Keep it simple
More instructional books have been written about golf than any other sport, but here are a few simple thoughts from great players and coaches

I just try to put it on the fairway, then the green and not three putt.
- Peter Thompson

The most important shot in golf is the next one.
- Ben Hogan

Imagine the ball has little legs, and chop them off.
- Henry Cotton

Swing easy and hit hard.
- Julius Boros

Keep on hitting it straight until the wee ball goes in the hole.
- James Braid

I just hitch up my girdle and let 'er fly.
- Babe Didrickson Zaharias

Only one golfer in a thousand grips the club lightly enough.
- Johnny Miller

A routine is not a routine if you have to think about it.
- Davis Love Jr.

Many shots are spoiled at the last instant by efforts to add a few more yards.
- Bobby Jones

Play the shot that makes the next shot easy.
- Tommy Armour

The woods are full of long drivers.
- Harvey Penick

Hit the shot you know you can hit, not the one you think you should.
- Bob Rotella

If you buy a book on golf instruction buy the thinnest book you can find. The thinner the book, chances are the easier and more elementary the instruction. It can do one of two things: help you more or hurt you less. Both are good compared to the alternative.
- Chi Chi Rodriguez

You can't go into a shop and buy a good game of golf.
- Sam Snead

Properly fitted clubs are the only part of improved golf that anyone can buy.
- Tommy Armour

Keeping the head still is golf's one universal, unarguable fundamental.
- Jack Nicklaus

The number one thing about trouble is...don't get into more.
- Dave Stockton

You don't hit anything on the backswing, so why rush it?
- Doug Ford

Nobody ever swung a club too slowly.
- Bobby Jones

Every golfer scores better when he learns his capabilities.
- Tommy Armour

If you try to fight the course, it will beat you.
- Lou Graham

The best exercise for golfers is golfing.
- Bobby Jones

I have a tip that will take five strokes off anyone's game. It's called an eraser.
- Arnold Palmer

Don't play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty.
- Harry Vardon

The best advice I can give for playing a ball out of water is - don't.
- Tony Lema

I never learned anything from a match that I won.
- Bobby Jones

When it's breezy, hit it easy.
- Davis Love, Jr.

This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.
- Ben Hogan

The mind messes up more shots than the body.
-Tommy Bolt

A man who can putt is a match for anyone.
- Willie Park

Be decisive. A wrong decision is generally less disastrous than indecision.
- Bernhard Langer

Don't be in such a hurry. That little white ball isn't going to run away from you.
- Patty Berg

The harder I practice, the luckier I get.
- Gary Player

Too much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.
- Bobby Jones

Through the ball we are all the same. We just have different ways of getting it there.
- Charles Coody

The real success in golf lies in turning three shots into two.
- Bobby Locke

The better you putt, the bolder you play.
- Don January

Never try a shot you haven't practised.
- Harvey Penick

Concentrate on hitting the green. The cup will come to you.
- Cary Middlecoff

Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.
- Ben Hogan

Missing a short putt does not mean you have to hit your next drive out of bounds.
- Henry Cotton

You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.
- Bobby Jones