The poetic temperament is the worst for golf. It dreams of brilliant drives, iron shots laid dead, and long putts holed, while in real golf success w…

- Charles Walter Simpson

There is only one categorical imperative in golf, and that is to hit the ball. There are no minor absolutes.

- Charles Walter Simpson

The player may experiment about with his swing, his grip, his stance. It is only when he begins asking his caddie's advice that he is getting on dang…

- Charles Walter Simpson

The grounds on which golf is played are called links, being the barren sandy soil from which the sea has retired in recent geological times. In their…

- Charles Walter Simpson

"The caddie will only drink the more if overpaid," you say. Indeed! and to what good purpose do you apply the money you grudge to the poor? Is there …

- Charles Walter Simpson

When a putter is waiting his turn to hole out a putt of one or two feet in length, on which the match hangs at the last hole, it is of vital importan…

- Charles Walter Simpson

When five up express, as is polite, regret at laying a stymie, but rejoice in your heart.

- Charles Walter Simpson

There is no shape nor size of body, no awkwardness nor ungainliness, which puts good golf beyond reach. There are good golfers with spectacles, with …

- Charles Walter Simpson

Excessive golfing dwarfs the intellect. Nor is this to be wondered at when you consider that the more fatuously vacant the mind is, the better for pl…

- Charles Walter Simpson