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

No-one will ever have golf under his thumb. No round ever will be so good it could not have been better. Perhaps this is why golf is the greatest of games. You are not playing a human adversary; you a playing a game. You are playing old man par.

Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course... the space between your ears.

The difference between a sand trap and water hazard is the difference between a car crash and an airplane crash. You have a chance of recovering from a car crash.

Golf is recognized as one of the more difficult games to play or teach. One reason for this is that each person necessarily plays by feel, and a feel is almost impossible to describe.

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.

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