“One always feels that he is coming from something without knowing exactly what or where it is.” Click here for more info: Bobby Jones
Rick Pohle, Head Professional, Taconic Golf Club, Williamstown, Massachusetts (2000)
“In order to sharpen up your short game, go out to the course at the end of the day and play it like a par-3 layout. Play your first shot on the par 4’s and par 5’s from within 150…
Tom Watson, Tom Watson’s Strategic Golf with Nick Seitz (1993)
“How to play par 3s-Unfortunately, too many bogeys, double bogeys, and worse are made on the easiest holes because golfers don’t plan them carefully enough … Distinguish between the safe part of the green and the fat part. Play for…
Dave Pel’z Putting Bible (2000)
“Based on studies, putting is an entire game in itself. One of six different and distinct games that make up golf. In golf, the ball always reacts to the decisions and motions we make in the putting game, the short…
Tommy Armour, How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time (1953)
“It is not solely the capacity to make great shots that makes champions, but the essential quality of making very few bad shots . . . Play the shot you’ve got the greatest chance of playing well, and play the…
Arnold Palmer, The Arnold Palmer Method (1959)
“Though I really hate to inject negative thinking into golf, sometimes it pays to be realistic. The truth is that even a great golfer can’t honestly expect to hit more than a few very good shots during a round of…
Bob Rotella, Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect (1995)
“A sound preshot routine is the rod and staff of the golfer under pressure, a comfort in times of affliction and challenge. It ensures that he sets up properly, physically and mentally. It blocks out distractions. It helps him to…
Michael Jordan
“Practice like you’ve never played. Play like you’ve never lost.” Click here for more info: Nike Golf introduces Air Jordan I golf shoe
Jack Nicklaus, Jack Nicklaus’ Lesson Tee with Ken Bowden (1972)
“Overpracticing can make you a worse, instead of a better putter. Your main concern on the course is ‘feel’. That’s what you want to develop on the practice green. When you’ve got a good feel going, quit practicing. Don’t risk…
Bernard Darwin, “Walter Hagen” in The Darwin Sketchbook (Writings from 1910 to 1958)
“That Hagen had an overpowering effect in match play on some of his opponents was clear enough. His demeanour towards them, though entirely correct, had yet a certain suppressed truculence; he exhibited so supreme a confidence that they could not…