Lee Trevino Quotes

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

You can be a guy who won 18 majors, but that doesn't mean you'll be a great Ryder Cupper. That's the rarest golf there is.

I've always been a good ball-striker, but if you're not a great putter, you're not going to win a lot.

Phil [Mickelson] has done a great job. He's a great player and he's conducted himself very well through the years. He's been a good ambassador for the game. He hasn't won in a while, but he still has time, and it wouldn't surprise me if he won again.

If you're going to be a player people will remember, you have to win the Open at St. Andrews.

The best architects feel it to be their duty to make the path to the hole as free as possible from annoying difficulties for the less skillful golfers, while at the same time presenting to the scratch players a route calling for the best shots at their command.

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

Jones is the greatest golfer who ever lived and probably ever will live. That's my goal. Bobby Jones. It's the only goal.

There are no shortcuts to good golf. The better players realize this.

When I used to gamble, I looked for players with head covers on their irons. Those guys I could beat.

Hitting a shorter club to these greens means a great, great deal. Younger players are so much more capable length-wise.

Think ahead. Golf is a next-shot game.

The fact that Slammin' Sammy couldn't win the Open made it all the more valuable for the players that did win. Gave it a special quality. I'd say a part of the sheen on that trophy comes from my sweat.

People who consistently win have a clear and thoughtful strategy. They know what they need to do and when they need to do it. They write it down so they stay on course, and avoid any alternative that does not get them closer to the finish line.

I got no pride on the hole. It's a par-5 and I play it that way. A four is a birdie.

Tom Watson, Tom Watson blew, what, two PGA Championships and a U.S. Open. Did it destroy his life? No, it didn't destroy his life. He learned from it. He went on to win a lot of major championships and obviously became one of the world's great players.

Aggressive play is a vital asset of the world's greatest golfers. However, it's even more important to the average player. Attack this game in a bold, confident, and determined way, and you'll make a giant leap toward realizing your full potential as a player.

I hit the ball really well... had a lot of good looks at birdie all day, it's firm but you could control your golf ball, for sure. Today I controlled my ball very well. The confidence is definitely there. I feel really good about where I'm at and going into tomorrow.

Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and you're in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.

Bad putting is due more to the effect the green has upon the player than it has upon the action of the ball.

Golf is not about the quality of your good shots, it is about the quality of your bad shots.

The US Open flag eliminates a lot of players. Some players just weren't meant to win the US Open. Quite often, they know it.

I've had a lot of majors where I didn't play well until the last round. Keep yourself in contention; that's the name of the game. I usually ended up shooting a good round and all of a sudden, somehow, I won.

Don't just play your way around the course. Think your way around way around the course.

If you are really serious about playing golf and playing good golf, stick to the basic fundamentals. Sure, there's going to be a little change here and a change there, but you don't want to make them. You want to stick to the things that you started with, and you learned, and you know how to apply them.