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I’ve heard people say putting is 50 percent technique and 50 percent mental. I really believe it is 50 percent technique and 90 percent positive thinking, see, but that adds up to 140 percent, which is why nobody is 100 percent sure how to putt.

They were real golfers, for real golf is a thing of the spirit, not of mere mechanical excellence of stroke

You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work.

You don’t have the game you played last year or last week. You only have today’s game. It may be far from your best, but that’s all you’ve got. Harden your heart and make the best of it.

Golf is a game of ego, but it is also a game of integrity: the most important thing is you do what is right when no one is looking.

Harvey Penick