If somebody says they don't watch the leaderboard, I don't buy that, I'm sorry. Because you've got to know where you are to know how to play..

Any golfer worth his salt has to cross the sea and try to win the British Open..

I don't think you would have missed that putt, but in these circumstances, I would never give you the opportunity..

You try to figure out the two things that I use as the philosophy to do a golf course. The first is that most people are really interested in somethi….

Ask yourself how many shots you would have saved if you always developed a strategy before you hit, always played within your capabilities, never los….

I've never set up any golf course that would favor anybody. I try to make it exactly the opposite, which is what we did at Valhalla when we modernize….

When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster..

If you'd asked me at 30 where I'd be during the Masters when I was 46, I'd have pictured myself on a boat fishing, smoking a cigar, drinking a mint j….

I think that Pebble Beach is my favorite golf course to go to. I think Augusta is my favorite place to go play golf..

I don't believe in philosophies. I believe in fundamentals..

I suppose I get a lot of questions about Tiger. But Tiger Woods is a tremendous talent. He plays well. He has a great work ethic. He's probably as ta….

Confidence is believing in your own ability, knowing what you have to do to win. My confidence was developed through preparation..

Golf is a game of precision, not strength..

Crises are part of life. Everybody has to face them, and it doesn't make any difference what the crisis is..

The fact is, I diet every day of my life. I have to work at it. But I diet so I can pig out..

How people keep correcting us when we are young! There is always some bad habit or other they tell us we ought to get over. Yet most bad habits are t….

Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety..

I think in my case winning fans came as a result of winning tournaments. Certainly, I didn't have too many supporters when I came on Tour. I didn't l….

In 1979, when I was 39, I had such a bad year, I thought it was all over. Thankfully it wasn't..

If I had one golf course, from a design standpoint, one that I really love, it would probably be Pinehurst. There's a totally tree-lined golf course ….

Golf is you against yourself..