Lucas Black Quotes

I want to improve my bunker, fairway and putting status because that's been my weakness over the last three years. If I can just focus on this, then everything else will come.

I've seen the bottom and I know the difference between good golf and bad golf.

Pretty it's pretty good for me because I'm over here in the winters. It's really improved my golf game.

I have worked hard to improve my consistency in my driving, irons, short game, and putting.

Hit the ball pretty solid. Haven't played a lot of golf this year, so was really unsure of what it would be like. I've been playing pretty well lately, especially hitting the ball solid.

My golf game is lacking big time.

If I can figure out this wedge stuff and become a really good wedger, I'll be the number-one player in the world.

My grandpa would take me to the driving range and, I don't know, it didn't take me long to realize I'm a little different with golf. I have an eye for seeing things differently. Somehow I just see shots in my head.

I play golf five days a week. I find that if I play seven days a week, I get stale.

The first time I played a PGA Tour event at Tucson was 1975. I came off the course on Sunday feeling very good about myself. I'd finished at even par, and I knew I could play even better if I worked at it.

The secret of golf is to turn three shots into two.

For me, take Tiger Woods. I always thought he was great, but I never truly understood how good he was until I had the chance to go to Tiger Woods Golf Camp. He taught me how to swing and was hitting the ball, and this dude was unreal.

I caddied for a guy who was a very good player, and he gave me a set of clubs, just a starter set: 5-iron, 7-iron, 9-iron, putter and driver. I just loved it. How I developed my swing was to just grab a club and start banging balls.

This is what I love to do. And if pressure is something that comes with playing good golf, that's something a professional golfer has to handle.

I found an instructor, Chris O'Connell, who helped me. He turned me into the player I am today - a consistent golfer.

The game of golf doesn't come rushing back to you. Last week I made a couple of fundamental mistakes that I probably wouldn't have made in the heat of the battle back when I was in my heyday, and those things have got to come back.

I started playing golf because I wanted to be good. After a while, you have to come to a decision of, 'Am I good enough or not?' If you say 'yes,' then it's a simple step towards deciding to be as good as you can be.

Golf is supposed to be fun, but I don't think anything is fun if you're not doing it reasonably well.

I trained more than anybody ever in a golf film ever made - my swing is pretty hot.

There are no maladies in my golf game. My golf game stinks.

I like to address all parts of my game, but I'm really concentrating a lot of time with my coach, David Whelan, on my short game and on the greens.

I think my putting could be better, my short game.

I think that in itself, if you're a true golfer, you'll see specific things you need to work on. Much cheaper than private lessons.

I feel like I've improved at everything I've done every single year - except golf. Golf, I've managed to stay exactly the same.

It's important for me to understand more about my swing and my game, no matter who I end up working with.