Golf Life Quotes

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

  Bob Hope

  Dirty, Golf, Play

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• Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun.

  Jim Bishop

  Funny, Retirement, Native American

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  I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

  Arnold Palmer

  Sports, Perseverance, Determination

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• Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.

  Arnold Palmer

  Golf, Simple, Complicated

  FaceBook post by Arnold Palmer from Oct 04, 2016

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• A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how to behave.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Growing Up, Kids, Golf

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• If you drink don't drive. Don't even putt.

  Dean Martin

  Retirement, Drinking, Book

  "Famous drinkers" by Rob Parker, www.theguardian.com. April 18, 2004.

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• It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf.

  Robert Wilson Lynd

  Sports, Golf, World

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• If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.

  Jack Lemmon

  Sports, Dirty, Golf

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• If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Hope, Inspirational Sports

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• The real reason your pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing at you.

  Phyllis Diller

  Retirement, Real, Golf

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• Golf seems to me an arduous way to go for a walk. I prefer to take the dogs out.

  Anne, Princess Royal

  Funny, Dog, Golf

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• You must work very hard to become a natural golfer.

  Gary Player

  Golf, Natural, Hard

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• People only do their best at things they truly enjoy

  Jack Nicklaus

  People, Enjoy

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• For this game you need, above all things, to be in a tranquil frame of mind.

  Harry Vardon

  Golf, Games, Mind

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• You can't call it a sport. You don't run, jump, you don't shoot, you don't pass. All you have to do is buy some clothes that don't match.

  Steve Sax

  Sports, Running, Golf

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• "Play it as it lies" is one of the fundamental dictates of golf

  Henry Beard

  Lying, Golf, Play

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• If I can hit a curveball, why can't I hit a ball that is standing still on a course?

  Larry Nelson

  Golf, Balls, Standing Still

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• It is more satisfying to be a bad player at golf. The worse you play, the better you remember the occasional good shot.

  Nubar Gulbenkian

  Golf, Player, Remember

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• The harder you work, the luckier you get.

  Gary Player

  Inspirational, Motivational, Work

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• The best exercise for golfers is golfing.

  Bobby Jones

  Exercise, Golf, Golfers

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• It is nevertheless a game of considerable passion, either of the explosive type, or that which burns inwardly and sears the soul.

  Bobby Jones

  Passion, Golf, Games

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• Many shots are spoiled at the last instant by efforts to add a few more yards.

  Bobby Jones

  Golf, Effort, Yards

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• How did I make a twelve on a par five hole? It's simple - I missed a four foot putt for an eleven.

  Arnold Palmer

  Golf, Simple, Feet

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• The greatest thing about tomorrow is, I will be better than I am today.

  Tiger Woods

  Today, Tomorrow, Being A Better Person

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• I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Sports, People, Theory

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