Tom Lehman Quotes

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

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

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.

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

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

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

You drive for show but putt for dough.

Putting is not an art, it's a dreaded evil. No wise man ever said that.

It happens throughout the year where your swing feels better, or it feels worse; you feel good, you feel bad.

I'm only 18 and playing on this big stage; sometimes you have to be really good in front of the goal. I feel like that's something that I really have to work on, and that's something that I'm going to work on in training.

Sometimes I play good shots, good rallies, and then there is hundreds of mistakes and not a good shot.

You've got so much confidence if you start making big putts because you know you just need to hit the greens, and you've got yourself a good opportunity for the birdies.

Learn to write the same way you learn to play golf. You do it and keep doing it until you get it right.

My swing is no uglier than Arnold Palmer's, and it's the same ugly swing every time.

My best score ever is 103, but I've only been playing 15 years.

In piano, if you try to force hitting this key and that key, it's very broken. It's not pretty. When you're in archery, you can't try to force it step-by-step-by-step. Then the shot doesn't flow and it's not a good shot. If you just let the performance flow, it's really beautiful.

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.

I played with Annika today. I love being paired with her. She does not make many mental mistakes, and she has the ability to repeat her swing over and over and wears people down.

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

When I'm on with my putting, I'm as good a putter as there is, probably.

I feel like there are a lot of positives in my swing. I'm really going to work around the rhythm of my swing, being able to keep my rhythm and being more consistent. Consistency is what I'm looking for, performance-wise.

Unfortunately, I only have time to play 15 to 20 rounds a year. I'm a 6-handicap but can play to a 16, no problem.

I'm surprised when the ball doesn't go into the hoop. I think I should make every shot.

No matter what's going on, on the leaderboard, you have to know that par is a very, very good score and just keep playing.

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.