“The average golfer’s problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doing”

I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play

I have always felt and said that a man who can be a champion in one era could be a champion in any other era because he has what it takes to reach the top.

There’s no set time or schedule for developing one’s skills as a professional golfer, and it certainly doesn’t come overnight. It’s a muscle-memory exercise that comes over time.

When I practiced, I practiced to get it right.

You wouldn’t have had to call a penalty on me, I would’ve called I on myself’. 9. “I’m the sole judge of my standards”. 10. “I always outworked everybody. Work never bothered me like it bothers some people. You can outwork the best player in the world.

Golf was my life. I didn’t want to give it up. So I went to work!

If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.

Golf is not a game of good shots. It’s a game of bad shots.

If a man can shoot 10 birdies, there’s no reason why he can’t shoot 18. Why can’t you birdie every hole on the course?

If we could have just screwed another head on his shoulders, he would have been the greatest golfer who ever lived.

I’m glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees.

Hit the ball up to the hole… You meet a better class of people up there.

There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.

I don’t like the glamour. I just like the game.

If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.

Why that would be like challenging Bing Crosby to a singing contest,wouldn’t it

What’s disappointing about @usopengolf is the fans not being about to walk around the course/get close enough to most of the greens to cheer.

Golf was my first glimpse of comedy. I was a caddy when I was a kid. I was on the golf course rather than being in lessons, but I can play better now than I could then.

The average player would rather play than watch. Those who don’t play can’t possibly appreciate the subtleties of the game.

I have never felt so lonely as on a golf course in the midst of a championship with thousands of people around, especially when things began to go wrong and the crowds started wandering away.

Golf is the one game I know which becomes more and more difficult the longer one plays it.

I can’t give up Golf, I’ve got too many sweaters.

My golf is woeful, but I will never surrender

I used to play golf with a guy who cheated so badly that he once had a hole in one and wrote down zero on the scorecard.