Keegan Bradley:
On the crowd: “[today] was a Sunday crowd at a major, and it was Tuesday here… these fans are going to be ready to rock and roll!”
On the lack of rough: “Every time you step up on any of these tees you’re just ripping it”
Paul Lawrie:
On his game: “[it’s] not suited to fourballs or foursomes”
On joining the US tour: “No would be the answer… I want to be home in Aberdeen on a Sunday night”
On hitting the first shot in the 1999 Ryder Cup: “Something I enjoyed? No... it was funny: the referee told Monty he was Scotch and Monty said: “No, Scotch is a drink”… then [the referee] showed us pictures of his grandkids… in two minutes I’m supposed to hit the opening tee shot of the Ryder Cup and this guy is showing me pictures of his grandkids!”
David Love III:
On match playing order: “The ultimate would be if Jose Maria could sit up here and he could put one out and I could put one one out and then I could put one out and then he could put one out. That would be fun. Then you could target guys.”
Graeme McDowell:
On possible pairings: “the established partnerships are fairly obvious: myself and Rory, Poulter and Rose, Donald and Garcia, perhaps a Westwood and Lawrie. You can pretty much predict our first eight players Friday morning.”
On winning the deciding match: “Part of me would love that opportunity again…. part of me would hate it; I’ll take whatever comes.”
Jason Dufner:
On gifts: “We got a watch yesterday. That’s pretty nice. Got a bottle of champagne, too, so hopefully we’ll be using that later in the week.”
Peter Hanson:
On Jose Maria’s gift to the team: “No, no gifts. No, this is tough times. (Laughter) No gifts.”
Tiger Woods:
On Chicago: “for some reason, I’ve just had a lot of success here. I don’t know what it is, but I seem to be very, very comfortable here.”
On Nicolas Colsaerts: “He’s got just a beautiful golf swing… it as just a matter of time… he can play at this level for a very long time. He has the game to do it.”
On US losing Ryder Cups: “Well, certainly I am responsible for that, because I didn’t earn the points that I was put out there for.”
Jim Furyk:
On being told Tiger is 4-1-1 in singles: “4-1-1?! So, yeah, that’s probably the rest of our faults then; how’s that? There’s my theory. (Laughter)”