Well, I'm Glad We Don't Have To

As I See It, The Thing That Hurt My Putting Most When It Was Bad, Was Thinking Too Much About How I Was Making The Stroke And Not Enough About Getting The Ball In The Hole.

You Might As Well Praise A Man For Not Robbing A Bank As To Praise Him For Playing By The Rules.

No-one Will Ever Have Golf Under His Thumb. No Round Ever Will Be So Good It Could Not Have Been Better. Perhaps This Is Why Golf Is The Greatest Of Games. You Are Not Playing A Human Adversary; You A Playing A Game. You Are Playing Old Man Par.

Bobby Jonesconsidered Objectively, It Is Quite Obviously A Very Simple Matter To Propel A Ball With A Stick Across Some Specially Prepared Ground And Into A Hole Which Is Of Sufficient Size To Accomodate It By A Good Margin. Simple That Is, Provided There Is No Limit Upon The Time Or The Number Of Strokes Required.

The Toughest Opponent Of All Is Old Man Par. He's A Patient Soul Who Never Shoots A Birdie And Never Incurs A Bogey. And If You Would Travel The Long Road With Him, You Must Be Patient, Too.