Fred Couples Quotes

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

I caddied for a guy who was a very good player, and he gave me a set of clubs, just a starter set: 5-iron, 7-iron, 9-iron, putter and driver. I just loved it. How I developed my swing was to just grab a club and start banging balls.

You should welcome getting older in golf. With greater knowledge of your swing, you, too, can keep improving.

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

Most players I play with, I don't look at their swing when they're over the ball or anything like that.

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

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

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.

If you break 100, watch your golf. If you break 80, watch your business.

I found an instructor, Chris O'Connell, who helped me. He turned me into the player I am today - a consistent golfer.

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.

There are no maladies in my golf game. My golf game stinks.

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 think that in itself, if you're a true golfer, you'll see specific things you need to work on. Much cheaper than private lessons.

I started changing my swing in late 1999.

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.

It's important for me to understand more about my swing and my game, no matter who I end up working with.

It's no secret that I'm a fan of hitting a lot of balls.

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.

If I can figure out this wedge stuff and become a really good wedger, I'll be the number-one player in the world.

Even if you've never picked up a club, or if you've been playing for a long time, there's always something new to learn from playing golf. That's the beauty of the game. You never stop learning.

How you think, and how much you think, is so important in golf. There are countless things we can work on and think about in the swing, but when it's time to play in competition, you don't want to think too many thoughts.

Golf is a difficult game, but it's a little easier if you trust your instincts. It's too hard a game to try to play like someone else.

There are three ways of learning golf: by study, which is the most wearisome; by imitation, which is the most fallacious; and by experience, which is the most bitter.

I've said a thousand times, you can't go into a shop and buy a good golf game.