Masahiro Tanaka Quotes

Golf is about knowledge, and studying another player - more than listening to a teacher - is the best way to get it.

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.

Few learn golf in a lifetime.

Being the world's greatest athlete just does not get it done on the golf course.

Who wants to miss their opportunity of playing in a Major... A golfer's career is all about it. The lesson I have learnt is that I will tee up for the Majors only when I am 100 percent fit.

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 do my best on the golf course. I am learning about the business side of it. But I have a lot of great partners that help me with all those things.

I want to try to become the best golfer 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.

Tiger's a horrible golf teacher.

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.

Golf is a puzzle without an answer. I've played the game for 40 years and I still haven't the slightest idea how to play.

The game of golf was bigger than Jack Nicklaus when Jack was dominating the game.

My golf score is really bad. I don't know. I'm definitely not a good golfer. Off the tee box, I can drive it about 275, and I'm in the fairway about 99% of the time. It's my next shot that needs work.

The game itself, I think, plays into the strength of my game, which has always been tee to green, hitting the ball consistently in play and managing my game. Putting has always been the one thing that's been a bit more erratic.

As long as I keep enjoying my golf, then hopefully I'll be able to play well.

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.

Golf is a game to me. Other players work extremely hard all year long. I work hard before Augusta. I know I get good results when I practice, but it also wears me out. It literally wore me out even when I was in my 20s.

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.

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

A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course. A lot of guys can go out and hit a golf ball, but they have no idea how to manage what they do with the ball. I've won as many golf tournaments hitting the ball badly as I have hitting the ball well.

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.

Playing from deep grass is a fact of life in professional golf.

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.