Swing Control Quotes

The only thing you should force in a golf swing is the club back in the bag.

Swinging harder with a longer club almost always leads to bad shots.

Nobody ever swung a club too slowly.

The toughest thing in hitting shouldn't be deciding when to swing. It is, for me, deciding when not to swing. You should be swinging from the time you get into the batter's box until something says don't swing.

I always loved hitting a low fade to a back-right pin with the wind howling from the right. Not many guys could get it close in that situation, because they kept it low by just putting the ball back in their stance. You see, playing the ball back turns you into a one-trick pony - you can only hit hooks.

When it comes to hitting solid drives, the secret is to swing within yourself. I know that sounds like a cliche, but it's true. If you swing at 100 miles per hour and hit it on the toe, you won't hit the ball as far as you would with an 80-mph swing that catches the ball in the center of the clubface.

I have one idiosyncrasy that helps my driving accuracy. I grip down on the club. This makes it easier to control the clubface.

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

My constant prayer, these days, as I start my backswing is, 'Oh, please let me swing slowly.' The trouble is that sometimes I wonder whether I swing at all; whether I am not strictly a chopper.

I like using a 75-percent swing for wedge shots instead of full force.

You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat.

I love to play three-quarter iron shots. They take a lot of extra movement out of the swing, which increases my chance of hitting it solid with the face square to the target.

A big part of managing a golf course is managing your swing on the course.

Golf has always been a game where you have to control both ends of the club.