Occupation: Professional Golfer Birth: September 10, 1929 Death: September 25, 2016
Every day I play golf, that's my goal. To break 70 the other way. To shoot 70 or better..
How did I make a twelve on a par five hole? It's simple - I missed a four foot putt for an eleven..
I'm in love with golf, and I want everybody else to share my love affair..
I would like to have won more golf tournaments. But I wouldn't sacrifice my life. I've enjoyed it. I'd love to do it again the same way..
The whole secret to mastering the game of golf - and this applies to the beginner as well as the pro - is to cultivate a mental approach to the game ….
I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win..
Everyone I built a course for thinks they have the best golf course in the world and I'm very pleased and proud of that..
The game has such a hold on golfers because they compete not only against an opponent, but also against the course, against par, and most surely- aga….
I feel more strongly than ever about this. I would like the professional game freed of golf carts. Golf is a physical game. If we are playing competi….
My father started on this golf course at Latrobe when he was sixteen years old. He was digging ditches when they were building the golf course..
Golf never ceases to be a challenge, even when it really is just you and the ball out there and nobody else..
For years I did take my time, but that was because I hated waiting to hit shots - I adopted a pace where I didn't have to stand by my ball and wait..
I can sum it up like this: Thank God for the game of golf..
I never felt I could be a complete professional without having won the British Open. It was something you had to do to complete your career..
I was playing cowboys and Indians in the trees, and then I started hitting the golf club with clubs father sawed off for me, and I began playing righ….
When I was playing in a junior tournament one time, I missed a short putt and threw my putter into the trees. I went on to win the tournament and lat….
I think today's athletes generally are spoiled by what's happened to salaries, but I also think that golfers have maintained the best demeanor of any….
I've always been a big thinker that the more international competition that we create through sports the better relationships we'll have with countri….
When I was in college, I thought about becoming an attorney. But I wasn't smart enough; I hate being cooped up indoors; and I'm too nice a guy..
I'm not much for sitting around and thinking about the past or talking about the past. What does that accomplish?.
When I was growing up, they had just found radio..