--- title: "10 Swing Quotes By Lee Trevino" description: "10 Swing quotes by Lee Trevino. Plus more from Lee Trevino and more Swing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/lee-trevino-3680_balls_i-still-swing-the-way-i-used-to-but-when_1143449.png" --- > [I still swing the way I used to, but when I look up the ball is going in a different direction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/i-still-swing-the-way-i-used-to-but-when-i-look-up-the-ball-is-going/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/lee-trevino-3680_balls_i-still-swing-the-way-i-used-to-but-when_1143449.png) > [My swing is so bad I look like a caveman killing his lunch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/my-swing-is-so-bad-i-look-like-a-caveman-killing-his-lunch/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58f/lee-trevino-3680_funny-golf_my-swing-is-so-bad-i-look-like-a-caveman_1616204.png) > [No one who ever had lessons would have a swing like mine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/no-one-who-ever-had-lessons-would-have-a-swing-like-mine/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88b/lee-trevino-3680_lessons_no-one-who-ever-had-lessons-would-have-a_710315.png) > [Jack Nicklaus liked to curve the ball by opening or closing the clubface at address. I never felt I was good enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/jack-nicklaus-liked-to-curve-the-ball-by-opening-or-closing-the-2/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/lee-trevino-3680_address_jack-nicklaus-liked-to-curve-the-ball-by_2755249.jpg) > [My point is, there's no sense trying to squeeze something out of your swing if you can let your clubs do the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/my-point-is-there-s-no-sense-trying-to-squeeze-something-out-of-your/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f02/lee-trevino-3680_clubs_my-point-is-there-s-no-sense-trying-to-s_2502974.png) > [Yes, I think I have the best swing on the Tour. Why have scores comedown in the last ten years? Partly because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/yes-i-think-i-have-the-best-swing-on-the-tour-why-have-scores/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37a/lee-trevino-3680_imitating_yes-i-think-i-have-the-best-swing-on-the_1497685.png) > [Who can say I have a bad swing? The only thing that matters in golf is the score you put on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/who-can-say-i-have-a-bad-swing-the-only-thing-that-matters-in-golf-is/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/lee-trevino-3680_boards_who-can-say-i-have-a-bad-swing-the-only_1640352.jpg) > [I love watching Anthony Kim play, but I'm not a fan of the way he grips down a good two inches on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/i-love-watching-anthony-kim-play-but-i-m-not-a-fan-of-the-way-he-2/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb1/lee-trevino-3680_also_i-love-watching-anthony-kim-play-but-i-m_1859191.jpg) > [Green synthetic practice mats are the worst thing for your golf game that I know of. You can hit six inches behind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/green-synthetic-practice-mats-are-the-worst-thing-for-your-golf-game/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fac/lee-trevino-3680_awful_green-synthetic-practice-mats-are-the-wo_197870.png) > [Jack Nicklaus liked to curve the ball by opening or closing the clubface at address. I never felt I was good enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/jack-nicklaus-liked-to-curve-the-ball-by-opening-or-closing-the/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/lee-trevino-3680_address_jack-nicklaus-liked-to-curve-the-ball-by_2232635.jpg) ## Other authors on Swing ## More by Lee Trevino > [I never think of yesterday. Can't do anything about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/i-never-think-of-yesterday-can-t-do-anything-about-it/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) > [I'm in the woods so much I can tell you which plants are edible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/i-m-in-the-woods-so-much-i-can-tell-you-which-plants-are-edible/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) > [ \[Jack Nicklaus\] was the first to bring in course management. He could go to a course and tell you within one stroke what was… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/jack-nicklaus-was-the-first-to-bring-in-course-management-he-could-go/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) > [ This place \[Augusta National\] rejects me like a skin transplant. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/this-place-augusta-national-rejects-me-like-a-skin-transplant/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) > [I never played much golf as a kid. I caddied quite a bit but never got serious into golf until about age 15.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/i-never-played-much-golf-as-a-kid-i-caddied-quite-a-bit-but-never-got/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) > [Green synthetic practice mats are the worst thing for your golf game that I know of. You can hit six inches behind the ball…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/green-synthetic-practice-mats-are-the-worst-thing-for-your-golf-game/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) > [If you've ever driven across Texas, you know how different one area of the state can be from another. Take El Paso. It looks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/if-you-ve-ever-driven-across-texas-you-know-how-different-one-area-of/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) > [I will fall in love with any golf course that you have to drive the ball straight. You understand what I'm saying? That's my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/i-will-fall-in-love-with-any-golf-course-that-you-have-to-drive-the/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) > [I've traveled the world and been about everywhere you can imagine. There's not anything I'm scared of except my wife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/i-ve-traveled-the-world-and-been-about-everywhere-you-can-imagine/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) > [There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/there-is-no-such-thing-as-natural-touch-touch-is-something-you-create/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) > [Caddies are a breed of their own. If you shoot 66, they say, "Man, we shot 66!" But go out and shoot 77, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/caddies-are-a-breed-of-their-own-if-you-shoot-66-they-say-man-we-shot/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) > [I have an orthopedic pillow that's made out of a sponge material. I have a plate in my throat, and I have to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/i-have-an-orthopedic-pillow-that-s-made-out-of-a-sponge-material-i/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) > [Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/michael-jordan-was-a-tremendous-basketball-player/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) > [If it wasn't for golf, I don't know what I'd be doing. If my IQ had been two points lower, I'd have been a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/if-it-wasn-t-for-golf-i-don-t-know-what-i-d-be-doing-if-my-iq-had/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) > [I love watching Anthony Kim play, but I'm not a fan of the way he grips down a good two inches on his full-swing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/i-love-watching-anthony-kim-play-but-i-m-not-a-fan-of-the-way-he/) [Lee Trevino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-trevino/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/swing/lee-trevino/#itemlist", "name": "10 Swing Quotes By Lee Trevino", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I still swing the way I used to, but when I look up the ball is going in a different direction.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lee Trevino" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/i-still-swing-the-way-i-used-to-but-when-i-look-up-the-ball-is-going/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/lee-trevino-3680_balls_i-still-swing-the-way-i-used-to-but-when_1143449.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/lee-trevino-3680_balls_i-still-swing-the-way-i-used-to-but-when_1143449.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99c/lee-trevino-3680_balls_i-still-swing-the-way-i-used-to-but-when_1143449.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I still swing the way I used to, but when I look up the ball is going in a different direction.” — Lee Trevino", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My swing is so bad I look like a caveman killing his lunch.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lee Trevino" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/my-swing-is-so-bad-i-look-like-a-caveman-killing-his-lunch/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58f/lee-trevino-3680_funny-golf_my-swing-is-so-bad-i-look-like-a-caveman_1616204.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58f/lee-trevino-3680_funny-golf_my-swing-is-so-bad-i-look-like-a-caveman_1616204.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58f/lee-trevino-3680_funny-golf_my-swing-is-so-bad-i-look-like-a-caveman_1616204.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My swing is so bad I look like a caveman killing his lunch.” — Lee Trevino", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No one who ever had lessons would have a swing like mine.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lee Trevino" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-trevino/no-one-who-ever-had-lessons-would-have-a-swing-like-mine/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88b/lee-trevino-3680_lessons_no-one-who-ever-had-lessons-would-have-a_710315.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88b/lee-trevino-3680_lessons_no-one-who-ever-had-lessons-would-have-a_710315.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88b/lee-trevino-3680_lessons_no-one-who-ever-had-lessons-would-have-a_710315.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No one who ever had lessons would have a swing like mine.” — Lee Trevino", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Jack Nicklaus liked to curve the ball by opening or closing the clubface at address. 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