Choi on his quest for a major

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K.J. Choi has become one of the best golfers in the world, maybe the best that hasn't won a major. Here's what he said about his quest for a major at the Northern Trust Open, which he led by one stroke after Thursday's first round.
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``First of all, twofold, first of all, I don't think I could do it alone. It's something that the Lord is going to have to help me. Without His help, I don't think I'll be able to do it.
Second, in order for me to win a major tournament, I think I still have to improve on my short game. The practice routines that I do, I'm going to have spend more time developing and improving my short game, although, you know, it's my ninth year out on TOUR, I still feel like I can't read I'm having trouble at times reading the lies, the grass, the greens. Maybe it's because I've been so accustomed to playing on the golf courses in Korea and Asia where it's a lot different than the courses here. But you know, maybe in the back of my mind, I'm too accustomed to that.
So even the rough, in a major tournament, when you're in the rough, I feel like sometimes I can hit it out and you know, I can hit it I'm trying to hit it short but it goes long; I try to hit it long, it goes short. It's really hard to determine how the ball is going to come out of the rough. So it confuses me. When I get bogeys on holes like that, it confuses me.
If I'm able to improve on the short game and hitting out of the rough, I think my chances will get better.''

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