Tour players weigh in on Sawgrass conditions

"It’s in fabulous shape. I don’t know what specific bermudagrass that is, but they are the best bermuda greens I’ve ever seen. They are very firm and fast. Balls are not stopping at all and I think we’re going to have a very difficult test on 17 getting balls to stay on that green, which is fine. It’s just tough for everybody. It’s going to be how I think it was envisioned when the redesign was done, where the course was designed to play hard and fast. Greens will be tough to hit; they’re so small, and it will be a challenge. I like it because the short game will be an integral part of this year’s test." - Phil Mickelson, Tuesday

"The golf course is immaculate out there. It’s as good as a golf course as you can play in terms of its condition." - Padraig Harrington, Tuesday

"I think it’s a better challenge, playing bermudagrass greens without overseeding. It’s going to be firmer and faster. With the bermuda, once we got this warm weather here in the last few weeks the grass starts popping and you can keep it really dry and play it firmer and faster. It’s a better test that way. The golf course may play a little bit shorter, but it plays more difficult. It’s harder to get the ball in the fairways, it’s harder to control it into the greens and I think the greens are a much better test with bermudagrass." - Jim Furyk, Monday

"I mean, bermuda makes it easier for me because that’s what I grew up on. But you know, these greens here are a little faster than the bermuda I grew up on. It makes it easier to read for me because of the grain and stuff." - Boo Weekley, Tuesday

Just because he's so funny, this is Weekley on the difficulty of playing the No. 17 island green:

"You can take a good breath before you tee off because when you get there, you start taking them little short breaths, you know?"