For this game you need, above all things, to be in a tranquil frame of mind.

Don't praise your own good shots. Leave that function to your partner who, if a good sport, will not be slow in performing it.

Don't play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty.

The most successful way to play golf is the easiest way.

Do not be tempted to invest in a sample of each golfing invention as soon as it makes its appearance. If you do, you will only complicate and spoil your game - and encumber your locker with useless rubbish.

More matches are lost through carelessness at the beginning than any other cause.

To play well you must feel tranquil and at peace. I have never been troubled by nerves in golf because I felt I had nothing to lose and everything to gain.