Golf Quotes - Page 34

Extremely large greens breed slovenly play. When any green ceases to command respect, it loses its value as a test of that rarest of all strokes, the shot home.

Ninety percent of putts that are short, don't go in.

Playing golf is like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture.

Golf in the interest of good health and good manners. It promotes self-restraint and affords a chance to play the man and act the gentleman.

The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.

If I can hit the ball the way I want to hit it on the range, I'd rather do that than play golf. I just love the feeling of hitting good golf shots.

Golf is a passion that will stay with me forever. That's all I know.

I've thrown or broken a few clubs in my day. In fact, I guess at one time or another I probably held distance records for every club in the bag.

Golf will grow so long as it’s fun.

The person I fear most in the last two rounds is myself.

Art is not predictable. Art is not golf, as great as that may be. There are 360 degrees of choice to make.

Playing golf is like going to a strip joint. After 18 holes you are tired and most of your balls are missing.

I want to be what I've always wanted to be: dominant.

Look, there are no shortcuts in golf, and there are no shortcuts in life. You have to work for it. Dream big and keep your dreams for yourself. Because the dreams that you have are those things that separate you from others. If you give up your dream, you give up hope. And without hope, you are nothing.

And I don't really like golf. I know a lot of English footballers play, but I know that if I go with the club to play, sooner or later I will end up trying to smash the ball with my foot.

Golf's for everybody.

I try to exercise in nature, and I try to play golf once a month. The last time I played golf with my wife, however, she got better scores than me, which became an additional source of stress.

Be who you really are.

I always think under par. You have to believe in yourself.

When I'm not working, I like to play golf.

When I ask you what club to use, look the other way and don't answer.

Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot.

To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment.

Playing golf is like eating. It's something which has to come naturally.

The three things I fear most in golf are lightning, Ben Hogan and a downhill putt.