Dan Jenkins Quotes

Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience.

I love putting. I love to practice my short game.

Putting is an art. When you're not feeling confident on the greens, it will affect the rest of your game.

When you're out here grinding away, firing at some flags, firing at the middle of the green, you just got to be very patient, and I always do a pretty good job of that in the majors.

That three-foot putt is tough for me right now! I'm not making too many putts.

Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course

No one has as much luck around the greens as one who practices a lot.

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

When I putt well, I do very well. When I putt poorly, I struggle to be in the game.

I don't believe in luck. Not in golf, anyway. There are good bounces and bad bounces, sure, but the ball is round and so is the hole. If you find yourself in a position where you hope for luck to pull you through, you're in serious trouble.

You drive for show but putt for dough.

Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.

I'm patient with crossword puzzles and the most impatient golfer.

I certainly don't think adrenalin coursing through your veins, is going to help with the fine motor skills of golf.

I'm hitting it better than last year. The putting is getting close now, too.

I always could putt. Part of my makeup, I always could putt.

I'm becoming a more complete player. I have more shots. I can rely more on my putting, rely on my short game.

Golf gives and takes. So yeah, sometimes you make those putts, sometimes you just miss them. But that's golf.

When a piece gets difficult, make faces.

By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision.

The best thing about golf is ultimately what it teaches you about yourself. And the worst thing is how freakin' nervous it can make you feel.

You know, one day you make putts and the next day you don't.

There is no tragedy in missing a putt, no matter how short. All have erred in this respect.

I'm getting more and more comfortable out on the golf course with the changes I've been making. It's really just a confidence thing in that I love being in contention.

The interesting thing is that everyone in golf is just nice. You learn a lot about people playing golf: their integrity, how they play under pressure.