Say What?
- Friday, 21 July 2006
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The best quotes from the first day of the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool:
“I know Nick (Dougherty) is going to attract a lot of crowd interest coming from Liverpool but whilst he is not nearly as big as The Beatles, it seems that every I pick up a golf magazine over here in the UK, there’s a story on Nick.”
Michael Campbell wonders which Beatle? Our guess is Pete Best based on Dougherty’s first round showing
“I’m not interested in just making the cut.”
Is Kenneth Ferrie getting ideas above his station?
“I’ll try to play well tomorrow and make the cut and plod along in as nondescript way as possible.”
Is Padraig Harrington getting ideas below his station?
“This morning, although it looked like it was brown, it is brown.”
Is the sun getting to Ernie Els?
“He looks to me like a Spanish matador. But he should not be in the red because the bull always goes for the red.”
Seve Ballesteros comments on Ian Poulter’s Pearly King outfit on day one
“The thing about playing with Sergio and Freddie is that they get a good-looking crowd.”
Was Paul Casey’s mind elsewhere when paired with Garcia and Couples?
“Nearly every person over here is saying we wish you luck this week but not in September! That’s been the standard comment I’m getting – 100 a day, 200 a day, or maybe more!"
US Ryder Cup skipper Tom Lehman is in danger of getting a complex
“I was having a couple of beers last night with some friends, and some local lad came up to me and said: ‘You get it pretty laid off at the top, don’t you?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, I guess I do. He said, ‘Get a bit of work done on that, will you.’ I said, ‘Fantastic, thanks a lot for that.’"
Graeme McDowell discovers that you don’t need a swing coach with the Hoylake locals ready to lend a hand. He shot a first round 66.
