Golf Quotes
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A pretty girl will always have the toughest time learning to play golf, because every man wants to give her lessons.
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If the rest of his foursome are bunched directly behind his ball, or assume the foetal position with their backs to the tee, the golfer is reminded that his drive tends to be erratic. More cruel yet is for his opponent to stand directly in the projected line of flight, as the safest place to be.
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The hardest shot in golf is a mashie at 90 yards from the green, where the ball has to be played against an oak tree, bounces back into a sandtrap, hits a stone, bounces on the green and then rolls into the cup. That shot is so difficult I have made it only once.
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In order to hit a good golf shot at that moment in time when you're standing over the ball, you must believe that golf shot is the most important things in your life.
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It's very difficult to move yourself up bit by bit. It's like trying to eat an elephant for God's sake. I can do it. It's just I have to have it bite by bite, you know. It's possible. You can eat an elephant, but you have to do it bite by bite. You can't do it all in one go.
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I can't even pretend to play golf.
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Golf is a game in which you yell 'fore,' shoot six, and write down five.
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You should welcome getting older in golf. With greater knowledge of your swing, you, too, can keep improving.
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Brushing up on your short game at the practice area is fine and good, but taking it with you to the golf course - when your score is really on the line - is another story.
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If it wasn't for golf, I'd probably be a caddie today.
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If it did end up in a tie, it has been phenomenal golf. It could happen. If it did, so be it.
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I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.
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It is the constant and undying hope for improvement that makes golf so exquisitely worth playing.
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Golf is a game not just of manners but of morals.
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I had two older brothers, so I was always competing with them. The guys I grew up with on the golf course, when I was 13, they were 15 or 16, and I was always trying to beat them.
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I have always wanted to live where one could practice golf shots in one's pajamas before breakfast.
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Programming is similar to a game of golf. The point is not getting the ball in the hole but how many strokes it takes.
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The head has no purpose in the golf swing. It simply goes where the body takes it
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Golf is a search for perfection, for balance. It's about meditation and concentration. You have to use hand and brain.
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I've heard people say my swing's not perfect, and I know that. But golf's a natural sport, very sensitive. It's played a lot by feel. I don't care if my swing is too flat. If it works, I don't have to change it.
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But golf being an international game and everybody loving the game the way they do, if you want to spread the game of golf, it's good that you have great competition.
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I'm just more into playing golf. It's a great thing.
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Whatever happens on the golf course is OK, because if I put the ball in trouble I know that I have the skills to get it out of trouble and back into play.
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Back horses or go down to Throgmorton Street and try to take it away from the Rothschilds, and I will applaud you as a shrewd and cautious financier. But to bet at golf is pure gambling.
