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

You Swing Your Best When You Have The Fewest Things To Think About.

One Reason Golf Is Such An Exasperating Game Is That A Thing We Learned Is So Easily Forgotten, And We Find Ourselves Struggling Year After Year With Faults We Had Discovered And Corrected Time And Again.

I Think That (alister) Mackenzie And I Managed To Work As A Completely Sympathetic Team. Of Course There Was Never Any Question That He Was The Architect And I Was The Advisor And Consultant. No Man Learns To Design A Golf Course Simply By Playing Golf, No Matter How Well. But It Happened That Both Of Us Were Extravagant Admirers Of The Old Course At St Andrews And We Both Desired As Much As Possible To Simulate Seaside Conditions Insofar As The Differences In Turf And Terrain Would Allow.

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.

Jack Nicklaus Is Playing An Entirely Different Game, And One Which I'm Not Even Familiar With.