Justin Leonard
Justin Leonard
Justin Charles Garrett Leonardis an American professional golfer...
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth15 June 1972
CityDallas, TX
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.
combined couple course fun golf helped last perfect
It's fun and the golf course is in perfect shape. There are no excuses. I think all of these things combined have helped me to play well here the last couple of years.
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.
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.
feels guarantee
I guarantee he feels about 6-foot-5 right now.
We haven't made enough putts, and they've made way too many.
fortunate plan time year
Yeah. We are very excited. I feel fortunate because we didn't plan anything. But it's at a time of the year where I can take this much time off.
winning
I know you made the winning putt, ... but could you move?
ended sure tuesday wednesday
Tuesday night, I ended up getting sick. I wasn't even sure Wednesday if I was going to be able to play.
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).
adjusting excitement few found last maybe missing spent time
I spent a lot of time working on my game, adjusting to the new equipment. I found that I got back some excitement that maybe I had been missing the last few years.
certainly defended early last playing start year
I've defended well at some tournaments in the past. I'd certainly like to get off to the same start that I did last year in playing well early in the year.
goes green looks months par severe side third
The third green is pretty severe for a 245-yard par 3. The right side of the green goes up and down. It looks like something I skied down a coupled of months ago.
celebrity enjoy golf playing rotation since
I've loosened up on the golf course, and I enjoy playing at the Hope. I've been in the celebrity rotation since I started playing.