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Quotes of the Week

By GolfChannel.com Team

Posted: November 1, 2009

In Parting Shots, the GolfChannel.com Team offers up the best quotes from the week.

Rain, rain go away...

"I told them this was closer to a FEMA disaster site than a golf course." – Randy Watkins, tournament director for the Viking Classic, on the conditions that forced the PGA Tour to cancel the event.

"This kind of is a big cherry." – Ross Fisher, upon winning the Volvo World Match Play Championship, 4 and 3, in Spain.

"I simply love the game of golf – both the life lessons it teaches and the friendships it helps create." – Michael Whan, following the announcement that he would be the new commissioner of the LPGA.

"I would be lying to you saying it wasn’t nerve wracking to a point." – Rich Beem, who currently resides 124th on the PGA Tour money list with just one event remaining.

"A big fish in a smaller pond." – Chubby Chandler, Rory McIlroy’s manager, on the thinking that McIlroy would be better off on the European Tour than the PGA Tour at this point in his career.

"When I started playing golf I dreamed of going to the Masters Tournament." – Chang-won Han, after capturing the inaugural Asian Amateur Championship, which earned him a spot in next year’s Masters.
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"Dare I say it, it could be a possible Ryder Cup match for the future." – Fisher again, prior to his match against American Anthony Kim in the Volvo World Match Play final.

"Somebody jumped in my body last week … I guess he’s still there." – Phil Blackmar, after winning his first Champions Tour event two weeks ago and playing well again at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

"I tried my best, but Lady Luck eluded me." – China’s Liang Wenchong, after finishing runner-up to Ian Poulter in the Singapore Open.

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