2. Harry Vardon
1870-1937
Don’t play too much golf.
Two rounds a day is
plenty.
Walter Hagan
1892-1969
1st American to win the British Open-1922
There is no tragedy in missing a
putt, no matter how short. All
have erred in this respect.
3. It’s nothing new or original to say that golf is played
one stroke at a time, but it took me many years to
realize it.
~ ~ ~ Bobby Jones
4. Competitive golf is
played mainly on a
five-and-a-half-
inch course...
the space between
your ears.
Some people think
they’re
concentrating
when they’re
merely worrying.
If ever I needed
an 8 foot
putt, and
everything I
owned depended
on it,
I would want
Arnold Palmer to
putt for me.
The secret of
golf is to turn
three shots into
two.
Bobby Jones
7. If a lot of people
gripped a knife and
fork as poorly as they
do a golf club, they'd
starve to death.
Sam Snead
I shot a wild elephant in Africa 30 yards from me, and it didn’t hit the ground until it
was right at my feet. I wasn’t a bit scared.
But a 4 foot putt scares me to death.
The only reason I
played golf was so I
could afford to go
hunting or fishing.
8. If you are going to throw a club, it is
important to throw it ahead of
you, down the fairway, so you don't
have to waste energy going back to
pick it up.
The mind messes up more shots than the body.
Tommy Bolt
9. The ardent golfer would play
Mount Everest if somebody
would put a flagstick on top.
Pete Dye
(He designs the only golf courses
that could burn down!)
10. If everybody could learn to hold
his [or her] head still here
wouldn’t be any golfers around
still trying to break 100.
Arnold Palmer
What other people may find in
poetry or art museums,
I find in the flight of a good drive.
I have a tip
that can
take five
strokes off
anyone's
golf game:
it's called an
eraser.
11. Julius Boros
By the time you get to your ball, if
you don't know what to do with it, try
another sport
Gary Player:
The harder I
practice the
luckier I get.
12. The always entertaining
Chi Chi Rodriguez
I don't fear
death, but I sure
don't like those
three-footers for
par.
I don't
exaggerate –
I just remember
big.
Golf is the most fun
you can have without
taking your clothes
off.
I read the greens in
Spanish, but putt in
English
13. Lee Trevino
Columbus went around
the world in 1492. That
isn't a lot of strokes when
you consider the course.
(On his new books)
The first one is called
“How to Get the
Most Distance Out of
Your Shanks,” and
the other is, “How to
Take the Correct
Stance on Your
Fourth Putt.
If you're caught on a golf course during a storm and are
afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron.
Not even God can hit a 1-iron.
15. Jack Nicklaus
Professional golf is the only
sport where, if you win 20%
of the time, you're the best.
The older you get the
stronger the wind gets and
it's always in your face.
16. Johnny Miller: Golf is 90%
inspiration and 10% perspiration.
Raymond Floyd: They call it golf
because all the other four letter
words were taken.
Jim Dent: I can airmail
the golf ball, but
sometimes I don't put the
right address on it.
17. No other game combines the wonder of nature
with the discipline of sport in such carefully
planned ways. A great golf course both frees and
challenges a golfer's mind.
Tom Watson
Golf will grow so long as it's fun.
18. Ben Crenshaw:
(Getting his green Masters jacket in 1984
from Seve Ballesteros)
I'm about five inches from being an
outstanding golfer. That's the distance
my left ear is from my right.
Golf is an awkward set of bodily
contortions designed to produce a
graceful result.
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Love and putting are mysteries for the
philosopher to solve. Both subjects are
beyond golfers.
Tommy Armour
19. Golfers talk about
John Daly’s ability to drive the ball:
His driving is
unbelievable. I don't go
that far on my holidays.
John certainly gives it a
good hit, doesn't he?
My Sunday best is a
Wednesday afternoon
compared to him.
Ian Baker Finch
Nick Faldo
20. Tiger
I get to play golf
for a living. What
more can you ask
for - getting paid
for doing what
you love.
Hockey is a sport for
white men.
Basketball is a sport
for black men.
Golf is a sport for
white men dressed
like black pimps.
21. David Feheqty, Golfeq
tuqned CommentatoqWhen CBS asked him to
do on-course
commentary he said,
You know, I'm only 37, I
still have hopes of
[playing] a little better.
So they told me what
they were going to pay
me, and I said,
“You want to buy a set of
clubs? "
When asked why he was moving to the
U.S. to work as a golf analyst:
Because I've already insulted everyone in
Europe.
22. Some pqiceless Feheqty
Quotes:That ball is so far
left, Lassie couldn’t find it
if it was wrapped in bacon.
I am sorry Nick Faldo couldn’t
be here this week. He is
attending the birth of his next
wife.
Jim Furyk’s
swing: It
looks like an
octopus
falling out of
a tree.
Watching Phil
Mickelson play golf is
like watching a drunk
chasing a balloon near
the edge of a cliff.Commenting on
John Daly's pants:
They're why the
Hubble telescope is
pointed away from
the earth.
With Gaqy
McCoqd
24. It's not enough just to swing at the ball.
You've got to loosen your girdle
and let 'er fly.
I played many sports, but when
that golf bug hit me,
it was permanent.
Babe Didrickson Zaharias
25. I expect to play golf until I am 90—
even longer if anybody figures out
a way to swing a golf club
from a wheel chair
Babe
Didrickson
Zaharias
The Babe is here. . .
Who’s coming in second?
26. Patty Berg
There is nothing in this game of golf that can't be improved upon
if you practice.
27. Golf is very much like a love affair, if you don’t take it seriously,
it’s no fun. If you do, it breaks your heart.
Don’t break your heart, but flirt with the possibility.
Louise Suggs
28. Mickey Wright
On the game of Golf:
A never-ending challenge, frustrating
but never dull, infuriating but satisfying.
29. When you start thinking about what else you can do,
you realize there’s nothing better than what we do.
Meg Mallon on retirement:
30. The simpler I keep things,
The better I play.
Nancy Lopez
My swing is no uglier
than Arnold Palmer’s,
and it’s the same ugly swing every
time.
31.
32. Payne Stewart
In the end it's still a game of
golf, and if at the end of the day
you can't shake hands with your
opponents and still be
friends, then you've missed the
point.
33. Life is like a Round of Golf
Life is like a round of golf
With many a turn and twist.
But the game is much too sweet and short
To curse the shots you’ve missed.
Sometimes you’ll hit it straight and far
Sometimes the putts roll true.
But each round has it’s errant shots
And troubles to play through.
So always swing with courage
No matter what the lie.
And never let the hazards
Destroy the joy inside.
And keep a song within your heart
Give thanks that you can play.
For the round is much too short and sweet
To let it slip away.
— Criswell Freeman
