Byron Nelson Quotes

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

Keeping the head still is golf's one universal, unarguable fundamental.

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

I caddied for a guy who was a very good player, and he gave me a set of clubs, just a starter set: 5-iron, 7-iron, 9-iron, putter and driver. I just loved it. How I developed my swing was to just grab a club and start banging balls.

Only one golfer in a thousand grips the club lightly enough.

Most players I play with, I don't look at their swing when they're over the ball or anything like that.

When your hands are cold, and you're hitting with old, low-quality irons - my first one was a Merlin model with a green shaft - you learn what to do to hit the ball solid.

I'm a technician. It's like that in football and the same way in golf. I want to try to find a way that I can swing the club properly. Over the years, it's getting better and better.

When I fall behind, my swing changes.

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

Okay so best golf tips I think are number one keep your head down. If you're a beginner it's the number one rule. That way you'll always make contact.

When I introduce my basketball friends to golf, I tell them to just swing halfway. The power is the easy part.

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.

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.

I love watching Anthony Kim play, but I'm not a fan of the way he grips down a good two inches on his full-swing shots. Choking down lightens the club's swingweight and effectively makes the shaft stiffer.

These guys that take a shower, grab a cup of coffee, and go straight to the tee? That's not the way to do it. When you warm up, hit 20 to 25 wedges, a few middle irons, and 10 to 15 3-woods and drivers. If you're going to putt, give yourself 10 minutes.

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

My dad's a scratch golfer and I've got the knack of seeing something and then replicating it. I saw my dad swing a club and I worked out how to do the same thing. My backswing and follow-through have been basically the same since I was two.

One of my tendencies is to let the ball drift too far forward in my stance, and it's something I've been working on with David Leadbetter.

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

In golf, advice is not a big thing. If you don't have the ability, you won't get anywhere no matter how much advice you get. The only thing people can suggest that matters is, be a good person and treat people respectfully. But advice on your game doesn't mean much to me.

There are no maladies in my golf game. My golf game stinks.

I can't hit a ball more than 200 yards. I have no butt. You need a butt if you're going to hit a golf ball.

I think for a lot of amateurs, their alignment is always out.

The funny thing about the golf swing is that you try to alter it and end up with the same faults as you've had all your life.