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Masters quotes of the day - Thursday

Friday, 9 April 2010
Paul O'Hagan
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Tiger Woods made his long awaited comeback on Thursday [Getty Images]

Tom Watson

"I think a big part of my success today was having my son on the bag. He said, "Dad, show me. Show me you can still play this golf course." You know what, I wanted to show him I can still play the golf course."

Paul Casey

"That was very frustrating - it was probably the best I have hit the ball all year and I didn't get any good bounces when I needed one, simple as that. Thursday is often the day when they get the greens the fastest all week, but the guys who have been here before know that. I didn't putt well at all today, it was just very frustrating out there."

Greame McDowell

"I didn't feel like myself out there at all this morning. My speed was awful today and I just didn't get to grips with them at all and I had a couple of really careless three putts that killed the momentum early on and all of a sudden I was off to the horror start so I had to dig deep and hang in there and it was nice to make a few birdies coming in there.

Lee Westwood

"I was saying to Billy, my caddie, coming up the last, that although it's the best I've ever played around here, it's the most comfortable I've felt on the golf course. I'm gradually working out a way for me to get around this golf course in as few of shots as possible."

Padraig Harrington

"It was an adventurous day out there that's for sure. I didn't play well at all. I seemed to be out of co-ordination at the start which damaged the confidence. I played better on the back nine but there were definitely points out there when I was trying to hold it together instead of chasing birdies, but I started to hit better shots near the end and was disappointed with the finish because I really felt like I could get it back to level par."

Fred Couples

"On the Champions Tour I'm the youngest guy out there. I feel like I'm a very good player, and I'm one of the guys to beat out there. It's a good sign when you start winning."

Alvaro Quiros

"José Maria called me the other night to tell me to be true to my own game, to play the way that I know and not be intimidated by the fact that this is the Masters at Augusta. He called me because I called him last week to ask for his advice on how to play the course. I said to him: ‘Chema, how do I win the Masters?' I called him because I think he is one of the most precise players ever to win here. His driving and putting were always so good here that I thought he was the best person to talk to about coming here.

"But he said to me: ‘Alvaro, you have to forget about all of that and forget about the fact you are playing at Augusta. You have to play your game, be yourself. Remember Seve? He was one of the worst drivers of the ball to play here. He was all over the place at times and he won twice at Augusta. He won here because he believed in his own game and that is what you have to do to win the Masters."

Sandy Lyle

"I am very chuffed with that - a birdie-birdie finish will always put a smile on your face around here, especially in those conditions because it was very blustery out there at times. I just started to hole a couple of putts as I was coming down the stretch which was good because I hadn't really holed anything all day.

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