Spieth, dressed in a green Under Armour shirt and white Under Armour hat, jogged up to the microphone, and apologized for being tardy – due to his practice round running into overtime.
Stepahnie Wei (who is a must follow on Twitter), Brian Wacker of SI, and David Dusek and Adam Schupak of Golfweek tweeted out the top quotes from the defending U.S. Open champion.
Here are the top 10 from the golf scribes.
1. Calls Oakmont the toughest venue.
Spieth: “We conquered the hardest test in golf (by winning the US Open)…and now we’re at one of the toughest venues.”
— Stephanie Wei (@StephanieWei) June 13, 2016
2. Doubts anyone will be in the red over 72 holes – unless it rains.
Spieth: “if (Oakmont) played like yesterday w/15mph, (scores will) be over par. Rough was cut today…if it rains, you can shoot under par.”
— Stephanie Wei (@StephanieWei) June 13, 2016
“If the weather stays like it is, I don’t think it will take under-par to win.” – Jordan Speith on Oakmont. #Golfweek
— David Dusek (@Golfweek_Dusek) June 13, 2016
3. Calls greens similar to Augusta.
Spieth: “Can’t let your mind slip on these greens for one moment..otherwise you’re going to be 10-15 feet away. They’re similar to Augusta.”
— Stephanie Wei (@StephanieWei) June 13, 2016
4. Apologizes for being late (only in golf).
By the way, Spieth naturally apologized for being late to presser. He was finishing up practice round (those are super slow this week).
— Stephanie Wei (@StephanieWei) June 13, 2016
5. Says Oakmont is unpredictable.
Spieth: “you learn that literally anything can happen, especially with the way it is set up here…rare to hit GIR from fairway bunker.”
— Stephanie Wei (@StephanieWei) June 13, 2016
6. Gets testy with a question about his Masters meltdown.
Don’t blame Spieth getting testy after asked about how he moves on from Masters. Dunno who asked that, but uhh, he won the other week! Next!
— Stephanie Wei (@StephanieWei) June 13, 2016
7. Says Winning! helped him move on from Masters
Jordan asked if/how he moved on from Masters meltdown. Short answer: WINNING.
— Brian Wacker (@brianwacker1) June 13, 2016
8. Says he’s confident and will draw from his major wins.
Spieth: “We’ve geared everything to peak at the majors. I feel very confident…we were ready, we could do it & draw from past experiences.”
— Stephanie Wei (@StephanieWei) June 13, 2016
9. Says missed fairways will be super costly.
“If you don’t hit fairways on the last 5 holes, you can lose a 4, 5-shot lead like that.” @JordanSpieth on Oakmont pic.twitter.com/GN1BJARdpI
— Adam Schupak (@GolfweekSchupak) June 13, 2016
10. Leaning, but won’t commit to Olympics.
When asked, Jordan Spieth would not 100% commit to playing in the Olympics, but certainly sounds like he’d like to play. #Golfweek
— David Dusek (@Golfweek_Dusek) June 13, 2016
SOURCES: Stephanie Wei, Brian Wacker, Adam Schupak, David Dusek, USGA
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