You can't pick up a golf club if your thumb hurts.
The only thing you should force in a golf swing is the club back in the bag.
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.
Good golf begins with a good grip.
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've got a good game plan... keep things simple with my golf swing.
I learned through the 'Jack Nicklaus Lesson Tee,' the cartoon. Back then, it was 1970 or '69 when it came out. Learned the grip that way and everything in the cartoon... So that's kind of how it all started for me.
Grip the club as if you were holding a baby bird.
I think a firm grip helps you control the club and prevents it from turning in your hands. Another thing about feel is, if you make a change in your grip, it takes time for your brain to adapt.
Learning to play golf is like learning to play the violin. It's not only difficult to do, it's very painful to everyone around you.
On the practice green, I hit a lot of four-footers with my right hand only. But whatever grip I'm using, you can bet I'm feeling good about it. Otherwise, I'd change. That's how I avoid slumps.
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.
The way I hold the club, I've got my hand way over, like I'm driving a motorcycle. My Kawasaki grip.
Only one golfer in a thousand grips the club lightly enough.
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.
My golf swing is probably the most horrendous you've ever seen. I look like I'm trying to attack the ball.
Golfers don't fist fight. They cuss a bit. But they wouldn't punch anything or anybody. They might hurt their hands and have to change their grip.
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.
I have never been able to play consistently with soft hands.
I come from that earlier time in America when palm pilot was a nickname you recieved upon entering puberty! I was more than a palm pilot I was the palm Chuck Jager. Tom Wolfe wrote a book about me called The Right Hand Stuff. I was the only guy in my class hip enough to move to the European grip.
But if an iron doesn't work, or if it doesn't feel good, I will switch it out.
It might be good to be taught the basics like your stance when you first start playing.
