Golf Quotes - Page 62

It breaks towards the center of the earth when it is above the hole.

I don't go out and get arrested anymore. The most extravagant thing I do these days is play golf. I'm like an old man.

Nicklaus plays a kind of golf with which I am not familiar.

Well, I'm glad we don't have to play in the shade.

I once showed Pat Bradley my swing and said, 'What do I do next?' Pat replied, 'Wait till the pain dies down.'

I used to play golf with a guy who cheated so badly that he once had a hole in one and wrote down zero on the scorecard.

What's disappointing about @usopengolf is the fans not being about to walk around the course/get close enough to most of the greens to cheer. Fans are having a hard time walking the course. They can barely see anything from outside the ropes. I would be pissed if I paid a lot of money for tickets and could barely see the top players hit golf shots.

Think ahead. Golf is a next-shot game.

I always said you have to be really smart or really dumb to play this game well. I just don't know where I fit in.

Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.

Golf was my life. I didn't want to give it up. So I went to work!

I'm not very good at practice. But if you tell yourself you love the hole and love hitting it on the fairway, it's a big difference.

As if we don't have enough volence on television. After her husband accidentally hit two spectators with golf balls during a celebrity golf tournament.

Some of us are fortunate enough to play championship golf, but this isn't essential in the enjoyment of the game.

First time I met Jack [Nicholas ] I had heard about his golf and prowess - I was playing in the Ohio amateur.

I think I've heard somebody say that I was a well-dressed golfer. I guess that has something to do with the fact that a lot of people who play golf don't dress very well.

All the things that I have derived either directly or indirectly through the game of golf are things I owe a great deal to the game and to the people who support the game.

Your worst putt will usually be as good as your best chip.

Golf isn't just about hitting a lot of drivers. I grew up playing on my front lawn, chipping and putting into soup cans, out of the ivy and over rose bushes and hedges - the little Alcott Golf and Country Club. I just loved having a wedge in my hands.

The subconscious mind is probably the most important factor in being a good golfer. It keeps distractions on the course from ruining a good round. You should practice, develop your swing, and do most of your thinking on the practice tee so that when you play in competition, you can hit the ball automatically.

I have a lot of friends, in and out of golf, and there is a mutual trust. I'm very serious at the course. Maybe if I joked around more around the press tent, your image of me would be different. But that's not me. And the golf course is my office. If I come up to you when you're writing a story, are you going to drop everything to talk? Or are you going to say you're too busy doing your job?

I like travelers, but I don't like tourists. The difference is that travelers don't shop and they don't play golf.

You know what the game of golf is, don't you? It's basketball for people who can't jump and chess for people who can't think.

I thought marriage was tough. Golf's like going over Niagara Falls in a barrel! It's a psychological game that gets into your blood.

I've seen lifelong friends drift apart over golf just because one could play better, but the other counted better.