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Hagen said that no-one remembers who finished second. But they still ask me if I ever think about that putt I missed to win the 1970 Open at St. Andrews. I tell them that some times it doesn't cross my mind for a full five minutes.

I've never been to heaven and, thinking back on my life, I probably won't get a chance to go. I guess the Masters is as close as I'm going to get.

The course is so long, I had to take the curvature of the Earth into consideration.

The fact is all golfers are equipment junkies and professional golfers are the worst of the lot. They'll do anything to find the perfect putter even though they'll insist no such instrument exists.

Playing Augusta is like playing a Salvador Dali landscape. I expected a clock to fall out of the trees and hit me in the face.

The world's No. 1 tennis player spends 90 percent of his time winning, while the world's No. 1 golfer spends 90 percent of his time losing. Golfers are great losers.

That's the trouble with Nick. The only time he opens his mouth is to change feet.

I was swinging like a toilet door on a prawn trawler.

Colin Montgomerie is a few French fries short of a Happy Meal.

If we are to preserve the integrity of golf as left to us by our forefathers, it is up to all of us to carry on the true spirit of the game.

Winners are different. They're a different breed of cat.

Sam Snead did to the tee-shot what Roger Bannister did to the four-minute mile.

Every great player has learned the two Cs: how to concentrate and how to maintain composure.

You learn to accept defeat graciously in golf. Unlike other sports, the game itself is a constant opponent. It never stops. A golfer is fortunate to win a few times. We spend our whole lives trying to conquer something, and we lose a lot more than we win.

I was horrified. Absolutely heart sick. All I could think of was that after 23 years together, I'd lost my faithful ally. I couldn't sleep, couldn't get the loss out of my mind. It was like discovering that someone in my family had died.

The first time I played the Masters, I was so nervous I drank a bottle of rum before I teed off. I shot the happiest 83 of my life.

It breaks towards the center of the earth when it is above the hole.

I don't have any big secret about putting. Just hit at it. It's either going to miss or go in.

A good golf course makes you want to play so badly that you hardly have the time to change your shoes.

I was asked by a golfer how to lower his scores. I replied start playing 9 holes instead of 18. I worked for me, it cut my scores in half.

That divot is so deep, I will need a sod cutter to fix it.