Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.
Of the mental hazards, being scared is the worst. When you get scared, you get tense.
There is an old saying: if a man comes home with sand in his cuffs and cockleburs in his pants, don't ask him what he shot.
The fairways were so narrow you had to walk down them single file.
The three things I fear most in golf are lightning, Ben Hogan and a downhill putt.
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.