Golf Quotes - Page 27

Golf is based on honesty, where else would you admit to a seven on a par three?

There's a guy who won't be in contention. There's another one I don't have to worry about.

Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you're the best.

There's more tension in golf than in boxing because golfers bring it on themselves. It's silly really because it's not as if the golf ball is going to jump up and belt you on the whiskers, is it?

Golfers find it a very trying matter to turn at the waist, more particularly if they have a lot of waist to turn

You can talk about strategy all you want, but what really matters is resiliency.

This is the substance of our Plot-For those who play the Perfect Shot, There are ten thousand who do not.

My favorite shots are the practice swing and the conceded putt. The rest can never be mastered.

The smaller the ball used in the sport, the better the book.

I was three over. One over a house, one over a patio, and one over a swimming pool.

I have been able to hope for the best, expect the worst, and take what comes along. If there has been one fundamental reason for my success, this is it.

I've never been to heaven and, thinking back on my life, I probably won't get a chance to go. I guess the Masters is as close as I'm going to get.

Golf is supposed to be fun, but I don't think anything is fun if you're not doing it reasonably well.

As far as swing and techniques are concerned, I don't know diddly squat. When I'm playing well, I don't even take aim.

Hagen said that no-one remembers who finished second. But they still ask me if I ever think about that putt I missed to win the 1970 Open at St. Andrews. I tell them that some times it doesn't cross my mind for a full five minutes.

Nobody ever looked up and saw a good shot.

That's the trouble with Nick. The only time he opens his mouth is to change feet.

The devoted golfer is an anguished soul who has learned a lot about putting, just as an avalanche victim has learned a lot about snow.

Always keep in mind that if God didn't want a man to have mulligans, golf balls wouldn't come three to a sleeve.

The shortest distance between any two points on a golf course is a straight line that passes directly through the center of a very large tree.

I haven't slept properly for 12 years because of this bloody game. I don't think you do in a competitive game. You toss and turn and you don't sleep.

There's a saying that we use in golf: "I'd rather be lucky than good." Of course, to be lucky and good is the ideal. If you study hard, you can get good. And if you get lucky and get the proper parts for people to be able to appreciate what you're doing ... I'm sure there are many actors that are quite talented who have never been a success because they've never had the right opportunity and the right material. My mother used to think I had a guardian angel.

Golf is a thinking man's game. You can have all the shots in the bag, but if you don't know what to do with them, you've got troubles.

If you buy a book on golf instruction buy the thinnest book you can find. The thinner the book, chances are the easier and more elementary the instruction. It can do one of two things: help you more or hurt you less. Both are good compared to the alternative.

I don't exaggerate - I just remember big.