18 Quotes by Charles Howell

No particular reason. I think I remember watching when I was a kid and all the players would take it off.

I think it will keep a lot of guys from coming back.

When I got my first invitation in the mail, I almost threw it away because I didn't know what it was. It doesn't stand out at all. It's a plain, normal white envelope. Doesn't say Augusta National, no return address. And once I opened it, well, now it's in a frame in my office. My first invitation to the Masters.

We're not out there hitting people and tackling people, but walking 36 holes on this golf course is not easy. I think it's just as important to physically stay strong as it is mentally.

With that green and the way the wind swirls in that corner of the golf course, playing that hole in even par over four days is going to be really good.

To be honest, I was a little bit disappointed with the changes in '02 because I wanted to play the same golf course everyone else had played and I couldn't. I wanted to play at least one Masters on the same course that Tiger (Woods) did what he did in '97 on.

The shortest 11 can play is 505. I walked it to the back and it was 513, which puts it longer than No. 13.

Now, I like these changes. The reason I do is because if you look at other golf courses we play, like Torrey Pines, golf courses that are 74- or 75-hundred yards are becoming fairly customary and normal. I don't think you want to play a major championship on a golf course that is not in keeping with other courses we play on tour in terms of length.

It's probably one of the most important holes in this golf tournament.