Gene Sarazen Quotes

• 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.

  Gene Sarazen

  Golf, Fundamentals, Able

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• Even when times were good, I realized that my earning power as a golf professional depended on too many ifs and putts.

  Gene Sarazen

  Golf, Ifs And, Earning

  Gene Sarazen (1950). “Thirty Years of Championship Golf: The Life and Times of Gene Sarazen”

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• The life of a professional golfer is precarious at best. Win, and they carry you to the clubhouse on their shoulders. Lose, and you pay the caddies in the dark.

  Gene Sarazen

  Dark, Golf, Winning

  Gene Sarazen (1950). “Thirty Years of Championship Golf: The Life and Times of Gene Sarazen”

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• My caddie 'Stovepipe' tried to talk me into hitting a 3-wood. But I took out the turf rider (4-wood) instead. The moment I hit it, I felt something in my bones. Walter Hagen was playing with me and Bobby Jones was on the green. 21 people were behind the green. The sun was going down. I wasn't sure it had gone in the hole until I saw all 21 people jumping up and down.

  Gene Sarazen

  Golf, Jumping, People

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• Scott Medlock's portrait of 'the shot heard around the world' from the 1935 Masters is still being celebrated as a moment in Golf History. Imagine that!

  Gene Sarazen

  Golf, Portraits, World

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• Oakmont possesses all the charm of a sock to the head.

  Gene Sarazen

  Golf, Charm, Sock

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• Ben Hogan is the most merciless of all the modern golfers.

  Gene Sarazen

  Modern, Golfers

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