give the needle

“For a while there, that wasn’t the case. I’m just a person they could bounce ideas off of — what did I used to do and how do I feel these things, what do I do in certain situations, certain shots. And they would pick my brain. But now it’s more of a playing competitor now. Yeah, we still give the needle, and we still have a whole bunch of fun. But they know I’m playing in a tournament, and so are they.”

“For a while that wasn’t the case. I was just a person they could bounce ideas off. They would pick my brain, but now it’s more as a playing competitor. We still give the needle and have a whole bunch of fun but also they know I’m playing a tournament and so are they.”

“For a while that wasn’t the case. I was just a person they could bounce ideas off. They would pick my brain, but now it’s more as a playing competitor. We still give the needle and have a whole bunch of fun but also they know I’m playing a tournament and so are they.”

“For a while there, that wasn’t the case. I’m just a person that they could bounce ideas off of - what did I used to do and how do I feel these things, what do I do in certain situations, certain shots. And they would pick my brain. But now it’s more of a playing competitor now. Yeah, we still give the needle and we still have a whole bunch of fun. But they know I’m playing in a tournament, and so are they.”

“I liked having partners that liked to give the needle as much as I did, and Tom Watson was the king of the needle,” Wadkins says.