Patrick Campbell Quotes

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

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

For me, the worst part of playing golf, by far, has always been hitting the ball.

Golf is played with the arms.

The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing.

I have a tip that will take five strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser.

One of the easiest shots in golf is chipping. It should be the easiest. It's like throwing a ball or pitching pennies. It's easy. And I struggle with that, and the struggle is all mental.

When I fall behind, my swing changes.

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

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.

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.

It goes without saying that it is no good having a perfect setup, perfect grip and perfect golf swing if the whole thing is misaligned. It sounds obvious but many players simply do not spend enough time getting themselves on target.

I once showed Pat Bradley my swing and said, 'What do I do next?' Pat replied, 'Wait till the pain dies down.'

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 went to play golf and tried to shoot my age, but I shot my weight instead.

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.

My constant prayer, these days, as I start my backswing is, 'Oh, please let me swing slowly.' The trouble is that sometimes I wonder whether I swing at all; whether I am not strictly a chopper.

Golfers find it a very trying matter to turn at the waist, more particularly if they have a lot of waist to turn

You know what the game of golf is, don't you? It's basketball for people who can't jump and chess for people who can't think.

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