Putting Is A Fascinating, Aggravating, Wonderful, Terrible

All The Things That I Have Derived Either Directly Or Indirectly Through The Game Of Golf Are Things I Owe A Great Deal To The Game And To The People Who Support The Game.

I Played With [dwight Eisenhower] On The Day After I Won The Masters At His Request. We Became Everlasting Friends. I Was With Him The Day Before He Died At Walter Reed.

That's Another Thing About My Father. He Made Me Very Conscious Of The Fact I Wasn't Very Good And I Had To Prove To Him That I Was Good. And That Hung With Me, And I Always Wanted To Play Golf With Him And Show Him. He Said Never, Never Tell Anyone How Good You Are. Show Them!

Frankly, I'm Not Much For Funerals Unless It's Absolutely An Obligation. I Don't Feel It Serves Much Of A Purpose To Go And See My Friends Just Lying There, Dead. I Try To Pay My Respects To My Friends When They're Alive.

The Game Has Such A Hold On Golfers Because They Compete Not Only Against An Opponent, But Also Against The Course, Against Par, And Most Surely- Against Themselves.