Open Championship: Sunday quotes

See what a selection of players - including Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson - made of their Sunday rounds in the 143rd Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club

Phil Mickelson
Phil Mickelson is determined to produce a strong showing in the Open Championship at St Andrews next year
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See what a selection of players - including Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson - made of their Sunday rounds in the 143rd Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club...

Tiger Woods:

- "I had two triples, two doubles, three-putts, just way too many mistakes."

- "The fact is I was able to play a few weeks ahead of time, and I'm only getting stronger and faster, which is great.

- "I would say yes [if he was in Tom Watson's position and could pick himself for the Ryder Cup]. But that's my position. I'd like to win the next two tournaments I'm in. That should take care of that."

Tom Watson:

- "If Tiger's playing well and in good health, I'll pick him. But the caveat to that is if he does make the FedExCup team, what do I do then? That's not here yet."

- "If Phil and Tiger don't make it in the mix there, I've got some real thinking to do. Everybody is thinking that I'm going to pick them automatically. I can assure you that I'm not going to pick them automatically."

Chris Wood:

- "You should have seen me the first three rounds. I couldn't see a 75 the first three days, let alone a 65."

Shane Lowry:

- "To shoot 65 in the final round of the major, especially when you're looking at the top of the leaderboard, makes me feel good about myself. I know if I have a chance down the line, I can play the golf. I'm pretty pleased with myself. It was a great week, I enjoyed every minute of it."

- "I was fuming leaving the range this morning. I didn't hit a good shot. My last shot on the range was a low snap poke with me driver. I just said, here, give my driver to Dermot. I'm just going to play and see what happens. Thankfully I hit it a little straighter than I did on the range and managed to hole a few putts."

- "I'm very comfortable in these surroundings. I love links golf. And I think I'm good in bad conditions. So I mean, when you come to The Open -- I'm hopefully going to play another 15 or 20 Opens in my career. And when you come to an Open you don't know what weather to expect; you might play under any conditions. I think I could do it down the line. If I give myself the chance to do it, I know I can do it on Sunday

Phil Mickelson:

- "I played about as well as I could. I didn't score quite as well as I could, but I played about as well as I could. To win this tournament you need to not only play great golf, but you need to have a few breaks and you need to have luck and you need to have some a good deal with some other factor that you can't control."

- "It's also a good motivating factor for me knowing how great it felt to win this tournament, makes me want to work harder and get ready and prepared for St. Andrews next year. I can't think of a better site golf course to win any tournament ever on than St. Andrews. And to have The Open back is a great opportunity. And I'll be working hard to try to get it back."

Nick Bonfield
Features Editor

Nick Bonfield joined Golf Monthly in 2012 after graduating from Exeter University and earning an NCTJ-accredited journalism diploma from News Associates in Wimbledon. He is responsible for managing production of the magazine, sub-editing, writing, commissioning and coordinating all features across print and online. Most of his online work is opinion-based and typically centres around the Majors and significant events in the global golfing calendar. Nick has been an avid golf fan since the age of ten and became obsessed with the professional game after watching Mike Weir and Shaun Micheel win The Masters and PGA Championship respectively in 2003. In his time with Golf Monthly, he's interviewed the likes of Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Jose Maria Olazabal, Henrik Stenson, Padraig Harrington, Lee Westwood and Billy Horschel and has ghost-written columns for Westwood, Wayne Riley, Matthew Southgate, Chris Wood and Eddie Pepperell. Nick is a 12-handicap golfer and his favourite courses include Old Head, Sunningdale New, Penha Longha, Valderrama and Bearwood Lakes. If you have a feature pitch for Nick, please email nick.bonfield@futurenet.com with 'Pitch' in the subject line. Nick is currently playing: Driver: TaylorMade M1 Fairway wood: TaylorMade RBZ Stage 2 Hybrid: Ping Crossover Irons (4-9): Nike Vapor Speed Wedges: Cleveland CBX Full Face, 56˚, Titleist Vokey SM4, 60˚ Putter: testing in progress! Ball: TaylorMade TP5x