More - Fred Funk Quotes

[Knowing one of his most dependable players was hurting, Nicklaus gave Furyk to Woods on Friday. Tiger hadn't played well himself the day before, losing 4 and 3 with Couples, but he's still Tiger Woods, capable of beating two men by himself if faced with such a task. Sixteen holes later, Captain Jack looked like a genius. Again.] He really wanted to be Tiger's partner, and Tiger can't help but get motivated by that, ... Jim won't get caught up in the atmosphere or the pressure that goes with playing with him. You get Tiger a guy who is hitting on all cylinders mentally and won't get intimidated by that atmosphere, and that's a big plus.

Fred Funk

 Dependable

I played good, but still, it's the timing, ... There just weren't that many putts made.

Fred Funk

 

I'm the little engine that could, ... I played good. It was still timing. There were a lot of great putts made. Freddie made some great putts and he got shut out.

Fred Funk

 

This is a slam dunk this year. All the stars have lined up. It's an unbelievable venue at Congressional, the date -- the week before the U.S. Open -- for most players it's a really good date. ... There are very few courses we play on the tour that have the aura and history that Congressional brings.

Fred Funk

 

It's a little bittersweet to be here,

Fred Funk

 

I'd say normally any TOUR event is close. It's very rare that any of them are runaways. The guys are pretty evenly locked. It's very seldom a guy gets on a roll with his putter to the point where he can really separate himself from the field like Tiger (Woods) has done a few times and Ernie did here, and Duval.

Fred Funk

 

He said, `Finally, a tournament that somebody won and it meant a lot to hit fairways and greens instead of how far they're hitting it,' ... That felt pretty good.

Fred Funk

 

That's the only hole that's overdone. It was difficult before. Now you walk off the green with a 3 and feel like you stole something, and it shouldn't be that way.

Fred Funk

 

I played the Buick at Flint with Tiger and he was air mailing me 50 to 60 yards every shot.

Fred Funk

 

As the game has progressed to what I consider a pure power game, this golf course still stands up. It's a position golf course, and it's a penal golf course. If you miss it off-line, you're penalized big-time.

Fred Funk

 Golf