Golf Quotes - Page 5

• There is an old saying: if a man comes home with sand in his cuffs and cockleburs in his pants, don't ask him what he shot.

  Sam Snead

  Home, Men, Cuffs

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• A leading difficulty with the average player is that he totally misunderstands what is meant by concentration. He may think he is concentrating hard when he is merely worrying.

  Bobby Jones

  Player, Thinking, Average

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• The best exercise for golfers is golfing.

  Bobby Jones

  Exercise, Golfers, Golfing

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• You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank as to praise him for playing by the rules.

  Bobby Jones

  Men, Might, Praise

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• If there is any larceny in a man, golf will bring it out.

  Paul Gallico

  Men, Handicaps, Funny Golf

  Paul Gallico (2015). “Farewell to Sport”, p.165, Open Road Media

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• Swing hard in case you hit it.

  Dan Marino

  Swings, Inspirational Baseball, Great Baseball

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• I'm playing like Tarzan-and scoring like Jane.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Jane

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• Make friends with your caddie and the game will make friends with you.

  Stephen Potter

  Games, Caddies

  Stephen Potter (1950). “Some notes on lifemanship: with a summary of recent researches in gamesmanship”

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• Golf course design is exciting.

  Tom Kite

  Sports, Design, Exciting

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• I hope I'll never get too old to want to take part in this event, and I don't think I will ever age that much.

  Sam Snead

  Thinking, Age, Want

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• I don't care about that. The Green Coat is enough for me.

  Billy Casper

  Care, Green, Coats

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• This is where God hangs out.

  Mac O'Grady

  Hanging Out

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• Hey, is this room out of bounds?

  Alex Karras

  Hey, Rooms, Bounds

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• They say golf came easy to me because I was a good athlete, but there's not any girl on the LPGA Tour who worked near as hard as I did in golf. It's the toughest game I ever tackled.

  Babe Didrikson Zaharias

  Girl, Athlete, Games

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• I can play the game only one way. I must play every shot for all there is in it. I cannot play safe.

  Bobby Jones

  Play, Games, Way

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• Anyone who hasn't been nervous, or hasn't choked somewhere down the line, is an idiot.

  Cary Middlecoff

  Lines, Idiot, Nervous

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• I'm getting so old, I don't even buy green bananas anymore.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Bananas, Green

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• I was on the dance floor but I couldn't hear the band.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Band, Dance Floor

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• Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Funny, Character, Aggravation

  P. G. Wodehouse (2006). “The Heart of a Goof”

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• If I'm on the course and lightning starts, I get inside fast. If God wants to play through, let him.

  Bob Hope

  Dirty, Play, Gold

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• Golf is said to be an humbling game, but it is surprising how many people are either not aware of their weaknesses of else reckless of consequences.

  Bobby Jones

  Games, People, Weakness

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• I was lying ten and had a thirty-five foot putt. I whispered over my shoulder: "How does this one break?" And my caddie said, "Who cares?"

  Jack Lemmon

  Lying, Feet, Who Cares

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• When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Long, Balls, Want

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• I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what you love.

  Tiger Woods

  Business, Doing What You Love, Play

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• Through years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Air, Years, Resistance

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