I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.

A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.

Jesus Christ can't hit a golf ball straight. It's virtually impossible - at best it's an accident.

Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.

The truth is, the first golf club I owned was an old left-handed, wooden-shafted, rib-faced mashie that a fellow gave me, and that's the club I was weaned on. During the mornings we caddies would bang the ball up and down the practice field until the members arrived and it was time to go to work. So I did all that formative practice left-handed. But I'm a natural right-hander.

I see no reason that a golf course cannot be played in 18 birdies. Just because no one has ever done that doesn't mean it can't be done.

I have always felt and said that a man who can be a champion in one era could be a champion in any other era because he has what it takes to reach the top.