I thought in my mind that I had already won it but you shouldn't really do that, i walked up to my ball, looked down at the line and saw what I thought was a pebble. I bent over to get it but it wasn't a pebble, it was just where the sun had burned the grass.

Doug Sanders

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I'm working as hard as I can to get my life and my cash to run out at the same time. If I can just die after lunch Tuesday, everything would be perfect.

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Hagen said that no-one remembers who finished second. But they still ask me if I ever think about that putt I missed to win the 1970 Open at St. Andrews. I tell them that some times it doesn't cross my mind for a full five minutes.

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Golf is like a razor. You get just so sharp and then it begins to dull a little more the more you use it.

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The trouble with golf is that you are only as good as your last p... by Doug Sanders

The trouble with golf is that you are only as good as your last putt.

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It reminds me of home and it's just a great holiday for me, the people are nice and pleasant, they always talk to me and the golf course is absolutely unbelievable.

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But the guy who was second in this year's Masters made more money in one tournament than I made in my lifetime. I think I made $ 743,000 in my career on the regular tour, i think about that putt so much it's unbelievable but I'm not complaining about anything. Life's been good to me and I've been blessed.

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That was probably the most expensive putt that'll ever be missed, i'd already missed out on the U.S. Open by a stroke, the British Open by a stroke, the U.S. PGA Championship by a stroke earlier in my career.

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