Ballybunion is the course on which many golf architects should live and play on before they build golf courses.

Muirfield without a wind is like a lady undressed. No challenge.

My golf swing is a bit like ironing a shirt. You get one side smoothed out, turn it over and there is a big wrinkle on the other side. Then you iron that one out, turn it over and there is yet another wrinkle.

A lot of guys who have have never choked, have never been in the position to do so.

No other game combines the wonder of nature with the discipline of sport in such carefully planned ways. A great golf course both frees and challenges a golfer's mind.

Confidence in golf means being able to concentrate on the problem at hand with no outside interference.

I learned how to win by losing and not liking it.