Masters Tournament Quotes & Sayings

Perhaps more than any other sport, golf focuses pressure on the player. There are no time constraints, as there are in other sports. Your competitors are not allowed to hinder you, as they are in other sports. The pressure originates in yourself; it builds from doubts. A two-foot putt on the practice green doesn't spark many doubts. A two-foot putt to win a bet or a tournament or a Masters is another thing entirely. — Joe Posnanski

The Masters is a very important tournament. You don't want to jeopardize your chances. The sponsors understand that. — Stuart Appleby

Locker rooms and grill rooms are still the best places to find out things you don't know - at the Masters or any other golf tournament. — Dan Jenkins

The Masters is where I won my first major, and I view this tournament with great respect. After a long and necessary time away from the game, I feel like I'm ready to start my season at Augusta. — Tiger Woods

All chess masters have on occasion played a magnificent game and then lost it by a stupid mistake, perhaps in time pressure and it may perhaps seem unjust that all their beautiful ideas get no other recognition than a zero on the tournament table. — Bent Larsen

The Masters is more like a vast Edwardian garden party than a golf tournament. — Alistair Cooke