The best wood in most amateurs' bags is the pencil.
Playing golf is not hot work. Cutting sugar cane for a dollar a day - that's hot work. Hotter than my first wrist watch.
Putting isn't golf, greens should be treated almost the same as water hazards: you land on them, then add two strokes to your score.
Only fools live in the past or carry envy to the present.
I don't fear death, but I sure don't like those three-footers for par.
Take less time to read the scorecard and more time to read the hole.