Perhaps more than any other all-time great, Arnold Palmer was a feel player. With each lash to his signature above-the-head finish, Palmer resembled an artist hardly concerned with technical precision. Later in his life, he felt that golf instruction had become too complicated for the average player. Palmer believed that “If you do a handful of things correctly, you can play pretty well without too much thought.”

To help simplify the game, Arnie gathered his favorite timeless tips from old books and articles, which we pieced together and published in 2009. Rather than advocating for hitting certain positions, Palmer describes what you should be feeling for different shots—“whisking” chips, “sitting down” on bunker shots and turning like a barber pole. It’s an approach that will rid you of technical jargon and help you play a little more like Arnie the artist.