Quick 9: The best Johnny Miller quotes
4. Choke on this
Miller on Peter Jacobsen’s shot to the last at the 1990 Bob Hope Classic, Miller’s first tournament in the booth:
‘The easiest shot to choke on.
Miller became known for his love of the C-word. Jacobsen won.
5. Miller time
Miller on his, err, own research skills:
I don’t want to brag but I do more homework on the course than any other announcer. I chart the greens to get all the breaks. I walk down into the greenside bunkers. I walk into the fairway bunkers to see whether a player can reach the green from them.
6. Tanking Tiger
Miller on Woods’ T40 at Augusta National in 2012.
He goes to The Masters and really fell apart from pressure. The first time in his whole career I can say that Tiger actually gagged just a little bit because he wanted it so bad. He’s going after Nicklaus’s record, 18 majors.
Quick 9 continues on the next page, where Miller has a rather interesting way of describing a fellow pro…
Mark Townsend
Been watching and playing golf since the early 80s and generally still stuck in this period. Huge fan of all things Robert Rock, less so white belts. Handicap of 8, fragile mind and short game
