Wit & Attitude Quote by Tommy Armour

A golfer’s insult, delivered with a straight face and a sharpened putter. Tommy Armour’s line works because it isn’t just rude; it’s a compact theory of bad guidance. “Abysmal” sets the stakes high, then he aims the real shot at a particular ecosystem: advice that doesn’t merely miss the mark, but circulates confidently between people least equipped to give or take it.

The intent is surgical dismissal. Armour isn’t arguing against one piece of counsel so much as the whole ritual of unearned expertise. By pairing “ignorant” (the giver) with “stupid” (the receiver), he sketches a closed loop where misinformation becomes self-reinforcing: the clueless speak, the uncritical listen, and everyone walks away feeling validated. The subtext is that the problem isn’t lack of information; it’s lack of judgment. In sport, that’s the difference between practice and superstition, coaching and heckling, technique and “tips.”

The line’s cultural bite lands because Armour came from a world where advice is constant and often suspect: clubhouse folklore, swing “secrets,” quick fixes sold as wisdom. Golf especially breeds armchair instructors, and Armour, a major champion and respected teacher, knew how easily authority gets mimicked. The punchline is the social hierarchy it implies: expertise exists, but it’s drowned out by confident noise. It’s funny because it’s brutal; it’s durable because it’s recognizable far beyond golf, from self-help to social media.