“When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.”

Shoot a lower score than everybody else.

I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games.

I dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad.

A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.

May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.

I see no reason that a golf course cannot be played in 18 birdies. Just because no one has ever done that doesn’t mean it can’t be done.

Like most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.

I could not wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.

I never played a round when I didn’t learn something new about the game.

Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

Every day you miss playing or practicing is one day longer it takes to be good.

I play with friends, but we don’t play friendly games.

The greatest pleasure is obtained by improving.

I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me as it bothers some people.

There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection.

I’ll shoot my age if I have to live to be 105.

I just hope I don’t have to explain all the times I’ve used His name in vain when I get up there.

A decision of the courts decided that the game of golf may be played on a Sunday, not being a game within the view of the law, but being a form of moral effort.

Doesn’t it show us all that we are silly little boys or fatuous asses to think that we can play golf without making a lot of bad shots?

The fun you get from golf is in direct ratio to the effort you don’t put into it.

I once showed Pat Bradley my swing and said, ‘What do I do next?’ Pat replied, ‘Wait till the pain dies down.’

I went to play golf and tried to shoot my age, but I shot my weight instead.

In golf as in life, it’s the follow through that makes the difference.