I don’t think that golf has a place for two sets of rules. I think one of the reasons that the game has progressed in the way that it has over the years is the fact that the amateurs and the pros all play the same game, and they play under the same set of rules. Arnold Palmer Read Quote
I’ve stated my position, and that is we do not need a contraption to play the game of golf. I would hope that we’d play under one set of rules, and those rules would include a ban on the long putter hooked to the body in some way, shape or form. Arnold Palmer Read Quote
I’m sorry that I haven’t won the PGA Championship. That would be something that would have pleased me very much. I suppose when I look back, I have a lot of reasons and excuses for not having won the PGA. Arnold Palmer Read Quote
I never heard Jack Nicklaus say, ‘I’m a great player,’ or Tiger Woods, as a matter of fact. They just get out and do it. And I think that’s far more appealing… than talking about how good you are. Arnold Palmer Read Quote
Why hit a conservative shot? When you miss it, you are in just as much trouble as when you miss a bold one. Arnold Palmer Read Quote
I probably have a club in my hands 360 days a year, one way or another, playing with friends or just fiddling around or hitting balls. Arnold Palmer Read Quote
It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He’s aware of where he is and what he’s doing, but his mind is on the playing of the instrument with an internal sense of rightness. Arnold Palmer Read Quote
Golf challenges you mentally at any age, and when you become my age, it’s a challenge physically to try to make your game work as well as it ever did. That’s close to impossible, but that doesn’t keep you from trying to hit the ball where you used to hit it and make the putts you used to make all the time. Arnold Palmer Read Quote
Every day I play golf, that’s my goal. To break 70 the other way. To shoot 70 or better. Arnold Palmer Read Quote
I started flying because I had a fear of it early on. I figured if I learned to fly, I would understand better what was happening and started taking lessons in the late 1950’s, once I had made some money on tour. Arnold Palmer Read Quote
