Walter Hagen Quotes
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There is no tragedy in missing a putt, no matter how short. All have erred in this respect.
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My dear, did you ever stop to think what a wonderful bunker you would make?
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It is the addition of strangeness to beauty that constitutes the romantic character in art.
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You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.
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I never wanted to be a millionaire. I just wanted to live like one.
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Make the hard ones look easy and the easy ones look hard.
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No one remembers who came in second.
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It pleased the public to think I lived the easy, carefree life - the playboy of golf.
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When I have a match to play, I begin to relax as soon as I wake up. Everything I do, I do slow and easy. That goes for stroking the razor, getting dressed, and eating my breakfast. I'm practically in slow motion. By the time I'm ready to tee off, I'm so used to taking my time that it's impossible to hurry my swing.
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It takes six years to make a golfer: three to learn the game, then another three to unlearn all you have learned in the first three years. You might be a golfer when you arrive at that stage, but more likely you are just starting.
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Give me a man with big hands and big feet and no brains and I'll make a golfer out of him.
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Every golfer can expect to have four bad shots in a round and when you do, just put them out of your mind. This, of course is hard to do when you've had them and you're not even off the first tee.
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Hurry up Gene, I got a date tonight.
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He may have gone to bed three hours ago, but he knows who he is playing. You can rest assured that he hasn't slept a wink.
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That's the easiest 69 I ever made.
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Why waste good shots in practice when you might need them in a match?
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Here Eddie, hold the flag while I putt out.
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What a shame to waste those great shots on the practice tee.
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I don't want to be a millionaire; just live like one.
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You don't have the game you played last year or last week. You only have today's game. It may be far from your best, but that's all you've got. Harden your heart and make the best of it.
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Trouble shots are surprisingly easy if you activate your imagination. You simply must be able to imagine exactly what flight the ball will take before you can play any shot well.
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Short putts are missed because it is not physically possible to make the little ball travel over uncertain ground for three or four feet with any degree of regularity.
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Which one of you is going to be runner-up?
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Don 't hurry. Don't worry. You're only here for a short visit. So don't forget to stop and smell the roses.