Mark Calcavecchia
Mark Calcavecchia
Mark John Calcavecchiais an American professional golfer and a former PGA Tour member. During his professional career, he has won thirteen PGA Tour events, including the 1989 Open Championship. Calcavecchia currently plays on the Champions Tour...
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth12 June 1960
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I can honestly say I never thought I would say that I actually win a tournament using my head. But honestly this weekend, I think I won this tournament playing smart golf, using course management and staying patient. I mean, somebody is going to have to find out when the last time somebody won a tournament making one birdie on the weekend. That may have never happened before in the history of golf, by the way.
course far
I've got to get as far away from this course as I can.
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I've got to admit I never thought I'd win again, let alone on a golf course like this, in a tournament this big,
anticipate course deep small sort ton vancouver
The Vancouver course had a ton of trees, small greens, deep rough, ... I anticipate the same sort of thing at Harding, from what I've heard.
ask course guys par shoot surprise wednesday
You know, you ask me on Wednesday if I could shoot 10-under par on this course and I'd have told you no, ... Ask me now, I'll tell you yeah. It's like this every week; guys surprise me.
course feels fun goes learn level played playing somewhere week
I actually like that, because then it feels like everyone is on a level playing field, ... As the week goes along, you learn the course a little more. It's kind of fun going to play somewhere I've never played before.
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I really never honestly thought I would win again, let alone on a golf course like this. I have my moments when I'm pretty good, but I have a lot of self doubt and a lot of demons that are floating around inside my head.
course maybe scores shot surprised
I'm surprised that the scores aren't lower. With the course conditions, I really thought someone would have shot 7- or 8-under for sure, maybe even 9- under.
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I never thought I would say I won a tournament with my head, ... Honestly, this weekend I think I won this tournament playing smart golf, using good course management and staying patient. But someone is going to have to find out the last time someone won a tournament making one birdie on the weekend. That may not have happened before in the history of golf.
hard player suck
I've probably told myself I suck more than any player out here -- and I know I don't, but I'm just real hard on myself,
driven good key starts tee three
I've only made three bogeys, I guess, and that's pretty good around here. It starts off the tee here. I've driven it well and I think that's the key for me.
cannot dating late looked missed short stay
Even dating back to the late 80s when I was making everything I looked at, I still missed a lot of short putts, because I cannot stay still over them,
emotional
I've always been an emotional player, I'm an emotional guy,
bunker far good short
Tee-to-green, I'm streaky, but I'm still very good at times, ... My short game, as far as bunker and chipping, is still pretty good.