99% of the putts that are short don't go in the hole
Courses that you've had success on, all of a sudden your game turns around because you feel comfortable on your tee shots, you feel comfortable going to the greens, you know, all the reads on the putts. It's a feeling that's hard to describe, but it's certainly one that you get filled up with confidence more than anything else.
Putts get real difficult the day they hand out the money.
The least thing upset him on the links. He missed short putts because of the uproar of the butterflies in the adjoining meadows.
Old golfers don't win (it's not an absolute, it's a general rule). Why? The older golfer can hit the ball as far as the young one. He chips and putts equally well. And will probably have a better knowledge of the course. So why does he take the extra stroke that denies him victory? Experience. He knows the downside, what happens if it goes wrong, which makes him more cautious. The young player is either ignorant or reckless to caution. That is his edge. It is the same with all of us. Knowledge makes us play safe. The secret is to stay childish.
Yeah, after each of my downhill putts.
Ninety percent of putts that are short, don't go in.
Bets lengthen putts and shorten drives.
Nonchalant putts count the same as chalant putts.
The hardest thing in golf is trying to two-putt when you have to, because your brain isn't wired that way. You're accustomed to trying to make putts, and when you change that mind-set, your brain short-circuits, especially under pressure.
When you lip out several putts in a row, you should never think that means that you're putting well. When you're putting well, the only question is what part of the hole it's going to fall in, not if it's going in.
Even when times were good, I realized that my earning power as a golf professional depended on too many ifs and putts.
