When your shot has to carry over a water hazard, you can either hit one more club or two more balls.

A tap-in is a putt that is short enough to be missed one-handed.

Duffers who consistently shank their balls are urged to buy and study Shanks - No Thanks by R.K. Hoffman, or in extreme cases, M.S. Howard's excellent Tennis for Beginners.

A ball will always come to rest halfway down a hill, unless there is sand or water at the bottom.

"Play it as it lies" is one of the fundamental dictates of golf

Garden: One of a vast number of free outdoor restaurants operated by charity-minded amateurs in an effort to provide healthful, balanced meals for insects, birds and animals.

Fairway: a narrow strip of mown grass that separates two groups of golfers looking for lost balls in the rough.

The true definition of a perennial: Any plant which, had it lived, would have bloomed year after year.

Hoeing: A manual method of severing roots from stems of newly planted flowers and vegetables.

Follow through: The part of the swing that takes place after the ball has been hit, but before the club has been thrown.

Few golfers are born with the natural talent for hitting the ball, but every player is blessed with the God-given ability to throw a club.

We have no control over the future. We can only make the most of the present.

You cannot deny the struggle

I've always been attracted to action stuff.

The secret to my success is practice!

Joy all creatures drink At nature's bosoms.

Undoubtedly, there are members of the former regime that are cooperating in some fashion and then there are extremists that are within Iraq that are cooperating with them.

I've always had a strange fear of spoons.

It will take mind and memory months and possibly years to gather together the details, and thus learn and know the whole extent of the loss.

When you're really looking forward to something, you don't feel the sense of pressure.

To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.