Feeling tired should almost never be an excuse, because your body has huge reserves of energy. But if you eat badly, stay out late, drink too much, and so on, you'll pay a price on the course.
Hale IrwinCompetitiveness is a personality thing and competitive people don't become pushovers the day they turn fifty.
Hale IrwinEarly in my career, my 3-, 5- and 9-irons performed differently than my other irons. But I adapted and made them work.
Hale IrwinGolf is the only-est sport. You're completely alone with every conceivable opportunity to defeat yourself. Golf brings out your assets and liabilities as a person. The longer you play, the more certain you are that a man's performance is the outward manifestation of who, in his heart, he really thinks he is.
Hale Irwin