If ever I needed an eight foot putt, and everything I owned depended on it, I would want Arnold Palmer to putt for me.

I always like to see a person stand up to a golf ball as though he were perfectly at home in its presence.

There isn't a hole out there [Augusta] that can't be birdied if you just think. But there isn't one that can't be double-bogeyed if you stop thinking.

Golf is assuredly a mystifying game. It would seem that if a person has hit a golf ball correctly a thousand times, he should be able to duplicate the performance at will. But such is certainly not the case.

The best exercise for golfers is golfing.

Golf is said to be an humbling game, but it is surprising how many people are either not aware of their weaknesses of else reckless of consequences.

Many shots are spoiled at the last instant by efforts to add a few more yards.