They said it... 2010

Last updated: 21st June 2010

"My mom's in Spain so I hope she's watching. If she is, I love you mom. I'll see you very soon."

Graeme McDowell doesn't forget his mum on Father's Day (20 Jun).

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"I need to get a beer in my hand or something."

McDowell again, enjoying the feeling of being a major champion (20 Jun).

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"Goodness knows when I'm going to sober up. I can't make any promises there."

McDowell yet again! (20 Jun)

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"There's a lots of sadness today. A lot of sadness. Yet it's based on a lot of memories and great memories that I've had here, and it very well may be my last time playing Pebble Beach in a championship of this calibre probably. Probably so."

Tom Watson after he completed what will (probably) be his final round in a US Open (20 Jun).

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"I don't know who's leaking more oil - the field or British Petroleum."

Johnny Miller is not afraid of upsetting Americans (or British readers of the Daily Express for that matter) (20 Jun).

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"First thing is I really love golf. I really, really love golf. It's been ten years as a pro, and you can't imagine how I enjoy my life. It's fantastic to travel and play tournaments, especially here, of course, it's the best ever, here."

Gregory Havret is in love with life (19 Jun).

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"It's great. I can't stop smiling. My lips hurt, my cheeks hurt, but it's awesome."

Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open champion Lee-Anne Pace gets the winning feeling (20 Jun).

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"I like this mental coach because it's not, 'yes, tell me, you are bad at this time and the solution is think positive.'"

Jade Schaeffer on her new mental coach Stephan Mourgues (19 Jun).

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"It's a lot easier on the Playstation."

Rory McIlroy after his first practice round at Pebble Beach (15 Jun).

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"My game is in pretty good shape. I'm playing pretty well. Just came off a victory. I won the rain-shortened 36-hole Tom Watson Challenge in Kansas City."

Tom Watson was feeling good ahead of the US Open (15 Jun).

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"How ridiculous is the New York Post? I'm speechless. Bunkc of muppets."

Ian Poulter tweets in response to the NYP's "USA wins 1-1 - Greatest tie against the British since Bunker Hill" headline and in so doing misses the irony completely (13 Jun).

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"I'm think I'm very much the forgotten man in English golf."

The ever honest Justin Rose assesses where his career had gone prior to victory last week (7 June).

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"I think that his time has come."

Rose's caddie Mark Fulcher on his golfer's win (7 June).

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"You'll win it one day."

Jack Nicklaus to Justin Rose at the Open Championship a few years ago, referring, prophetically, to his own Memorial tournament (7 June).

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"I should have kept myself in better shape, which is still the case. I should have won more tournaments. I should have practiced harder - a lot of should haves. On the other hand, I had a great time. I just had a blast."

Mark Calcavecchia reflects on the end of his regular PGA Tour career (5 June).

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"You might win another car."

Martin Wiegele's girlfriend said this every time he walked to the 8th tee last week, a reference to his hole-in-one there last year in the final round and guess what? He did win another one! The Challenge Tour event itself! (7 June)

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"I think it is the best final round I have ever played to win a tournament."

Graeme McDowell after shooting eight birdies in his first eleven holes to win the Wales Open (7 June).

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"Not at all, not at all, not in one long bit, not at all."

Colin Montgomerie doesn't think his affair will impact on his captaincy in the Ryder Cup (5 June).

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"I think people are beginning to realise that he's the best putter in the world."

Phillip Price on fellow countryman Rhys Davies (3 June).

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"Someone asked me if I was excited to be going out there to the Champions Tour. I said I would be excited if the hole was bigger. But I think it's the same size out there, so I'm not that excited. I can miss 'em out there same as I can miss 'em out here."

Mark Calcavecchia with a typically downbeat view of his new start (30 May).

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"And then the playoff was just a bizarre playoff. I'm not sure I've ever experienced anything like that. I turned to my caddie and I said, how many shots have they taken?"

Tom Lehman was a bit confused when both David Frost and Fred Couples double-bogied the first extra hole in the Senior PGA (30 May).

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"A couple of things her and there off the course haven't helped."

Sergio Garcia admits his love life has caused problems on the course (29 May).

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"I was thinking 'maybe I cannot make it as a professional'."

Maria Hernandez had doubts ... then she won her first professional start on the LET (30 May).

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"I'm a little bit bummed not to win but I've had a really good year and to come second is another little confidence boost."

Aussie Kristie Smith doesn't mince her words (30 May).

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"I was more relaxed on the six play-off holes today than during the round."

Meaghan Francella defeated Annika Sorenstam in a play-off and the experience has made her fearless of extra holes (30 May).

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"It is my wife's birthday today and I dedicate the win to her because when I've had my struggles she never once asked if I had thought about other options."

An emotional Simon Khan after his superb win at the BMW PGA Championship (24 May).

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"A check-out lady!"

Jason Day on his choice of other occupation when he was out of form last year (24 May).

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"She almost traded her life for my win."

Sybase Matchplay champion Sun Young Yoo's sister almost died in a crash recently but was on the course to see an inspired Yoo win her first LPGA title (24 May).

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"I don't know ... something special about BMW obviously!"

Fredrik Andersson Hed is at a loss to explain why he has recored his two best European Tour finishes in BMW sponsored events this May (24 May).

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"It will be disappointing for a few days but I've got a baby daughter to see. There's more to life than golf."

Luke Donald keeps things in perspective (24 May).

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"I said to my caddie I don't know what I can learn from today because I didn't hit that many bad shots."

Chris Wood is a little baffled by his final round form (24 May).

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"Today I felt very disappointed by everything that's been said. I kind of hurt a little."

Ernie Els is upset by the criticism of his re-design at Wentworth (21 May).

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"Ernie was right, I was wrong."

Wentworth owner Richard Caring prepares to have another go at designing the 18th green (21 May).

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"This trip has got 63 written all over it."

Soren Hansen listens to the dramatic journey Robert Karlsson made on Friday night/Saturday morning and almost predicts correctly - Karlsson got a 62 (23 May)

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"I kinda chickened out the last three days on 17."

Fearless 16-year-old amateur Jordan Spieth finished 16th at the Byron Nelson Championship - but he might not be so fearless after all (24 May).

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"There's more people following that young amateur than us."

Tournament winner Jason Day to Blake Adams during the final round (24 May).

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"I play football, tennis and other sports, but the gym's not for me. I'd rather kill myself than have a gym membership, I tihnk."

The ever brilliant Laura Davies (16 May).

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"In my country they call them Se Ri kids ... I mean, how many kids have I got?! I prefer big sister!"

Korean Se Ri Pak was the first from her nation to succeed on the LPGA and now has many successors (16 May).

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"Just so there is no confusion I would like to make it clear this is my decision."

Hank Haney wants us to know that he dumped Tiger (10 May).

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"Hank is an outstanding teacher and has been a great help to me, but equally importantly he is a friend. That will not change."

And Tiger Woods wants us to know they are still friends (10 May).

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"Is this a xxxxing party or a golf tournament?"

Monty doesn't appreciate the DJ in the hospitality tent at the Open de Espana (9 May).

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"He goes and shoots 58 to win and I shoot 62. I'm just trying to keep up with him."

Rory McIlroy jokes about Ryo Ishikawa after completing the double for young golfers (2 May)

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"It's absolutely unbelievable, I don't know where all those birdies came from."

Ryo Ishikawa is in dreamland after shooting 58 to win The Crown in Japan (2 May).

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"I finished where I wanted to finish and everything is good."

The final words from Lorena Ochoa who retired from the game in Mexico (2 May).

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"These greens are by far the worst designed greens on Tour."

Quail Hollow CC takes a beating from Phil Mickelson (1 May).

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" I would say that 18 would be the worst green that we have on TOUR, except that it's not even the worst on this golf course. 12 is."

Mickelson continues to hammer home his point (1 May).

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"Tiger is not welcome here anymore."

Jesper Parnevik tells Swedish TV that he and his wife still see Elin Woods at their Florida home but not Tiger (1 May).

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"I'm just ready to start a new life. I just want to be a normal person."

Lorena Ochoa after announcing her retirement from the game (23 Apr).

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"She's a far better person than she is a golfer."

A fine tribute from Reilley Rankin about her friend Ochoa (23 Apr).

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"Lorena was good enough to tell me a couple weeks ago. It was honestly the toughest secret I've ever had to keep. I also thought I had two weeks to talk her out of it. I was unsuccessful."

LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan on Ochoa's decision (27 Apr).

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"Ouch"

New Masters champion Phil Mickelson is asked if the man who was hit by his drive on the 11th said anything (11 Apr).

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Q: "Phil -"
Lee Westwood: "I'm Lee. Phil is coming in in a minute. He'll be wearing a green jacket."

The Masters runner-up keeps his sense of humour (11 Apr).

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"The gap was a little bit wider. It wasn't huge, but it was big enough, you know, for a ball to fit through."

Phil Mickelson on his magnificent 207-yard 6-iron through the trees on the 13th hole (11 Apr).

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"A great shot is when you pull it off. A smart shot is when you don't have the guts to try it."

Phil Mickelson is asked for the difference between a great shot and a smart shot (11 Apr).

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"Yeah, I was right behind him, but behind a different tree."

Lee Westwood is asked if he had a good view of Mickelson's wonder shot (11 Apr).

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Q: "Any sense of relief having the first tournament over with?"
Tiger Woods: "Yeah, I don't have to play with K.J. anymore."

Tiger Woods shows his lighter side after completing his comeback (11 Apr).

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"Dad, show me. Show me you can still play this golf course."

Michael Watson, son of Tom and his caddie for the week, spurs his old man on (8 Apr).

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"No, I came back about a stone heavier."

George Murray is asked if an early season trip to Florida helped him get fit (10 Apr).

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"It is not simply the degree of his conduct that is so egregious here; it is the fact that he disappointed all of us, and more importantly, our kids and our grandkids. Our hero did not live up to the expectations of the role model we saw for our children."

Augusta National chairman Billy Payne talks about Tiger's return (7 Apr).

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"And then you have this punk ass Billy Payne that goes on TV yesterday. I wish somebody would just walk up him and punch him in the face,"

Tiger's friend Charles Barkeley responds to Payne (9 Apr).

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"We liked the ad. It certainly got people talking."

Nike founder Phil Knight on the controversial Tiger/Earl Woods commercial (8 Apr).

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"I thought, well, this was a good opportunity to see just how good a caddy he is. He did quite a job. We went three for three (birdies) on the three holes. It was only going to be one hole but I kept making birdies. When I did call Bones back in because he looked a little too comfortable standing in the stands, having a drink and burger, we finished with two pars. So, lesson to be learned."

Phil Mickelson on his short-term use of Dr Tom Bucholz, the man who has been treating his wife and mother for cancer and once caddied on the PGA Tour for one event (4 Apr).

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"But after I jumped in, because I jumped like all the way to the middle, I said my caddie, 'I don't know how to swim, can you help me to get on the top?' I was trying to get out because I don't know how to swim. I just kept jumping there and told my caddie, can you let me get out here, because it was a little scary."

Yani Tseng wins the Kraft Nabisco, celebrates with the traditional jump in the lake ... and then gets in a spot of bother (4 Apr).

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"I absolutely try not to discuss a golf course with other players, no. I have enough baggage of my own to know anybody else's baggage. You know, I know which holes that are tough for me and that's enough."

The ever insightful Padraig Harrington on the vagaries of courses (31 Mar).

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"To watch Rickie Fowler, he didn't play well today, but to see the way he handled himself - I was more impressed by how he handled himself today during a bad day than I have been by any of his good rounds."

Justin Leonard on America's wunderkid (3 Apr).

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"He really kind of got in my face and got at me and let me have it. He said, 'I know you're nervous. You're supposed to be nervous. This is what we're here for. You're playing great. Let's go and do it, take it to the course, rip the drive down the fairway.'"

Karen Stupples gets a talking to from her caddie on the first hole of the third round at the year's first major (3 Apr).

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"Do you notice the date of birth? 31/3. It's the number of Donald Duck's car - 313. Roope and I immediately decided to add one more name between the two we had already chosen - Donald's Finnish name Aku!"

Minea Blomqvist on the Disney themed birth of her first son: her boyfriend, Challenge Tour player Roope Kakko, shares the Finnish name of Scrooge McDuck and she is known as Minni (like the Mouse) (2 Apr).

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"A friend of mine sat me down on Tuesday. He caddies for Greg Chalmers, Mal Baker. He looked at my stats. I was like seventh on the Tour in proximity to the hole or something. He said, 'Cam, you got to do something about your putting. It's just woeful, only 70 percent maybe from 3 feet. You're hitting it good enough. You just got to improve your putting.'"

Australian Cameron Percy knows what he needs to improve (1 Apr).

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"They're basically, and I don't mean this as a pun, cutting my foot right out from under me. I'm baffled by it."

Ken Green, just like everyone else in golf, cannot understand why he has not been granted an exemption after an accident left him with an amputated leg (25 Mar).

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"It's very difficult to talk about Tiger Woods, as I know him as a golfer and a pretty good friend. It's basically affected a lot of lives on Tour, as well, because of the constant questioning that we have to answer about a fellow player's private life."

Ernie Els is struggling with the constant Tiger-talk (26 Mar).

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"They're basing the penalty on what it looked like and they never really asked me how I felt. So it felt a little bit unfair in that sense, but they make the rules, so there's only a certain amount that I could do."

Michelle Wie on her two-shot penalty when she felt she grounded her club in a hazard only to maintain her balance (28 Mar).

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"It was a new one for me."

Soren Kjeldsen after encountering a naked man from a nudist beach next to the course in Malaga (26 Mar).

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"I just decided to hit it as hard as I could."

Louis Oosthuizen's final thought before his tee shot on the final hole of the Open de Andalucia (28 Mar).

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"Can I say this? I told my caddie on the third hole, it was like, 'Do you still have the ear plugs from the Asia trip on the plane that they gave us?' And he was like, 'Yeah, I thought about that.' We needed them. But she was fun to play with. She's always fun."

Candie Kung on playing with Christina Kim (27 Mar).

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Q: "You've now got a Yank in the family."
Henrik Stenson: "Yeah, two passports. I'm thinking if he behaves, he gets the Swedish one when he's 18, otherwise he gets the American one. That a good plan, do you think?"
Q: "Did you just make fun of America?"
Henrik Stenson: "Yeah."

A light-hearted Henrik Stenson and a straight-laced questioner discuss the birth of his son (25 Mar).

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"I'm blaming my dad. I gave him a pair of binoculars last night, but he never saw it."

David Howell had to reload after a drive was lost in the Open de Andalucia and cheekily blamed his dad Raymond, who walks almost every round David plays (25 Mar).

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"I love it out here. Definitely beats sitting in class and writing papers."

Rickie Fowler is enjoying tour life (24 Mar).

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"I was living a life of a lie."

Tiger Woods talks about the man he had become (21 Mar).

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"Tough lie at Innisbrook."

Parker McLachlin tweets a photo from the Transitions Championship ... of an alligator emerging from the lake to wander round the fairway! (21 Mar)

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"Hard to get A Scott off the ping pong table. James Nitties is latest victim."

Geoff Ogilvy tweets during the rain break at the Transitions Championship (21 Mar).

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"It is a surprise because I only practised in the snow in Germany."

Anja Monke plays flop shots in the snow one week and splash shots in the sand the next as she win the Lalla Meryem Cup (21 Mar).

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"I can vividly remember Woosie's tartan trousers as he pulled that putt in from about eight feet on the 18th green and bent to his one knee and give it the fist-pump. I remember that like it was yesterday. You know, and I thought back then, wouldn't it be so nice to be in that position?"

Ian Poulter reveals the inspiration for his love of tartan trousers (17 Mar).

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"That's the most nervous I've been. I had to up my game to make sure I did okay and we did okay."

Peter Lawrie partnered his father-in-law in the the first two rounds of the Trophee Hassan II - and felt the pressure! (18 Mar)

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"After a long and necessary time away from the game, I feel like I'm ready to start my season at Augusta."

Tiger Woods reveals he'll be back soon (15 Mar).

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"Wow I've had a lot of calls today from friends who have decided to come to the Masters this year."

A wry tweet response from Stewart Cink (16 Mar).

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"You know, my wife can say, 'try and be as positive', Chubby can, Ricci can, Bob Rotella, whoever, but I really trusted myself today."

Ernie Els on his return to the winner's circle in Miami (14 Mar).

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Question: "Have you ever had a round with so many brilliant recovery shots?" Answer: "That's how I play normally. I'm not saying I am brilliant. I am saying I am normally in the sh-t."

The ever honest Laura Davies (13 Mar).

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"He might be sleeping in the garden."

Ernie Els on his house guest Charl Schwartzel prior to their head-to-head finale in Miami (13 Mar).

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Journalist: "How tall are you?"
Stefanie Michl: "I am 170 cm."
Journalist: "What do you weigh?"
Michl: "I think about 55 kilos. I won't tell you my bra size."
Journalist: "I've already guessed that."

An extraordinarily risque exchange between an Australian journalist and Austria's Stephanie Michl (12 Mar).

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"You never look on the way down, you only look on the way up."

Padraig Harrington on keeping tabs on his world ranking (10 Mar).

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"I'm a bit more experienced and I tend to not really give a monkey's what anybody thinks anymore."

Lee Westwood has learned to cope with expectations (10 Mar).

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"I try to establish a little relationship with the golf course so that we are able to talk to each other. If you listen well and you don't get caught up in your emotions, then the golf course really talks to you. And when it's a difficult golf course like this one, you really have to pay attention."

Italy's Giulia Sergas and the Commonwealth GC were getting along fine when she took the halfway lead in the Australian Open (11 Mar).

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"The only time I've ever played with him was in Tenerife. He hit it about 30 or 40 yards left of the first green with his second shot, and the ball was actually sitting on a stone wall and he got up-and-down from a stone wall. That's all I wanted to see. I saw it on the very first hole. It was fantastic."

Paul Casey recalls playing with Seve (9 Mar).

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"Nike 1, blue dot."

Casey again, explaining what he'd say to Tiger on the first tee if paired with him on his return to golf (9 Mar).

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"Practice rounds are beyond slow. I gave them up about 20 years ago."

Laura Davies doesn't do time wasting (9 Mar).

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"My attitude is a lot better. Yesterday I really wanted to break every club in the bag, but then I wouldn't have had a set to play with today, so I'm glad that I didn't."

Anthony Kim on a close shave with looking silly (7 Mar).

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Question: "Why are you wearing Jack Nicklaus' logo?"
Answer: "I like Jack Nicklaus, I love him! And they pay me a lot of money!"

Young Korean Ji-Na Lim can't decide if it is love or money (5 Mar).

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Question: "What can you say in English?"
Answer: "I love you."

Possibly the sweetest addition to They Said It from another young Korean, Bo-Mee Lee (5 Mar).

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"Unfortunately, I hit a man on 12 in the head. Shook me up pretty bad. He is OK thank goodness. Rough after that."

Tweet relief for Ryan Palmer (5 Mar).

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"Just took a Drug Test (I hope I pass)!! This old man stood in front of me and watched me pee, I don't want his job!!!"

Too much information, Bubba Watson (5 Mar).

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"Country Club of Bogota is located at 8,5000 feet. Pros: 400 yard drives. Cons: Gasping for air after walking up a flight of stairs."

Young American Jamie Lovemark finds the energy to tweet from Colombia (5 Mar).

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Question: "Does she give you tips?"
Answer: "Not really. Well, she does, on how to clean the house and vacuum the floor, hang up the picture and all that, yeah."

Brazil's Alexandre Rocha is asked about his wife who works for The Golf Channel (3 Mar).

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"I am seriously considering withdrawing - will have to see if the cold medicine does its job tonight - good night everyone."

YE Yang tweets the night before the final round of the WM Phoenix Open - whatever he took it worked because he shot a 65 to finished third (27 Feb).

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"I was unfaithful, I had affairs. What I did was unacceptable."

Tiger Woods confesses (19 Feb).

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"I do plan to return to golf but I don't know when that day will be. I do not rule out [coming back] this year"

And then Woods stuns the golf world by hinting he may be away a long time (19 Feb).

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"Character flaw of mine but not much sympathy for a billionaire with a sex addiction - maybe more like pity."

PGA player Jay Williamson with a Tiger tweet (20 Feb).

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"I'm sick of hearing about it."

Rory McIlroy was hoping the announcement might end matters. Maybe not ... (17 Feb)

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"I've never seen him look so depressed about things."

Graeme McDowell responds to the sight of tense Tiger talking to a carefully assembled audience (19 Feb).

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"Monogamy and professional golf do not happily co-exist."

Melanie Hickey, Nick Faldo's first wive and now a PR consultant, adds her spin to the Tiger story in the Observer (21 Feb).

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"It's selfish. This takes away a lot from the tournament. I feel sorry for the sponsor."

Ernie Els is not impressed with the timing of the Woods announcement (18 Feb).

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"We screwed up on that. That's just a screw up on my part."

But two days later PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem takes the blame for not "getting the players briefed" about the timing of the statement (20 Feb).

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"I don't think Tiger will be number one in five years' time. If you ask Rory who his hero is, it's Ishikawa. How's that? He's the coolest golfer in the world."

Agent Chubby Chandler with one prediction and one slightly amazing revelation in a Sunday Telegraph interview (21 Feb).

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"Poulter is busying playing, so I'll tweet for him: Just ironing my clothes, watching Arsenal. C'mon boys!"

Doug Ferguson, the Associated Press golf reporter, helps Ian Poulter out during the World Matchplay (20 Feb).

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"For those LPGA players in Singapore who can't watch game, USA 2, Canada 1. You are welcome, as Bubba Watson would tweet."

Sports Illustrated's golf writer Steve DiMeglio keeps the LPGA on-side during the big game (21 Feb).

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"Mike Weir has obviously gone bananas."

Paul Casey reflects on the fact that his second round opponent had 9 birdies in his first 10 holes when defeating Alvaro Quiros (17 Feb).

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"My second nine this year on a Sunday. How about that? The other one was on a par-3. So I'm a 17 hole player, I guess, on Sundays."

Paul Goydos reacts to his quadruple bogey nine on the 14th at Pebble Beach (14 Feb).

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"A few nerves kicked in."

After missing a short putt for a 59, Alistair Presnell owns up to getting shaky - but he still won the Victorian PGA with a last round 60 (14 Feb).

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"I hit my second shot from 99 yards on 15, it landed straight in the hole, and I mean straight in, it didn't touch the sides, jumped 20 feet up in the air, rolled off the front of the green from where I three putted. It didn't make one mark on the hole, no damage, nothing, just straight in and out. Thanks very much."

Richard Finch's first round misfortune cost him three shots - and he only lost the event by one! (12 Feb)

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"Unless you consider Tiger Woods on Xbox from about 2005 to 2007, this is the first time I've seen all the courses."

Rookie Alex Prugh on his lack of course knowledge on the PGA Tour (12 Feb).

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"So, I can't see depth perception on green ... and it's not like I'm never on it."

Jason Gore recently went for a sight test and discovered he has a problem - when the letters appeared before the green light he couldn't see a thing! (27 Jan)

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"Like a good wine, I get better and better."

A happy Miguel Angel Jimenez is maturing into a very nice vintage (7 Feb).

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"Groove verdict: Def a change in spin, haven't seen 1 ball spin back in 3 weeks.Will have to change game plans occasionally but not massively."

Oliver Wilson tweets his post-Middle East Swing verdict on the big issue so far of 2010 (7 Feb).

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"I didn't play bad forever, you know."

Steve Stricker compares conditions at Riviera to the worst he ever encountered at Muirfield in 2002 - and is then asked how he qualified for that event (6 Feb).

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"My wife and my mother were more unimpressed than anybody. And since my grandmother passed away, it has been my mum who has taken on the mantle of my language control."

A contrite Lee Westwood apologises for swearing as he left the 16th green in the Qatar Masters (4 Feb).

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"No security envy, but I am disappointed at the stark comparison of media attention Korean and Japanese golfers receive - good for Ryo. From my count he had 34 people following him and 4 security guards. I have AJ with me. And to think he has yet to graduate high school."

The tweeting YE Yang compares and contrasts the Asian experience at Riviera (4 Feb).

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"He is unconventional, thinks outside the box, and is an excellent judge of character and talent."

Corey Pavin explains his selection of Paul Goydos as a Ryder Cup assistant (3 Feb).

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"I have as much as Michael Jordan."

Asked about his lack of Ryder Cup experience, Goydos responds from left-field just as Pavin expected and wants (4 Feb).

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"This week I won't be playing that wedge. My point has been made. It was a ridiculous rule change and even worse timing."

New appointed shop steward Phil Mickelson leaves the contentious Ping Eye 2 wedge in the locker room having ruffled a few feathers (3 Feb).

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"It's cheating and I'm appalled Phil has put it in play."

Scott McCarron's opinion of Phil Mickelson's use of Ping Eye 2 wedges were the most explosive (and potentially expensive) words of the week (27 Jan).

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"A line was crossed, and I just was publicly slandered, and because of that I'll have to let other people handle that."

Phil Mickelson responds with a heavy hint that lawyers might become involved (30 Jan).

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"It's a very strong word to use, cheating. I don't think it's breaking the rules, it's bending them."

Lee Westwood adds some balance to the debate (31 Jan).

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"I can't compete. I can't play like I used too. I can't keep taking spots from guys out here playing this bad. It's not worth it. I'm tired of embarrassing myself in front of (my fans). I can't do it any more."

John Daly talking to a Golf Channel camera crew who are filming him for a reality show (28 Jan).

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"I'm not retiring and never said I was retiring."

Daly clears things up 24 hours later (29 Jan).

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"When a credit card expires on 2/10 does it run out at the start or end of February?"

Geoff Ogilvy prompts a rush of eager-to-help responses with his entertainingly domestic tweet (27 Jan).

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"Well, if I have to be honest, I think I hit it longer now. It's difficult to believe, but now I can coordinate more and the turn of the body is always the same, so I don't need to accelerate with the hands."

Alvaro Quiros' news about his altered swing will strike fear in the hearts of those already in awe of his length (27 Jan).

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"I played myself, so I'm typecast now. I can't get any other acting jobs because nobody wants me - how many times can I play me? But it was fun. It was a blast. No acting involved, just kind of throwing a few lines out there."

Rocco Mediate discusses his guest appearance on CSI (26 Jan).

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"I'm happy with everything, every part of my game. I'm happy at home. The kids are getting on great at school and we have got a new puppy and I'm happy on the golf course. What more can you want? When there's other parts of the world that are suffering right now, you just realise how fortunate you are to be in the situation playing golf the in sunshine and earning an awful lot of money, so very fortunate."

Ian Poulter maintains perspective (24 Jan).

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"And I was kind of bitching and moaning because how bad I was playing and (my family were) telling me just relax, it's the first week. My uncle Bob (Goalby) gave me a tip to just move my right foot, it was closed and just opened up my right foot and it allows me to turn a little better."

One week Bill Haas didn't feel too good, the next week he was a winner (24 Jan).

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"I just made some Twitter videos, hit some shots from out of the house. Hope the person I rented it from doesn't know I hit balls from out of their house."

Bubba Watson explains how he filled his time during the rain delay at the Bob Hope Classic (22 Jan).

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"I was about three years old and had a late night asthma attack, and from what my parents tell me, I couldn't sleep, about one o'clock in the morning and the '88 British Open was on and Greg Norman was playing. He seemed to catch my eye and the next week my dad took me down to the golf course and I've been playing golf ever since."

Young Aussie Rick Kulacz on his curious introduction to the game (22 Jan).

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"I know a lot about knees, shoulders, elbows, and I'm getting an education on wrists. I think I could pass a pretty good test on bones. No brain surgery yet. Luckily, I've stayed away from that."

Bart Bryant might have to miss the 2010 season with yet another of his many career injuries (19 Jan).

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"Got a lot of bad golf out of the way early in the year ... looking forward to a couple free days in Hawaii with my parents, gf, and bf."

Twittering American wonder kid Rickie Fowler brushes off the missed cut at the Sony Open (15 Jan).

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"Playing alongside CPavin is a treat - he will print $$$ on the Champions Tour this year - amazing short game!"

Jay Williamson makes a early bid to get in the Ryder Cup captain's good books via Twitter (14 Jan).

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"Are you saying he is getting skinnier or I am getting fat?"

Zach Johnson responds when told John Daly is thinner than he is (13 Jan).

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"You actually have to shape your ball a little here. You actually have doglegs. This course must be at least 30 years old."

Paul Goydos, who rarely takes his tongue from his cheek, on Waialae (Jan 13).

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"He looks about eight years old. I saw him in the locker room - whose kid is this?"

Goydos again, this time discussing Rickie Fowler (13 Jan).

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"What a great trip ... meeting the President of the USA and being in the Oval office. Lots of fun."

Paula Creamer tweets from the White House and, like the rest of the winning Solheim Cup team, shows a bit more enthusiasm about meeting a democratic President than the 1993 Ryder Cup team did (12 Jan).

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"They wouldn't let me in. If I weighed 300 pounds and had four chins, I'd have no problem. No-one recognised me."

Slimline John Daly can't get to the pro-am party he was co-hosting because the guards didn't know who he was (12 Jan).

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"I have the honour of naming the five white women in America that Tiger Woods has not slept with."

US comedian George Lopez introduces the nominees for Favourite Movie Actress at last week's People's Choice Awards (7 Jan).

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"It's only four women up here who have not slept with Tiger Woods ... Just kidding! I'm SO just kidding!"

And the award winner Sandra Bullock can't resist an ad-lib (7 Jan).

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"I think I'm a slow learner, but a pretty good learner."

Geoff Ogilvy, a winner of the US Tour's seasonal opener for the second year running, ponders his ability to improve his game (10 Jan).

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"I played well at the WGC event in China after I started working with a new swing coach. Not really a swing coach. It was my best friend. But we just started working together."

Ryan Moore adds to the impression that he's a bit more relaxed than other golfers (9 Jan).

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"My wife and I played the National Clay Court Husband and Wife Tennis Championship. We did not win. We won the consolation draw which was like finishing fifth."

Matt Kuchar talks about what he got up to in the off season (8 Jan).