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I'm hitting the driver so good I gotta dial the operator for long distance after I hit it.
There is no such thing as a natural golfer but you become one by hitting thousands of balls
Chipping and putting for par is like a dog chasing cars, he won't be doing it for very long.
I still swing the way I used to, but when I look up the ball is going in a different direction.
I'm going to win so much money this year, my caddie will make the top twenty money-winners list.
You don't know what pressure is until you play for five bucks with only two bucks in your pocket.
I'm going to win so much money this year, my caddie will make the top twenty money winner's list.
Columbus went around the world in 1492. That isn't a lot of strokes when you consider the course.
I'm not scared of very much. I've been hit by lightning and been in the Marine Corps for four years.
How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.
There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.
To me, the [British] Open is the tournament I would come to if I had to leave a month before and swim over.
I never played much golf as a kid. I caddied quite a bit but never got serious into golf until about age 15.
Two things that are not long for this world: dogs that chase cars and professional golfers who putt for pars.
Pressure is when you've got thirty-five bucks riding on a four-foot putt and you've only got five dollars left.
My divorce came to me as a complete surprise. That's what happens when you haven't been home in eighteen years.
There are two things that won't last long in this world, and that's dogs chasing cars and pros putting for pars.
I still sweat. My guts are still grinding out there. Sometimes I have enough cotton in my mouth to knit a sweater.
A rough should have high grass. When you go bowling they don't give you anything for landing in the gutter, do they?
I've traveled the world and been about everywhere you can imagine. There's not anything I'm scared of except my wife.
They say I'm famous for my chip shots. Sure, when I hit 'em right, they land just so, like a butterfly with sore feet.
In case of a thunderstorm, stand in the middle of the fairway and hold up a one iron. Not even God can hit a one iron.
If Jack Nicklaus had to play my tee shots, he couldn't break 80. He'd be a pharmacist with a string of drugstores in Ohio.
If it wasn't for golf, I don't know what I'd be doing. If my IQ had been two points lower, I'd have been a plant somewhere.
You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work.
Nobody but you and your caddie care what you do out there, and if your caddie is betting against you, he doesn't care, either.
If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God can hit a 1-iron.
I'm not a real smart guy. But I've got enough brains to realize that when I'm 60 years old and play a sport, that it's downhill.
My point is, there's no sense trying to squeeze something out of your swing if you can let your clubs do the shotmaking for you.
Somewhere along the line I'll be recognized as one of the top players in the Nicklaus era. That's all I want to be remembered for.
Every golfer should come to the first tee with fourteen clubs, a dozen balls, a handful of tees, and at least one great golf story
When you really deep down look at it, we go to bed every night, get up every morning, stay here for 70 or 80 years, and then we die.
Yes, I think I have the best swing on the Tour. Why have scores comedown in the last ten years? Partly because they are imitating me.
When you're poor, you know nothing about the future, you know nothing about the world, nothing that goes on outside 300 yards around you.
Caddies are a breed of their own. If you shoot 66, they say, "Man, we shot 66!" But go out and shoot 77, and they say "Hell, he shot 77!"
If I could do anything over, I'd have spent more time with my first set of children. I would have taken more quality time with them, for sure.
I met Jesse Owens once. He was a remarkable individual, and I have tremendous respect for what he did in the Olympics under the circumstances.
One of the nice things about the Senior Tour is that we can take a cart and cooler. If your game is not going well, you can always have a picnic.
Living in Dallas, I root for the Mavericks and the Stars and the Cowboys, but I've always pulled for the Chicago Cubs. I enjoy watching them play.
I played the tour in 1967 and told jokes and nobody laughed. Then I won the Open the next year, told the same jokes, and everybody laughed like hell.
I'm actually a very quiet person off the golf course. I talk 150 miles per hour when I'm at the course, but when in private I very seldom ever open my mouth.
If your concentration is getting bad, take up bass fishing. It will really improve your ability to focus. If you aren't ready when that fish hits, you can't set the hook.
I believe in reincarnation. In my last life I was a peasant. Next time around, I'd like to be an eagle. Who hasn't dreamed they could fly? They're a protected species, too.
If you've ever driven across Texas, you know how different one area of the state can be from another. Take El Paso. It looks as much like Dallas as I look like Jack Nicklaus
Chi Chi Rodriguez had as good a pair of hands as anybody I ever saw, and more shots than you can imagine. But Chi Chi had a habit of turning simple shots into difficult ones.
I'm a golfaholic, no question about that. Counseling wouldn't help me. They'd have to put me in prison, and then I'd talk the warden into building a hole or two and teach him how to play.
Only bad golfers are lucky. They're the ones bouncing balls off trees, curbs, turtles and cars. Good golfers have bad luck. When you hit the ball straight, a funny bounce is bound to be unlucky.
Jack Nicklaus liked to curve the ball by opening or closing the clubface at address. I never felt I was good enough to do it his way. I didn't like changing my swing path, either, which some guys do.
I'm really going to do my homework. I'm going to be down there on the practice tee finding out if a guy's wife beat him up the night before, important stuff like that. Stuff that people want to know.
The most interesting guy I've ever played with was King Hassan of Morocco. I went over there on a trip in the early 1970s, and the King and I played five holes. I've never been that nervous in my life.