A good golf course makes you want to play so badly that you hardly have the time to change your shoes.

I don't have any big secret about putting. Just hit at it. It's either going to miss or go in.

I'm about five inches from being an outstanding golfer. That's the distance my left ear is from my right.

I was horrified. Absolutely heart sick. All I could think of was that after 23 years together, I'd lost my faithful ally. I couldn't sleep, couldn't get the loss out of my mind. It was like discovering that someone in my family had died.

You learn to accept defeat graciously in golf. Unlike other sports, the game itself is a constant opponent. It never stops. A golfer is fortunate to win a few times. We spend our whole lives trying to conquer something, and we lose a lot more than we win.

If we are to preserve the integrity of golf as left to us by our forefathers, it is up to all of us to carry on the true spirit of the game.

The game embarrasses you until you feel inadequate.