I'm a technician. It's like that in football and the same way in golf. I want to try to find a way that I can swing the club properly. Over the years, it's getting better and better.
The only thing you should force in a golf swing is the club back in the bag.
When I fall behind, my swing changes.
As far as swing and techniques are concerned, I don't know diddly squat. When I'm playing well, I don't even take aim.
One of my tendencies is to let the ball drift too far forward in my stance, and it's something I've been working on with David Leadbetter.
I can't hit a ball more than 200 yards. I have no butt. You need a butt if you're going to hit a golf ball.
I always like to see a person stand up to a golf ball as though he were perfectly at home in its presence.
I've got a good game plan... keep things simple with my golf swing.
The beauty is, while you're working on chipping, you're also working on driving. This is because the bottoms of both swings - the area around impact - are identical.
Most players I play with, I don't look at their swing when they're over the ball or anything like that.
The golf swing is a violent swing. You twist, and your spine is under continual stress when you're making a golf swing. Your neck, your spine, your hands, your knees, everything.
Golf is an awkward set of bodily contortions designed to produce a graceful result.
My dad's a scratch golfer and I've got the knack of seeing something and then replicating it. I saw my dad swing a club and I worked out how to do the same thing. My backswing and follow-through have been basically the same since I was two.
Only one golfer in a thousand grips the club lightly enough.
My golf swing is probably the most horrendous you've ever seen. I look like I'm trying to attack the ball.
I think for a lot of amateurs, their alignment is always out.
I've stated my position, and that is that we do not need a contraption to play the game of golf. I would hope that we'd play under one set of rules, and those rules would include a ban on the long putter hooked to the body in some way, shape or form.
The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing.
I carry a golf ball to put under my feet when they get tight, and a Thera-Band for general stretching.
That's one of the things you get when you're playing golf. You get bad backs, bad necks.
Keep your elbows soft. Keep your elbows looking fine.
They sell these golf aids that attach to your knee and your head and are supposed to keep your swing correct. It's futile beyond belief. I've never bought any, but I could watch those ads for 24 hours straight. People with straight faces saying this thing will take strokes off your game - that's my peculiar obsession.
Okay so best golf tips I think are number one keep your head down. If you're a beginner it's the number one rule. That way you'll always make contact.
I've stated my position, and that is we do not need a contraption to play the game of golf. I would hope that we'd play under one set of rules, and those rules would include a ban on the long putter hooked to the body in some way, shape or form.
The funny thing about the golf swing is that you try to alter it and end up with the same faults as you've had all your life.
