Rocco Mediate
Rocco Mediate
Rocco Anthony Mediateis an American professional golfer who has won six times on the PGA Tour and three times on the Champions Tour. Mediate's most notable moment of his career came in the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines South Course where he finished runner-up after losing the first sudden death hole after an 18-hole playoff to Tiger Woods...
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth17 December 1962
almost dogged happened knees last pain strange today
A lot of strange things happened out there today -- a lot of them. I almost couldn't go off No. 10 (because of back pain that dogged him the last two days). I almost went to my knees on No. 12.
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I almost went to my knees on the tee shot at 12 it hurt so bad. What can I say? It was the best 71 holes I've ever played in a major.
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I'm getting closer to the winning thing. Earlier in the year, everybody was asking, 'What's wrong?' I had a period from March through June where my body just wasn't feeling that good. You can't come out here at 50 percent and beat the best. This week was fun, finally, again. It was almost really good.
afraid shot shots stood
The shot on 12 stood me up. I was afraid I couldn't get the wedge shots over the water.
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Sometimes you'll get guys who can't advance the ball at all. They're put there by their companies, and I feel bad for them because there's a bunch of people watching and these guys are embarrassed. And there isn't much you can do.
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There have been players who have completely neglected their families to be the best players in the world, ... Well, what about your wife and kids? The trophies don't mean anything in the end. It's about your family.
good morning wake wonder
I wonder every morning (about the back). I wake up (and think) 'OK. I'm good right now.' It's just how it is.
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I was tied for the lead at that point and feeling tremendous. I seriously thought I was going to win this golf tournament.
close phil tiger
Phil is right there, he's close. Tiger is always close -- as long as he's upright, Tiger's close.
chad great today
What Chad did today was remarkable. He's a great ball-hitter though, so I'm really not surprised.
good royal
That's a good question. If this were Sunday, it would be (like) a royal flush. Today, it's 4 of a kind.
It's so hard, so penalizing and so good, it won't let you relax.
care certain golf hard lay low shoots whoever
It's so hard and so penalizing and so good, that it won't let you lay down. If you can't do certain things around this golf course, you don't get to win. It's whoever shoots a low score, I don't care how you shoot it.
came course plays
They wanted to make the course play like it used to. Well it does. It plays like it did when I first came here in 1991.