Butch Harmon Quotations

I have told Tiger and his parents when they asked me that I think, physically, his game is at a level where he can play and succeed on the professional tour.

Of all the guys I teach, he's probably the greatest overachiever. Look at what he accomplished before he came on tour and how he's progressed. He's an extremely hard worker and being a great putter is a great equalizer. Plus, he knows how to compete. He has the intangibles you can't teach. And he loves being on the tour.

We really didn't have to fix anything in Tiger's swing. We just had to shape some shots, curve the ball a bit differently for some of the holes out there.

My top students all swing differently, ... Adam Scott swings like Tiger Woods, and everybody thought I created a swing for Adam that is like Tiger's. That's not the case. When Adam came to me at age 19, that's how he swung. We've just refined it since.

It's much easier to have one swing thought than many.

Sometimes we get so afraid of hitting bad shots (making bad pitches), we don't let ourselves hit (pitch) good ones.

Earl took things a step at a time, encouraging Tiger to clean up at one level before moving on to the next. It enabled Tiger to get used to winning.

It's hard to believe. It just came out of the blue. He was fine last night and gone this morning.

Darren Clarke has an 8-wood in his bag because of the availability of being able to get to the green out of the rough when, normally, you couldn't. I think when you see rough as severe as it is here, instead of having to take a wedge and hit it out, you can take a wood and have a chance to get it on the green. To me, that is a player putting another club in his hand trying to take advantage of the situation.

I have a tremendous amount of confidence in myself, ... People come to me to get better, and I have a proven track record of helping them do that.