Quotes About Golf

Tiger's swing when he won the Masters by 12 shots - I loved that swing.

I remember going to The Open in 1998 aged seven and snatching a picture of Tiger walking past.

My hips will always lead in the downswing, and I'll always fire off my right foot. I know Tiger and other big hitters keep their right foot down and mainly use their bodies to power through the ball, but I'm not Tiger's size.

It's pretty obvious when Tiger makes a birdie. I think everybody at the golf course cheers for him.

Some golf instructors get overly technical and teach the mechanics of the ideal swing. That approach didn't work for me. So, I found a pro that didn't insist that I learn Tiger's swing. He accepted my physical limitations and improved my game by focusing on the minimal golf skills that I have.

Remember a few years ago when Tiger said his glutes shut off? I know he wasn't kidding because when I reach the top of my swing, like Tiger, I want to feel my right glute muscles firing.

I think what does influence you when you are going up against Rory and Tiger is the crowd, there's a lot more people milling around, there's more cameras and more distraction, and that's what makes it more difficult.

I can't see anyone coming out, because the players feel it is no one's business. We all stick together. We're a very tight group. It would be too hard for just one person to do, too stressful. And why should it make a difference? The LPGA is about golf.

Baseball and golf have a lot of things in common, including the fact that players in both games love hitting for power. However, in both sports, trying to do so strictly with muscle strength doesn't work very well. In fact, I see a lot of guys in both baseball and golf struggle when they try to swing with tight arms.

The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish

Forget your opponents; always play against par.

Thinking instead of acting is the number-one golf disease

Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't give away

The greens are harder than a whore's heart

The fairways were so narrow you had to walk down them single file

These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.

I try to exercise in nature, and I try to play golf once a month. The last time I played golf with my wife, however, she got better scores than me, which became an additional source of stress.

I've thrown or broken a few clubs in my day. In fact, I guess at one time or another I probably held distance records for every club in the bag.

No one has ever conquered this game. One week out there and you are God, next time you are the devil. But it does keep you coming back.

The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.

I've learned a lot about my game every time I play golf in a men's event.

We all know, the ones who play golf, know what a wonderful game it is and what a great past-time it is.

I might go play the LPGA full-time and then, after I get better, go to the PGA full-time. Or just try to play both. It will be fun.

The first time I ever saw Arnold Palmer, I said, There's a star. The first time I saw Jack Nicklaus, I said, Superstar. I feel the same way about Tiger Woods.