“Don’t play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty.”
“A great deal of unnecessarily bad golf is played in this world.”
“If your opponent is playing several shots in vain attempts to extricate himself from a bunker, do not stand near him and audibly count his strokes. It would be justifiable homicide if he wound up his pitiable exhibition by applying his niblick to your head.”
“Never concede the putt that beats you.”
“Moderation is essential in all things, madam, but never in my life have I failed to beat a teetotaler.”
“I hold firm the opinion that from this date the essential attitude towards accuracy was completely lost sight of. This was the start of the craze for length and still more length.” (on the advent of the rubber ball)
“Golfers find it a very trying matter to turn at the waist, more particularly if they have a lot of waist to turn”
“Do not be tempted to invest in a sample of each golfing invention as soon as it makes its appearance. If you do, you will only complicate and spoil your game – and encumber your locker with useless rubbish.
“More matches are lost through carelessness at the beginning than any other cause.”
“Never saw one who was worth a damn” (describing left-handed golfers)
“I’m the best and I’ll thank you to remember that.”
