Occupation: Golfer Birth: May 27, 1912 Death: May 23, 2002
To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, ….
Don't just play your way around the course. Think your way around way around the course..
Most people who play golf have one big trouble: they think too much. To get any real mileage out of this game you've got to sit on your imagination..
The three things I fear most in golf are lightning, Ben Hogan and a downhill putt..
Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome..
In golf, as in life, you get out of it what you put into it..
There is an old saying: if a man comes home with sand in his cuffs and cockleburs in his pants, don't ask him what he shot..
Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt..
Golf course architects make me sick. They can't play themselves, so they rig the courses so nobody else can play either..
Grip the club as if you were holding a baby bird..
Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in the other players' minds the next time out..
No matter what happens - never give up a hole....In tossing in your cards after a bad beginning you also undermine your whole game, because to quit b….
A bad putter is like a bad apple in a barrel. First, it turns your chipping game sour. Then it begins to eat into your irons and finally it just clea….
The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat..
You have more potential than you think..
Of all the hazards, fear is the worst..
Practice puts brains in your muscles..
I'd say that golf is about 75% mental. If your state of mind gets out of kilter, you're worse off than a tomcat floating on a log..
You've just one problem. You stand too close to the ball after you've hit it..
When I swing at a golf ball right, my mind is blank and my body is loose as a goose..
'You know Bobby, when I was your age I'd drive the ball right over those trees at the corner.' Feeling challenged Mr. Cole hit a big driver right int….