Tom Lehman
Tom Lehman
Thomas Edward Lehmanis an American professional golfer. His tournament wins include one major title, the 1996 Open Championship; and he is the only golfer in history to have been awarded the Player of the Year honor on all three PGA Tours: the regular PGA Tour, the Web.com Tour and the Champions Tour...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth7 March 1959
CountryUnited States of America
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I was within 100 yards of the exit. Then there was this huge loud explosion right next to me. I flinched. My initial reaction was, someone shot the back window out of the car. It was a very surreal experience for me. It was pretty crazy, you don't have a guy shoot at you very often. I'm very happy they caught the guy.
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You have to move it out there a little bit off the tee, but I think the biggest difference is that you have to hit it straighter. Even with the changes, I still think it's going to come down to having a great short game. It is longer, but if the short game is working, it's going to be a good week.
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You get to a point in your career where you either decide it's time to get serious and make some changes, or you quit. I love golf too much, and there's too much to play for to quit.
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I'd like to be in a position to give my spot up if I had to.
four hours spend
When you - when you play golf with somebody, you spend four hours or more walking with somebody, usually, you learn something about them that you didn't know before.
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There are times when you feel like you give a great effort, you have prepared properly, and you got less than what you wanted. So on the one hand, you should feel really good about that and just let the results be what they are. On the other hand, you can't be happy with it when you finished 19th.
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The game itself, I think, plays into the strength of my game, which has always been tee to green, hitting the ball consistently in play and managing my game. Putting has always been the one thing that's been a bit more erratic.
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I think one of the big issues with, you know, people who have strong faith in addition to competing is that conflict between accepting things the way they are, and wanting to compete and get better, and at what point are you in the right balance.
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I started playing golf because I wanted to be good. After a while, you have to come to a decision of, 'Am I good enough or not?' If you say 'yes,' then it's a simple step towards deciding to be as good as you can be.
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I had played in a tournament with the captain of the University of Minnesota's golf team, and he thought I was good. He called his coach, and the coach called me and recruited me. A five-minute phone call changed my life.
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When I putt well, I do very well. When I putt poorly, I struggle to be in the game.
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The most satisfying accomplishment for me was winning the British Open in 1996. But the most rewarding times were the times on the mini tours.
I think that more than the winning, the weeks where I don't play well are what drive me the most.
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I think it's easy to enjoy anywhere that you play where you feel like you got a chance to win a lot.