This week’s post is a collection of golf quotes I have lying around. I was trying to think of what to do with them, and I decided I’ll just put them in a post and let them speak for themselves.<\/p>\n
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\u201cTeeing off with a 3-wood is smart only if it leaves you with a short iron.\u201d \u201cHit the driver the same distance every time, just like you do with the other clubs.\u201d Pia Nilsson, Golf Digest<\/em>, August 2009, p. 92.<\/p>\n \u201cThe shortest route to improvement is to get on the green in fewer strokes.\u201d \u201cThere\u2019s one common trait I\u2019ve noticed in the swings of nearly all the great players. The position of the left wrist at the top of the backswing is consistent with its address position.\u201d Jim Flick, Golf Digest<\/em>, January 2010, p. 30.<\/p>\n \u201cGo to the course and hit irons from the marked sprinkler heads. This will tell you very quickly far you really hit each iron. Take notes.\u201d Bob Jones 2\/16\/2011<\/p>\n \u201cThe one feeling you should have before every shot is athletic confidence in your ability to hit the shot well.\u201d Bob Jones 2\/20\/2011<\/p>\n \u201cThe late Gardner Dickinson, a terrific tour player in the 1950s and ’60s who happened to have a slight build, once asked Ben Hogan what he could do to get longer off the tee. Hogan told Dickinson to stop at the range after every round and hit 30 drivers as hard as he could. He told him not to care where the shots went, but to try to hit the ball on the center of the clubface.<\/p>\n \u201cHogan emphasized to Dickinson the importance of sheer swing speed. Thirty drives might be a lot for you; 15 might do. But a little violence in the swing is healthy and will help you develop more power. You’ll never hit it far without ripping it.\u201d — Jim McLean, Golf Digest<\/em>, April 2010, p. 137.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you\u2019re mis-hitting chip shots, it\u2019s because your grip pressure is too tight.\u201d Bob Jones 3\/13\/2011<\/p>\n \u201cPlay a practice round where any shot can be repeated, but only once. If your mulligan is more like it, your mind wasn\u2019t ready the first time. If the mulligan is just as bad, this to a shot you need to work on.\u201d Bob Jones 2\/17\/2011 [Note: You’ll see more on this one next week.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week’s post is a collection of golf quotes I have lying around. I was trying to think of what to do with them, and I decided I’ll just put them in a post and let them speak for themselves. —– \u201cTeeing off with a 3-wood is smart only if it leaves you with a … Continue reading A Few Short Golf Quotes<\/span>
\nHank Haney, Golf Digest<\/em>, August 2009, p. 91.<\/p>\n
\nHale Irwin, Golf Digest<\/em>, January 2010, p. 98.<\/p>\n