To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment.

Quote by Sam Snead

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Thinking instead of acting is the number-one golf disease.

Thinking instead of acting is the number-one golf disease.

Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't...

Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't...

Forget your opponents; always play against par.

Forget your opponents; always play against par.

The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great...

The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great...

Practice puts brains in your muscles.

Practice puts brains in your muscles.

Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome.

Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome.

Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot.

Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot.

The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could...

The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could...

Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in...

Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in...

These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and...

These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and...

The greens are harder than a whore's heart.

The greens are harder than a whore's heart.

The greens are harder than a whore's heart.

The greens are harder than a whore's heart.

If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a...

If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a...

Golf is played with the arms.

Golf is played with the arms.

If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a...

If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a...

The only reason I played golf was so that I could afford to go hunting...

The only reason I played golf was so that I could afford to go hunting...

Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't...

Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't...

Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in...

Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in...

The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could...

The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could...

These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and...

These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and...