34 Quotes by Harvey Penick

I see things written about the golf swing that I can’t believe will work except by accident .

Looking up is the biggest alibi ever invented to explain a terrible shot. By the time you look up, you’ve already made the mistake.

Make a game out of practice, you’re still a child at heart.

Never try a shot you haven’t practised.

You don’t lose your swing between the ninth green and the tenth tee, and you don’t lose your swing from one day to the next. If you think you do, something is going on that you don’t understand. A diary might help explain it to you.

I compare the pressure of a golf shot with making an extra point in basketball. The player starts from a full stop, and that rim doesn’t move.

The cup is only one inch wide for a putt that is struck too hard. The cup is four inches wide for a ball that dies at the hole.