A question I get asked a lot in pro-ams is how I'm able to swing the club as hard as I do. Honestly, I'm not swinging that hard. I'm using about 75 percent of my maximum effort.
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.
When I'm swinging well, nobody hits the golf ball any better than I do.
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.
Only one golfer in a thousand grips the club lightly enough.
There are guys on Tour who hit the ball further than me. I always thought it was important to have power, but more important to have power in reserve.
The golf swing is very, very rhythmic. There's a certain tempo to it, just like in music.
I have never been able to play consistently with soft hands.
If I could be like Happy Gilmore or Kyle Berkshire, hitting over 400 yards and hitting it straight? That is a massive, massive advantage. So I set out to do that, and I've been healthier and stronger ever since.
Ben Hogan was not really a big hitter. He was long enough. But Ben Hogan today? Ben Hogan today could not compete at Augusta because he did not have the massive length to compete against the long hitters. Power was always an issue at Augusta, but never so dominant that you couldn't play it.
