Occupation: Golfer Birth: August 13, 1912 Death: July 25, 1997
I don't like the glamour. I just like the game..
When I practiced, I practiced to get it right..
I liked to win, but more than anything, I loved to play the way I wanted to play.
There are no shortcuts in the quest for perfection..
I'm glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees..
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 dreamed one night that I had 17 holes-in-one and one two, and when I woke up I was so goddam mad..
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 e….
I never played a round when I didn't learn something new about the game..
The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight..
I have found the game to be, in all factualness, a universal language wherever I traveled at home or abroad..
I don't believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed..
Good golf begins with a good grip..
Golf was my life. I didn't want to give it up. So I went to work!.
Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don't you?.
I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games..
Every day that you don't practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness.
Hitting a golf ball and putting have nothing in common. They're two different games. You work all your life to perfect a repeating swing that will ge….
Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management..
Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swi….
This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win..