What did I want with prestige? The British Open paid the winner $600 in American money. A man would have to be two hundred years old at that rate to retire from golf.

Playing golf is like eating. It's something which has to come naturally.

But you don't have to go up in the stands and play your foul balls. I do.

Forget your opponents; always play against par.

What did I want with prestige? The British Open paid the winner $600 in American money. A man would have to be two hundred years old at that rate to retire from golf.

That little white ball is always staring back at you, daring you to make a mistake.

The fairways were so narrow you had to walk down them single file.