The art of a golf speech: From walking the walk to talking the talk

Nearly 20 years later, Justin Leonard still gets compliments for his British Open victory at Royal Troon.

They don’t remember any of the shots he played, only the words he said.

“I get more comments about my speech than any shot I hit that week,” Leonard said. “I was so into the round I was playing that I never gave it a thought until we got done. We were about to walk out there and the press secretary handed me a couple of cards with names and stuff. Then it was ‘Thank you this’ and ‘Thank you that,’ I talked about my parents for a second and then it came over me.