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
captain certainly enthusiasm major next played player respect team whether won
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.
players says time top
There's going to come a time when one of the top players says 'I can't do that. I need a break,'
again anyone encouraged gets good happen next player starting swing tough win year
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.
cup easy excited fairly presidents tiger top
I think Tiger would be more enthusiastic about the Ryder Cup (if he skipped the Presidents Cup), and not just Tiger, but all the top players. Biennially, it's fairly easy to get excited about playing.
course felt golf good hitting last nice played scores success week
Last week I started hitting some good shots. My scores didn't always show it, but I felt like I played well. And it's always nice to come back to a good golf course where you've had some success and some good memories.
bogey course today
To go around the course without a bogey today is really, really good.
great round since time
It's been a long time since I've had a round like this, ... It was a great day for scoring.
expecting feeling reasonably
I'm expecting to do reasonably well. I don't know what that is yet. I'm just kind of feeling my way.
champions changed golfer mean national open since tour
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.
growing looked trees
They looked as if they had trees growing out of them.
came champions five last six thinking tour won
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.
nice starting sustain
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.
intense regular tour
This is not as intense as the regular tour was,
came challenge golf possibly reason takes took tour win
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.