Many shots are spoiled at the last instant by efforts to add a few more yards.

It is nevertheless a game of considerable passion, either of the explosive type, or that which burns inwardly and sears the soul.

A leading difficulty with the average player is that he totally misunderstands what is meant by concentration. He may think he is concentrating hard when he is merely worrying.

If I had ever been set down in any one place and told I was to play there, and nowhere else, for the rest of my life, I should have chosen the Old Course at St. Andrews.

The difference between a sand trap and water hazard is the difference between a car crash and an airplane crash. You have a chance of recovering from a car crash.

You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.

I get as much fun as the next man from whaling the ball as hard as I can and catching it squarely on the button. But from sad experience I learned not to try this in a round that meant anything.

You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank as to praise him for playing by the rules.