 Stenson might look miffed but he had another great day at Medinah |
"I think I've got to the stage in my career right now where I should be competing and having a chance to win majors."
Luke Donald finally arrives at the stage in his career that many in this country have thought he had reached some time ago. Not that we're moaning. Come on Luke! "I didn't really do anything special today."
Tiger Woods, just one shot off the lead despite not playing anywhere near his best, leaves the rest of the field utterly deflated as they know he is telling the truth.
"My short game has kept me in there."
Phil Mickelson tries to vindicate coach Dave Pelz's pre-tournament remarks about his short game being the best in the business.
"I'm only four back and I feel I've been playing military golf - left, right, left, right."
Mickelson then goes on to vindicate Pelz's proviso that his man is not at his best as regularly as a certain other golfer.
"I'm in an awfully good position."
Henrik Stenson reveals to the world that he refined his superb English by watching repeats of the Penelope Keith classic "To The Manor Born".
"I'm a calm guy, but when I lose my temper I really lose it."
Stenson then offers his version of the Hulk's famous 'don't make me angry' line.
"I've won a lot of tournaments around the world but nothing on as great a stage as a major, or even the PGA Tour."
The 1993 Johor Bahru Open champion Daniel Chopra makes it clear that he has the pedigree, if not the previous, to win at Medinah this weekend.
"It took me a little longer to get to three over par than yesterday, it took me three holes rather than one."
Davis Love III is clearly obsessed with the number three - after a triple-bogey six on Thursday, he ran up three straight bogeys on Friday.
"That was a real grind. The club felt alien in my hands."
David Howell goes all sci-fi on us after a battling one-under 71.