The moment the average golfer attempts to play from long grass or a bunker or from a difficult lie of any kind, he becomes a digger instead of a swinger.

If I needed advice from my caddie, he'd be hitting the shots and I'd be carrying the bag.

The 'enemy' in golf is tension.

It is nevertheless a game of considerable passion, either of the explosive type, or that which burns inwardly and sears the soul.

I can play the game only one way. I must play every shot for all there is in it. I cannot play safe.

Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.

The moment the average golfer attempts to play from long grass or a bunker or from a difficult lie of any kind, he becomes a digger instead of a swinger.