Tom Watson Quotes

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

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

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

I don't hit it very far; I don't overpower a golf course, but I think I'm a pretty decent putter. At Augusta National, putting is premium.

My boring, mundane, diligent kind of golf works sometimes. Actually, it works all the time. And sometimes, on the greatest stages, it really does flourish.

I've always played my best golf in the summer.

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.

Only one golfer in a thousand grips the club lightly enough.

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.

I have never been able to play consistently with soft hands.

You go out on the practice range, and something kind of clicks, and you start hitting the ball very crisply. And you're sure that you've found it, the holy grail - that all you have to do is hold your hand in a certain way. Then you go out on the golf course, and it's completely disappeared.

I need to get better with my 3-wood and hybrid. Those are the clubs I missed the majority of my fairways with.

I haven't played a full round of golf yet, but I did make two pars my first time out on a golf course.

I feel usually the strength of my game is my driving, and over the past - even since I was in college and everything, my short game has been the thing that's let me down.

I realize that's why we play golf, to hit the ball into the hole. But it is a strange feeling when you hit the shot and it actually goes in.

I'm much better off the tee. I'm not a great putter. I do not have a good short game.

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 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.

The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf - it's almost a law.

I am relying on the theory that playing golf is just like riding a bike and that I haven't forgotten how.

It takes having your golf peak four different times throughout the year. You have to like all four golf courses. You've got to be the best of that week for the four weeks.

Even when I finished third at the U.S. Open a few weeks back, I didn't putt very well, nor in the last round of last year's Masters when Mickelson won, nor last year's Open at Turnberry, where I came second.

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.

I'd say 230 yards off the tee is my average. Short game is a strength. I don't three-putt often. Actually, I'd say my mental game is probably the best. I'm very good at staying positive and focused on my game.