Tom Kite
Tom Kite
Thomas Oliver Kite, Jr.is an American professional golfer and golf course architect. He spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking between 1989 and 1994...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth9 December 1949
CityMckinney, TX
CountryUnited States of America
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There's going to come a time when one of the top players says 'I can't do that. I need a break,'
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Whether or not he'll be the next captain I don't know, but he'd certainly be my pick, ... He's played in Ryder Cups, won major championships. He has the enthusiasm and respect of the players. He's a team player 100 percent.
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I feel if I play up to my standard, it's good enough to win a lot of tournaments. I think I am as good a player when it gets to be tough as anyone out here. I am starting swing well again and I am very encouraged about what will happen over the next year or year and a half.
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On top of all that, I'm a blessed man. I truly am.
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I was going to run in the primary, whether I won or not (tonight). I truly have a good group of people helping me.
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I have always said if I owned a (football) team and my coach went into a prevent defense, I would fire him the next day. But when you have a seven-stroke lead, it's hard not to. I would not say I went into a total prevent defense because I was hitting some good shots, but I wasn't shooting at pins. It really is a strange mindset.
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I have lots of confidence on this course. It's one of the best driving courses we play on the Champions Tour. Just enough rough to give you some problems.
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This was way to long of a drought. These last two wins, it's been kind of sparse. When I first came out here and won five or six events, I was thinking this Champions Tour thing was pretty easy.
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Nothing has changed just because I'm getting older. I'm a golfer who has wanted to play in the Open since I was a teenager. Just because I'm on the Champions Tour does not mean that I shouldn't want to play in our national championship.
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It's been a long time since I've had a round like this, ... It was a great day for scoring.
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It's just nice to play well again. Once I get going, I feel like I can sustain it. I think I'm really starting to feel like I've done all the work.
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It was a lot of fun to play today. It was a great day and a great crowd.
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To go around the course without a bogey today is really, really good.
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This is why I came back. This is the only reason that I took this little challenge to come back and play the Tour ... to see if I had what it takes to contend, to see if I have what it takes to possibly win a golf tournament.