The 'enemy' in golf is tension.

He [the golfer] must have the courage to keep trying in the face of ill luck or disappointment, and timidity to appreciate and appraise the dangers of each stroke, and to curb the desire to take chances beyond reasonable hope of success.

Bobby JonesConsidered objectively, it is quite obviously a very simple matter to propel a ball with a stick across some specially prepared ground and into a hole which is of sufficient size to accomodate it by a good margin. Simple that is, provided there is no limit upon the time or the number of strokes required.

I always like to see a person stand up to a golf ball as though he were perfectly at home in its presence.

A leading difficulty with the average player is that he totally misunderstands what is meant by concentration. He may think he is concentrating hard when he is merely worrying.

Fight tautness whenever it occurs; strive for relaxed muscles throughout.

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