After all these years, it's still embarrassing for me to play on the American golf tour. Like the time I asked my caddie for a sand wedge and he came back ten minutes later with a ham on rye.

When you're having trouble and topping the ball, it means the ground is moving on you.

Golf is a thinking man's game. You can have all the shots in the bag, but if you don't know what to do with them, you've got troubles.

The best wood in most amateurs' bags is the pencil.

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.

Take less time to read the scorecard and more time to read the hole.

If you buy a book on golf instruction buy the thinnest book you can find. The thinner the book, chances are the easier and more elementary the instruction. It can do one of two things: help you more or hurt you less. Both are good compared to the alternative.