- Jul 6, 2008
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Small bet on Spittle -125 over Hoch
SCOTT HOCH: It's good to join anybody, to tell you the truth. No, it's been hectic. It's just been tough. I want to play, came back after surgery about 14 months ago, I played -- I played one round of golf before I went down to Naples before I went to the tournament and finished third.
Somewhere on the back nine -- not somewhere, but, well, about six or seven holes I played after hurting myself. I hit a shot heavy, and turned out that I semi-ruptured a tendon. I was just trying to finish there, and then I tried to play next week and I just couldn't.
Then just had to take off. Didn't get any better, so they went in there, had MRIs, and found out that it was about -- well, they figure it was about 50% ruptured, and then I did something else at the house and it popped some more. It didn't pop completely, so they went in there and there was about 10% of it left, so they just took out -- that was in my wrist, so that was my fourth tendon I've lost in my left wrist.
So actually, all my surgeries and all that, they feel good. My thumb is bothering me a bit because of inactivity. When I was coming back from that surgery last year, taking the tendon out, I was getting in shape -- as you can see now or when I stand up I'm not in shape now, but I was in pretty good shape then -- I was riding a bike 15, 20 miles a day, and a car forced me ofd the road and I had to lay it down otherwise I would hit a wall.
Landed on the grass, but I broke my collarbone in two spots. I was about three weeks from coming back last year and that happened and did me in for the rest of year. This year when I came back, my thumb was bothering me. Inactivity.
When you break your collarbone you're in one of those figure eight wraps, and I couldn't do anything. So it was just frustrating. I guess I've played one tournament in the last 21, 22 months, so it's good to be back. Even though I'm not ready.
As long as I can do it and I don't hurt myself more, then I'll try. Then when I got ready to play Mississippi last week I wrenched my back. I had hurt it a while back, but it seemed to be okay, and then I wrenched it again. So couldn't do that.
So luckily I'm in good enough shape as of right now to be playing here.
Q. Sounds like you're getting them all out of the way at the same time.
SCOTT HOCH: Well, I hope so. It's no fun. The only one that certainly wants me to play more than me is my wife. She wants to get back to her routine. She's tired of me being home all the time.
Q. What gives you the confidence that you might be able to get through this tournament considering you weren't able to compete in Mississippi?
SCOTT HOCH: Well, I couldn't go there. My back was hurt. It's probably because I figured that I better putt some before I go there, and it was something that I hadn't done. I putted about 30 minutes. That night it got tight on me. I woke up the next day and it was spasming on me. That was right before the tournament started, and didn't get any better. That was Monday, and didn't even get any better through Wednesday or whatever.
Only been back hitting balls maybe a week now. I've been hitting them; I've been counting them. I mean, a while back I started hitting 20 balls a day; now I'm up to about 60. That's all I need. I never hit that many. It's more quality than quantity for me.
Right now I just do it to get loosened up, get everything going so I'm not going to hurt anything when I get out on the course.
Q. How long did you go without picking up a club, and what do you do during that down time? Literally sit on the couch?
SCOTT HOCH: That was a good bit of it. I learned how to handle my DVR pretty well. DVR'd a bunch of shows. Started watching way too much TV and enjoyed some fine wines. It cost me a lot to get this gut.
Tell you the truth, I was fine. I was in shape before I hurt my collarbone. Then I just said, Hell with it. Frustration set in, and I said, I'm going to do what I want and whatever.
I've got to play pay the price now. I've got to start taking care of that. I had lost some too before Mississippi getting in shape, and when that happened I just said, Heck with it.
Then my wife went out of town and I had a lot of good wine then with my friends. (Laughing.)
SCOTT HOCH: It's good to join anybody, to tell you the truth. No, it's been hectic. It's just been tough. I want to play, came back after surgery about 14 months ago, I played -- I played one round of golf before I went down to Naples before I went to the tournament and finished third.
Somewhere on the back nine -- not somewhere, but, well, about six or seven holes I played after hurting myself. I hit a shot heavy, and turned out that I semi-ruptured a tendon. I was just trying to finish there, and then I tried to play next week and I just couldn't.
Then just had to take off. Didn't get any better, so they went in there, had MRIs, and found out that it was about -- well, they figure it was about 50% ruptured, and then I did something else at the house and it popped some more. It didn't pop completely, so they went in there and there was about 10% of it left, so they just took out -- that was in my wrist, so that was my fourth tendon I've lost in my left wrist.
So actually, all my surgeries and all that, they feel good. My thumb is bothering me a bit because of inactivity. When I was coming back from that surgery last year, taking the tendon out, I was getting in shape -- as you can see now or when I stand up I'm not in shape now, but I was in pretty good shape then -- I was riding a bike 15, 20 miles a day, and a car forced me ofd the road and I had to lay it down otherwise I would hit a wall.
Landed on the grass, but I broke my collarbone in two spots. I was about three weeks from coming back last year and that happened and did me in for the rest of year. This year when I came back, my thumb was bothering me. Inactivity.
When you break your collarbone you're in one of those figure eight wraps, and I couldn't do anything. So it was just frustrating. I guess I've played one tournament in the last 21, 22 months, so it's good to be back. Even though I'm not ready.
As long as I can do it and I don't hurt myself more, then I'll try. Then when I got ready to play Mississippi last week I wrenched my back. I had hurt it a while back, but it seemed to be okay, and then I wrenched it again. So couldn't do that.
So luckily I'm in good enough shape as of right now to be playing here.
Q. Sounds like you're getting them all out of the way at the same time.
SCOTT HOCH: Well, I hope so. It's no fun. The only one that certainly wants me to play more than me is my wife. She wants to get back to her routine. She's tired of me being home all the time.
Q. What gives you the confidence that you might be able to get through this tournament considering you weren't able to compete in Mississippi?
SCOTT HOCH: Well, I couldn't go there. My back was hurt. It's probably because I figured that I better putt some before I go there, and it was something that I hadn't done. I putted about 30 minutes. That night it got tight on me. I woke up the next day and it was spasming on me. That was right before the tournament started, and didn't get any better. That was Monday, and didn't even get any better through Wednesday or whatever.
Only been back hitting balls maybe a week now. I've been hitting them; I've been counting them. I mean, a while back I started hitting 20 balls a day; now I'm up to about 60. That's all I need. I never hit that many. It's more quality than quantity for me.
Right now I just do it to get loosened up, get everything going so I'm not going to hurt anything when I get out on the course.
Q. How long did you go without picking up a club, and what do you do during that down time? Literally sit on the couch?
SCOTT HOCH: That was a good bit of it. I learned how to handle my DVR pretty well. DVR'd a bunch of shows. Started watching way too much TV and enjoyed some fine wines. It cost me a lot to get this gut.
Tell you the truth, I was fine. I was in shape before I hurt my collarbone. Then I just said, Hell with it. Frustration set in, and I said, I'm going to do what I want and whatever.
I've got to play pay the price now. I've got to start taking care of that. I had lost some too before Mississippi getting in shape, and when that happened I just said, Heck with it.
Then my wife went out of town and I had a lot of good wine then with my friends. (Laughing.)
