Open Championship 2013 blog: More quotes of the Day

In this Open Championship 2013 blog, Jeremy Ellwood picks out some more quirky press conference quote from Brandt Snedeker and Phil Mickelson...

Phil Mickelson

More of the interesting, unusual or eyecatching things that have been said by interviewers and interviewees in press conferences here at Muirfield Brandt Snedeker invents a new adjective to describe links golf...

"I realise the nuances, the different shots you need to hit and how uncookie-cutter this kind of golf is."

Brandt Snedeker on failing to comply with the modern golfing athlete's Major alcohol abstinence mode...

"I always try to find a spot for the week to have a few pints. You Scottish guys drink Tennents. I can't drink the dark beers, but Tennents is as close as I can get."

Brandt Snedeker when asked if his recent injury was a concern...

"I'm tired of feeling like I'm brittle. I'm not brittle. Nothing is going to happen."

Phil Mickelson goes all coy when quizzed about the putting ‘secret' he's found...

Q - "Is there a simple way to describe what it is you've found?"

A - "I tried to skip over that because I'm not going to discuss it! I feel that I've kind of keyed in on something and I don't really want to share." Phil Mickelson admits his relationship with links golf has improved somewhat...

"It's a love/hate thing. I used to hate it and now I love it."

Phil Mickelson on winning the week before a Major...

"It's difficult to win the week before a Major and then follow it up winning a Major. But then again the last person to do it, you're looking at him!" [Bellsouth Classic the week before the 2006 Masters]

Jeremy Ellwood
Contributing Editor

Jeremy Ellwood has worked in the golf industry since 1993 and for Golf Monthly since 2002 when he started out as equipment editor. He is now a freelance journalist writing mainly for Golf Monthly. He is an expert on the Rules of Golf having qualified through an R&A course to become a golf referee. He is a senior panelist for Golf Monthly's Top 100 UK & Ireland Course Rankings and has played all of the Top 100 plus 91 of the Next 100, making him well-qualified when it comes to assessing and comparing our premier golf courses. He has now played 1,000 golf courses worldwide in 35 countries, from the humblest of nine-holers in the Scottish Highlands to the very grandest of international golf resorts. He reached the 1,000 mark on his 60th birthday in October 2023 on Vale do Lobo's Ocean course. Put him on a links course anywhere and he will be blissfully content.

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