The object of golf is to beat someone. Make sure that someone is not yourself.

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.

I have never felt so lonely as on a golf course in the midst of a championship with thousands of people around, especially when things began to go wrong and the crowds started wandering away.

Doesn't it show us all that we are silly little boys or fatuous asses to think that we can play golf without making a lot of bad shots?

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.

In golf, the customs and etiquette and decorum are as important as the rules of play.