Tacoma, United States--What the players are saying ahead of Thursday's start to the 115th US Open at Chambers Bay golf course:
JUSTIN ROSE - on toughness of US Opens in general
- Would you want to play 20 of these a year? Probably not. But I think for the one tournament that it is -- it's very special and it's a test that I certainly relish.
RORY MCILROY - asked to compare the US Open to the Masters
- It's much quieter!
PHIL MICKELSON - on legacy of six US Open runner-up finishes
- I've always been somebody, ever since I was a kid, that got motivated by failure, that worked harder because of failure.
COLE HAMMER - at 15 the third youngest ever to play a US Open
- I don't like video games and I don't have any extracurricular activities other than golf. It's just golf after school.
JORDAN SPIETH - asked to describe Chambers Bay in one word
- One word. You know, I can't do one word. Inventive. That's one word!
RYAN MOORE - on nuisance of trains passing on adjacent track
- It could definitely get you, because they don't mind honking their horn or whatever you call it on the train. They definitely do it at least a couple of times going by.
GRAEME MCDOWELL - on Chambers Bay
- The golf course is incredibly fast and fiery, as pure a links golf course as I think I've ever seen on this side of the Atlantic Ocean.
JACK NICKLAUS - on what his immediate goals are at 75
- Well I'd like to win a couple more US Opens!
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