It was Arnold Palmer, and he said, "The more I practice, the luckier I get."

[cdriver]

Anyone else ever notice that when you are playing really well and striking the ball purely how often good things happen. I mean, when I am just on cruise control out there and I hit a bad shot that could go in the bunker or bounce right onto the green, it bounces right. But when I am playing poorly, it will always end up in the bunker/hazard/OB??? We always refer to this phenomenon as "golf gremlins".

[muskegman]

I agree. And even when you do hit a genuinely bad shot, recoveries are always easier and don't take the mental toll that they might when everything is going wrong.

[rembrandt]

That is a very true statement he made. Thats why the pros seem to recover so well and their shots seem to find the green so often.