I never worried about money, except that I knew that all I had to worry about was golf. As long as I could play, I was going to make money.
We all would like to struggle like Tiger is struggling.
There are no maladies in my golf game. My golf game stinks.
The way I pack is I look at how long I'll be gone and I pack day for day. If I'm going on a three-day fishing trip, I plot each day. I put most of that in a little bag. If I'm going from there to work on golf courses for a few days, I plot that trip.
Why are we building golf courses? Because we enjoy being outside, bringing man and nature together.
[My son] Michael came along and he played a little bit of everything. He went to Georgia Tech on a golf scholarship.
You try to figure out the two things that I use as the philosophy to do a golf course. The first is that most people are really interested in something being aesthetically pleasing and good to the eye. The second is that a good golfer likes good golf shots.
If I had one golf course, from a design standpoint, one that I really love, it would probably be Pinehurst. There's a totally tree-lined golf course where trees are not a part of the strategy.
If you're going to be a player people will remember, you have to win the Open at St. Andrews.
All I ever wanted to do was play competitive golf against the best players in the world.
Over the first three rounds you're playing the course. In the final round, if you're in contention, you're playing the man.
Golf was my vehicle to competition and I can't play if I can't compete.
I couldn't care less who I'm paired with. There's nobody I've ever played better or worse with, thank goodness. You don't want any factor to be outside your control. What if Arnie's Army had bothered me? What id I'd said, "Oh geez, I'm paired with Palmer," I'd never had beaten him.
I don't play much golf anymore. I can't - if I break 80, I'm doing pretty well.
What's interesting about golf is that most athletes end up gravitating toward golf because it is such a difficult sport.
The US Open flag eliminates a lot of players. Some players just weren't meant to win the US Open. Quite often, they know it.
Golf really excites me only when the course is difficult and challenging. I love competing. The pressure of competition against fine holes and fine players makes me feel very much alive.
I don't play golf competitively. I tell everybody that I cheat so they won't gamble with me. That's why you can't watch football. Everybody's gambling. They don't want to watch the game; they watch the spread.
I can't exactly describe it, but as I looked at the putt, the hole looked as big as a wash tub, I suddenly became convinced I couldn't miss. All I tried to do was keep the sensation by not questioning it.
I can't afford to be a member of a golf course.
I go to the first tee scared to death every day. The peaks do not seem to last as long as the valleys in this game.
If golfers can run around and crow when they make a birdie, I think it would be just as proper to lie down on the green and cry when you make a bogey.
As far as standup, everybody has a vehicle they are driving. If what you do works, it's like playing golf. If you can master that one swing over and over again, you will be successful. That's what standup is. You have to have a central move and it has to be yours. You have to own your comedy, own what you do.
I experienced American golf courses when I was younger and played a lot of USGA and AJGA tournaments.
Life's too short to spend all the time in the gym. I just like to have a few beers and enjoy myself too.
