20 July 2012 20:08 GMT

Luke Donald
Via his Twitter feed: “New caddy Gareth Lord on the bag today as I’ve given Johnny the day off to welcome his first child into the world!! Good luck Mr & Mrs McLaren.”

Rory McIlroy
On arranging for 16-year-old Jason Blue to spend Thursday night in a hotel after he was struck by McIlroy’s tee shot off the 15th yesterday: “I didn’t want him sleeping the night in a tent [as originally planned] when he’s got a massive gash in the side of his head. Yeah, I put him and his mate up for the night and gave them a bit of cash – a hundred and something quid – to go for a bit of food. It was the least I could do. If someone gave me a big hole in my head, I wouldn’t be too happy. No camping for me. I much prefer hotels.”

Toshinori Muto
“There was water in one of the bunkers I played out of. I hit the shot from the water. It felt like I’d taken a shower.”

Brandt Snedeker
After shooting 64 to lead at 10 under, having missed the cut by a distance at all three of his previous Opens: “I’m sure everybody here is in as much shock as I am right now.”

Anirban Lahiri
“My dad is a golfaholic. That happens when you’re the parent of a professional golfer. My manager and my dad were having a beer last night and jabbing with each other that they’re both screen refreshers because they just want to know what the score is, even if it’s been updated two seconds ago. When we got back late last night, the first thing he did was open up his laptop to look.”

Mark Calcavecchia
On shooting 68 to finish one under: “I wanted to play all four days here, not sit around until Thursday of next week [for the Seniors Open to begin] over at Turnberry. Now I’ll have something to do this weekend.”

Paul Lawrie
“I look at leaderboards every hole, absolutely. People who tell you they don’t, I’m not so sure they’re telling the truth. The leaderboards are quite big, as you may have noticed. It’s quite hard not to look at them.”

Adam Scott
On the ovation he got coming up the 18th: “The best 18th in golf is always The Open Championship.”

Lee Westwood
Question from reporter: “Is this your best chance of winning this, with what you’ve got left in your career?” Reply from Westwood: “Who let him in?”

Lee Westwood
“It’s nice to have support and get cheered along. Me and Bubba were having a chuckle at it on the way round, when they were shouting: ‘Go, Lee!’ and ‘Come on, Lee!’ Bubba was saying: ‘Where do they want you to go? Where do they want you to come to?’”

Graeme McDowell
“The golf course is on the edge of unplayable. Some of those bunkers need to be GUR’d. One in particular left of the 16th green, if you hit it in there, there’s nowhere to drop and there’s a foot of water. That’s not golf. It’s not fair.”

Graeme McDowell
“There are some good names on that leaderboard. The guy in third is a decent player.” [The guy in question is Tiger Woods.]

Tiger Woods
On his wonder chip out of the bunker to birdie the 18th: “It wasn’t as hard as it may have looked.”

Jason Dufner
On being told 30mph winds are forecast for Sunday: “Forecasts – you can pretty much throw them in the trash around here.”

And finally… a whole clutch of quotes from Tom Watson. The man was delivering gems in every sentence.

On the 30-foot birdie putt he sank at the 18th to finish on three over and make the cut: “I misread it. I didn’t hit it where I was aiming. I didn’t see that much break at the end. Good thing I did misread it.”

On hearing the large field making the cut would mean an early start: “Doesn’t matter. I wake up early.”

On his late tee time today: “That’s the benefit to being over here watching the BBC when you have a late tee off time – you’re watching all the putts, watching them break left, break right, watching the guys miss them on the same side… Well, if I can remember which hole it was on, which I probably can’t.”

On returning to Turnberry next week for the Seniors Open: “The beauty of the place is the first thing I think about. I think about Ailsa Craig and the lighthouse and that beautiful sunset that occurred on Wednesday, the night before The Open in 2009. It was the most gorgeous thing – orange and red for an hour-and-a-half. Absolutely spectacular. And the golf course… there’s kind of tricks to play it. How do you drive the ball at 9 and get the ball on the fairway? I still haven’t figured that one out.”

On how things have changed over the years: “Well, the kids are all calling me Mr Watson now. That’s number one. And it’s Tom, please.”