What other people may find in poetry, I find in the flight of a good drive. The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done. Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience. On the Old Course at St. Andrews: This is the origin of the game, golf in its purest form, and it's still played that way on a course seemingly untouched by time. Every time I play here, it reminds me that this is still a game. I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win. I have a tip that can take 5 strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser. Here is a philosophy of boldness: Take advantage of every tiny opening toward victory. Here is a philosophy of boldness to take advantage of every tiny opening toward victory. Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening - and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented. |