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

Sometimes thinking too much can destroy your momentum.

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.

I'd rather fight 100 structure fires than a wildfire. With a structure fire you know where your flames are, but in the woods it can move anywhere; it can come right up behind you.

There is no surer or more painful way to learn a rule than to be penalized once for breaking it.

If a course needs to be in great condition to be played effectively, then the design strategy is flawed.

If you have an ego of any sort, this course [Augusta] will take it and shove it down your throat.