Raymond Floyd
Raymond Floyd
Raymond Loran "Ray" Floydis an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments and four major titles on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1989...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth4 September 1942
CountryUnited States of America
buy club custom realm saw sets start using walk
It was the start of it, and now we're using 5-woods and all these hybrids. Everybody's got them now. It just wasn't in the realm of things back then. They didn't even make it. You saw a 5-wood in women's sets a little bit. That's why I went to a custom club shop. You just couldn't walk in and buy a 5-wood. ... We had 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-woods, and that was it.
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Tiger's a pretty bright guy. He's adjusting. ... We've seen the same light.
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I don't remember playing in such perfect conditions.
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I'd certainly make him a favorite, ... He's a guy that's coming in here licking his chops. He's ready.
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So I'm looking forward to tomorrow. I've put myself in position, and that's all I can ask. I hope I can go out there and enjoy it.
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I've got a bit of a muscle pull in my rib cage. I'm on my way to an appointment right now to get it worked on.
ask career people putt remember shot specific trouble won
That putt, I'll always remember. People always ask me about one shot in my career that won a tournament, I really have trouble recalling a specific shot on an 18th hole. But I will always remember that putt right there.
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It's going to you know, I can't go out there and shoot par and win. Everybody is playing well, and I think you'll have to go out tomorrow and have 4, 5, 6 under par probably.
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As a kid in Fayetteville, N.C., I played golf all day, every day, a lot of it by myself. I spent hundreds of hours around the greens at Cape Fear Valley, the course my dad owned, hitting every shot I could think of - the one-hop-and-release, the chip that lands dead, the explosion from a bad lie.
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The weather was as passive as we're going to see it here, ever. The golf course would yield if you played well. Jay Haas played beautifully and had an incredible round.
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I think the format is incredible. I think it was well thought out. I think the skins format has been the same for so long, I think it was getting a bit stale. I think this will infuse some life into it.
ask people putt remember shot specific trouble won
People always ask me about one shot that won a tournament, and I really have trouble recalling a specific shot. But I will always remember that shot right there. I'll remember that putt because I don't know how it went in.
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I watched a really, really good round. He shot 68, and it could have been lower.
continue event regular tour
I continue to play because of the tradition. I'm not here to be competitive. I'm here to be part of the history. I would never go over and play a regular Tour event because I'm not competitive.