Gary Woodland Quotes

He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen.

Great touch is often written off simply as 'talent,' which is crucial, because a good swing can take a golfer only so far. I've seen thousands of fantastic swings in my day, but that doesn't guarantee anything.

Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.

Some golf instructors get overly technical and teach the mechanics of the ideal swing. That approach didn't work for me. So, I found a pro that didn't insist that I learn Tiger's swing. He accepted my physical limitations and improved my game by focusing on the minimal golf skills that I have.

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

A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course.

'Golf Digest' had all the old school swings, and my favorite swing, ever, was Nick Faldo's swing. And it had all the greats, Ernie Els and Nick Faldo and all that stuff, and I had the pictures of their swing sequences on my wall.

No one who ever had lessons would have a swing like mine.

To get an elementary grasp of the game of golf, a human must learn, by endless practice, a continuous and subtle series of highly unnatural movements, involving about sixty-four muscles, that result in a seemingly natural swing, taking two seconds to begin and end.

My swing is so bad I look like a caveman killing his lunch.

If I could straighten it out (his golf swing), I'd be pitching at Dodger Stadium tonight.

The golf swing is like a suitcase into which we are trying to pack one too many things.

Going to a one-plane swing method has made me a much more consistent player. Even when I'm not on, I never get very far off.

Green synthetic practice mats are the worst thing for your golf game that I know of. You can hit six inches behind the ball and not even know it, because the ball still gets airborne. Practice nets are awful, too. Swing a weighted club instead.

Seems like my iron play gets a little better every year. Which makes sense - I've been working hard on things with my teacher, Jim McLean.

Golf has always been a game where you have to control both ends of the club.

I tried changing my swing because I thought it would make me better. I thought it would make me a world-class golfer. I was a bit naive and I was a bit silly and just got going the wrong way.

It's easy to get swayed by advertisements or the latest new gear, but what you think you want could actually rob you of yards and add strokes to your score, based on your personal swing and playing style.

There's a bunch of different ways to play the game of golf. You don't need to play it one way. It doesn't need to be one swing that's perfect out there.

Because golf exposes the flaws of the human swing - a basically simple maneuver - it causes more self-torture than any game short of Russian roulette.

The average golfer's problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doing

Players who stand flat footed and swing with their arms are golfers, not hitters.

Golfers find it a very trying matter to turn at the waist, more particularly if they have a lot of waist to turn

I see things written about the golf swing that I can't believe will work except by accident .

It's a wonderful thing when your trainer is actually the person you're playing.