I think that (Alister) MacKenzie and I managed to work as a completely sympathetic team. Of course there was never any question that he was the architect and I was the advisor and consultant. No man learns to design a golf course simply by playing golf, no matter how well. But it happened that both of us were extravagant admirers of the Old Course at St Andrews and we both desired as much as possible to simulate seaside conditions insofar as the differences in turf and terrain would allow.

Well, I'm glad we don't have to play in the shade.

Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots - but you have to play the ball where it lies.

Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.

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

The best exercise for golfers is golfing.

Rhythm and timing are the two things which we all must have, yet no one knows how to teach either.