Wit & Attitude Quote by Tommy Armour

“Just knock hell out of it with your right hand” is coaching as blunt-force liberation. Tommy Armour isn’t offering poetry; he’s giving permission. In a sport that can turn into a seminar on wrists, planes, and positions, the line detonates the overthinking. The intent is practical: commit to the shot, swing with authority, stop negotiating with the ball.

The subtext is about fear management. Golf punishes hesitation more than aggression; a “guided” swing is often a decelerating swing. Armour’s phrasing reframes the moment of impact as something you do to the ball, not something that happens to you. It’s a psychological trick: if you’re thinking “don’t miss,” you tighten up; if you’re thinking “hit it,” you free the body. “Knock hell out of it” also carries a little locker-room theater, the kind of swagger that makes an anxious amateur feel, briefly, like a player.

Context matters. Armour came out of an era when instruction was increasingly codified but still delivered in the language of feel and toughness, not biomechanical dashboards. As a champion and later a renowned teacher, he understood that most golfers don’t lack information; they lack conviction. The “right hand” detail is telling: it’s the hand most players experience as the agent of force and intent. Purists warn against “hitting” with it, but Armour is targeting a common paralysis, not writing scripture. It’s a cue, not a doctrine: a shot of violence to cure the disease of caution.