Nick Faldo Quotes

Spin is a tricky thing. When you're trying to avoid it - say, on a tee shot, where sidespin puts you in the trees - it's easy to make it happen.

It's just a matter of hitting the ball where I want to hit it and hopefully making some putts.

It's very difficult to consistently hit good iron shots if you get off to a bad start. That's why I'm always paying attention to my setup and takeaway.

My golf swing is probably the most horrendous you've ever seen. I look like I'm trying to attack the ball.

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

The only thing you should force in a golf swing is the club back in the bag.

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

When I swing at a golf ball right, my mind is blank and my body is loose as a goose.

Control is the main thing, and the tee shot is the most important shot in golf. You've got to hit the fairway before you have a good chance of putting the ball close to the pin. You can be the greatest iron player in the world, but if you're in the boondocks it won't do you any good.

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.

I think the golf swing is all about rotation, all about trying to keep the club on plane.

There was clearly great charm and worth in a sport so quaintly perverse in its basic instructions. Hit down to make the ball rise. Swing easy to make it go far. Finish high to make it go straight.

My dad was a big believer of having a golf club that fit me. Always have a golf club that fits you, so you don't have to make any swing compensations for that particular golf club.

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.

I don't believe there is anything like a natural golf swing. A golf swing is an unnatural thing, and it has to be developed.

"My swing is too fast" may be the biggest misconception ever. Think about it. If you take a fast, lousy swing and slow it down, all you've got left is a slow, lousy swing. Most people swing too slow, not too fast.

As far as swing and techniques are concerned, I don't know diddly squat. When I'm playing well, I don't even take aim.

Follow through: The part of the swing that takes place after the ball has been hit, but before the club has been thrown.

The great players have a set of golf clubs in their feet

I've heard people say my swing's not perfect, and I know that. But golf's a natural sport, very sensitive. It's played a lot by feel. I don't care if my swing is too flat. If it works, I don't have to change it.

Tempo is the glue that sticks all elements of the golf swing together.

If you think your hands are more important in your golf swing than your legs, try walking a hole on your hands.

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

Who can say I have a bad swing? The only thing that matters in golf is the score you put on the board. You don't have to look pretty out there, you have to win. Look at my record and tell me who has a better swing than mine.

If the wind is in your face, you swing too hard just to get the ball through it; if the wind is at your back, you swing too hard just to see how far you can get the ball to go.