Walter Hagen Quotes - The Original Playboy

He became the first golfer to earn a million pounds and was paid £10'000 to play exhibition matches in the 1920's

Make the hard ones look easy and the easy ones look hard.

Once again Hagen has shown that concentration counts, and that a man who refuses to smoke during a round has the advantage over his rivals who cannot keep their pipe or cigarettes for other times. Arthur Lee on Walter Hagen in The Guardian, 1924

Which one of you is going to be runner up?

No-one remembers who came second.

When I used to see him come into the clubhouse in the morning wearing a tuxedo, I knew we were in for a bad day. Leggy Ahern, Walter Hagen's caddie.

I never wanted to be a millionaire; I just wanted to live like one.

If you three putt the first green, they'll never remember it. But if you three putt the 18th, they'll never forget it.

I expect to make seven mistakes a round. Therefore, when I make a bad shot, I don't worry about it. It's just one of those seven.

Give me a man with big hands and big feet and no brains and I'll make a golfer out of him,

Never hurry, never worry, and always remember to smell the flowers along the way.

Walter Hagen was probably the greatest exponent of the kind of rhythm I have in mind to play golf. Ben Hogan
 

I found a lot of fun playing golf and met a lot of people. I met kings and queens. Golf has always been good to me, and I hope that I did a little to help golf.