunate to go out early (before the wind picked up).
couple course difficult golf greens last severe
A couple of the greens are a little severe I think, but everybody's going to have to get through those holes. The golf course should be more difficult than last year.
definitely great players realm weather
I think with the weather the way it is and as many great players as we have out here, I think a 61 or 62 or 63 is definitely in the realm of possibilities.
eager energy equipment excited good great meeting nike people prove reason renewed start
I think that being around and meeting a lot of their people at Nike, getting into the new equipment and all those things kind of renewed my energy a little bit. I think that's the reason I got off to such a great start in '05, because I was so excited to play and eager to prove to Nike that they made a good decision.
course exhibition four knew liked meaning opened playing three
It is long overdue for me to come back here and play. Playing here three or four years ago in an exhibition before the course opened I knew that I liked the course and I've just been meaning to come back.
failure learn tend
I tend to learn more in failure than I do in success,
open played practice round
I played a practice round with him at Baltusrol in the '93 Open on my 21st birthday,
ball cross david flat hard winds
Being out here in the flat and so exposed, they are going to get pretty firm. But like David (Duval) said, if you get some winds here, some cross winds, it's going to be very hard to put the ball in the fairway.
chance either event team
I never look at this event as being favored or an underdog. I think either way, you've got to go out and play really well as a team to have a chance to win.
couple far motivated next presidents ready schedule sets
I'm very motivated to play the Presidents Cup. I think when I look at my schedule and all the tournaments I'm not going to play here in the next couple of months, it sets up pretty well as far as getting ready to play.
change coach diapers few hopefully strength
Hopefully I can change a few diapers at some point. I'm just going to be working with a strength coach and so we're going to be working out pretty hard.
winning
I know you made the winning putt, ... but could you move?
beware wounded
You've always got to beware of that wounded dog, and when you've got two of them, you've just really got to beware.
golf goal want
I have those (goals) written down, but don't want to discuss them. Right now, I just want to keep on improving.