Your money does not cause my poverty. Refusal to believe this is at the bottom of most bad economic thinking.
On the value of blind shots to golf course design.
The chief object of every golf architect or greenkeeper worth his salt is to imitate the beauties of nature so closely as to make his work indistinguishable from nature itself.
The ideal hole (course) is surely one that affords the greatest pleasure to the greatest number.
Golf is a game, and talk and discussion is all to the interests of the game. Anything that keeps the game alive and prevents us being bored with it is an advantage. Anything that makes us think about it, talk about it, and dream about it is all to the good and prevents the game becoming dead.
A good golf course is like good music. It does not necessarily appeal the first time one plays it.
Golf courses are becoming far too long. Twenty years ago we played three rounds of golf a day and considered we had taken an interminably long time if we took more than two hours to play a round. Today it not infrequently takes over three hours.
People think that it's fun to meet celebrities - but what do you mean by "celebrity"? Someone you recognise? What are they famous for? It's people who've done something that are exciting.
Lady Luck shines on all, but rather than having your umbrella overhead, you've got to have your face to the sky. When it comes down to it, it's all you, baby. There's no other way around it.
It doesn't matter who wins if I don't. I only care if I win. I'm jealous of anyone else who wins.
My idea of a vacation is staying home and doing short day hikes, floating the river and things like that.