Golf Is A Better Game Played Downhill.

I Knew That If I Kept The Pressure On And Didn't Do Anything Stupid I Would Probably Win.

I'm A Firm Believer That In The Theory That People Only Do Their Best At Things They Truly Enjoy. It Is Difficult To Excel At Something You Don't Enjoy.

I Learned Early In My Career, Where You Get So Wrapped Up And So Excited, That All Of A Sudden You Don't Think. So I Worked Very Hard To Keep Myself Suppressed. And That's One Of The Reasons I Wasn't Gregarious With The Gallery.

I Never Hit A Shot, Not Even In Practice, Without Having A Very Sharp, In-focus Picture Of It In My Head. It's Like A Color Movie. First I 'see' Where I Want It To Finish, Nice And White And Sitting Up High On The Bright Green Grass. Then The Scene Quickly Changes And I 'see' The Ball Going There: Its Path, Trajectory, And Shape, Even Its Behavior On Landing. Then There Is This Sort Of Fadeout, And The Next Scene Shows Me Making The Kind Of Swing That Will Turn The Previous Images To Reality.

There's More To Be Learned Here [st. Andrews] About Course Design Than Anywhere. Collection Bunkers, False Fronts, Bump Shots. The Fundamentals Of Design Became Fundamental Because Of What's Here. And It Happened Accidentally. Or Maybe Accidentally On Purpose.