As I see it, the thing that hurt my putting most when it was bad, was thinking too much about how I was making the stroke and not enough about getting the ball in the hole.

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.

The secret of golf is to turn three shots into two.

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.

The real way to enjoy playing golf is to take pleasure not in the score, but in the execution of strokes.

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

Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.