Richard Armour Quotes

I don't hit it very far; I don't overpower a golf course, but I think I'm a pretty decent putter. At Augusta National, putting is premium.

For years I did take my time, but that was because I hated waiting to hit shots - I adopted a pace where I didn't have to stand by my ball and wait.

If you think golf is relaxing, you're not playing it right.

Feel is the most perplexing part of golf, and probably the most important.

As long as I keep enjoying my golf, then hopefully I'll be able to play well.

Golf is a game of endless failure and frustration.

A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course. A lot of guys can go out and hit a golf ball, but they have no idea how to manage what they do with the ball. I've won as many golf tournaments hitting the ball badly as I have hitting the ball well.

But just like I've always said when people complain about tee times, 'I just want a tee time. Just give me one so I can play.'

My boring, mundane, diligent kind of golf works sometimes. Actually, it works all the time. And sometimes, on the greatest stages, it really does flourish.

Golf is supposed to be fun, but I don't think anything is fun if you're not doing it reasonably well.

It's just golf. As long as I get done without breakin' somethin' or hurtin' somebody, that's my goal.

I tried changing my swing because I thought it would make me better. I thought it would make me a world-class golfer. I was a bit naive and I was a bit silly and just got going the wrong way.

Athletes love challenges, and golf is something you can never master.

Sometimes things don't come easy, and golf isn't an easy game.

My short game was really what was really bad, to be honest with you. And so my whole deal was I had to hit chips off putting greens all the time, and there were some times where superintendents weren't a huge fan of me.

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.

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

The whole secret to mastering the game of golf - and this applies to the beginner as well as the pro - is to cultivate a mental approach to the game that will enable you to shrug off the bad days, keep patient and know in your heart that sooner or later you will be back on top.

The moment the average golfer attempts to play from long grass or a bunker or from a difficult lie of any kind, he becomes a digger instead of a swinger.

Golf is deceptively simple, endlessly complicated. A child can play it well and a grown man can never master it. It is almost a science, yet it is a puzzle with no answer.

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

One of the worst mistakes you can make in golf is trying to force the game.

The most successful way to play golf is the easiest way.

The weather's cold. My club's bad. My knee hurts. I can't putt no more. I'm off my diet. My wife is nagging me. Other than that, everything's great.

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