Francesco Molinari
Francesco Molinari

The Masters at Augusta National: Player quotes as they react to Tiger Woods winning a fifth green jacket


Get reaction from Augusta National as we hear from some of the main protagonists after an engrossing renewal of The Masters.

Francesco Molinari

"It was a tough day with the wind, I never really got it going.

"I was just trying to scramble for par and then take advantage of the par fives. It was just a bad execution (on the 12th). We picked the right shot and just didn't hit it hard enough, simple as that. A good reaction on 13 and 14 and then 15 I just made a mess of the hole but I'm proud of the week.

"I fought hard today as well and think I made a few new fans with those two double bogeys. It's great to see Tiger doing well. The way he was playing last year, I think we all knew it was coming sooner or later.

"Maybe next time would have been better for me, but it was nice to be out with him, he played well, hit the right shots at the right time and he deserved to win.

"It doesn't change what I do, I won't change the way I prepare for majors. I believe the way I prepare for tournaments is the best way. I'll just keep doing the same and hopefully I get a bit more luck next time."

Rory McIlroy

"My game is still there. I hit a few loose shots and cost myself a few too many bogeys. And that was really it.

"I think I played the par fives in 11 under for the week. I must have played the par threes in about even so it was really the par fours, and that's just (about) putting myself out of position off the tee.

"My driving accuracy wasn't quite as good this week as it has been the last few weeks. And that was probably the main reason why I didn't contend this week.

"I think you learn more from those weeks than you do the other weeks. You've got some time to reflect out there and maybe think about where you could have done things maybe slightly differently.

"I might play the week before (next year's Masters). If anything I just wasn't quite as sharp as I have been in previous weeks. I played quite a bit leading up to this, but obviously took the week off last week.

"It's not that I didn't play or practice, and I was trying to get myself ready, but I think I realised over the past couple of years the best way for me personally to get ready for tournaments is play the week before, usually."

Bryson DeChambeau

"Finally. You talked about it this week and here it was. I knew something was going to happen this week, I didn't know what it was going to be.

"Obviously shooting 66 the first round I thought it was going to be something even more special, but I was able to make a one, my first one on 16.

"I knew back three years ago, I said to my caddie and to everyone in my camp, it was like, 'I'm going to make a hole in one here one day', and sure enough it was my first one three years later."

"I learned this week we haven't figured out the irons yet. There's still some more to be done. Then putting, I struggled really bad with putting.

"I've done it the past couple of years so I really have to iron out what happened."

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