Too Much Ambition Is A Bad Thing

Many Shots Are Spoiled At The Last Instant By Efforts To Add A Few More Yards.

The Object Of Golf Is To Beat Someone. Make Sure That Someone Is Not Yourself.

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.

Golf Is The One Game I Know Which Becomes More And More Difficult The Longer One Plays It.

He [the Golfer] Must Have The Courage To Keep Trying In The Face Of Ill Luck Or Disappointment, And Timidity To Appreciate And Appraise The Dangers Of Each Stroke, And To Curb The Desire To Take Chances Beyond Reasonable Hope Of Success.