Golf Quotes - Page 19

• Happiness is a long walk with a putter.

  Greg Norman

  Long Walks, Long, Golfing

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• Hit it hard. It will land somewhere.

  Mark Calcavecchia

  Land, Hard

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• No matter what happens - never give up a hole....In tossing in your cards after a bad beginning you also undermine your whole game, because to quit between tee and green is more habit-forming than drinking a highball before breakfast.

  Sam Snead

  Giving Up, Drinking, Games

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• No one who ever had lessons would have a swing like mine.

  Lee Trevino

  Swings, Lessons, Mines

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• I'm hitting the driver so good I gotta dial the operator for long distance after I hit it.

  Lee Trevino

  Distance, Long, Hitting

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• Never take a mulligan on a par 3. A "hole in three" is not a fun story to relive.

  Brian Weiss

  Fun, Stories, Three

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• Trouble is bad to get into but fun to get out of. If you're in trouble, eighty percent of the time there's a way out. If you can see the ball, you can probably hit it; and if you can hit it, you can move it; and if you can move it, you might be able to knock it in the hole. At least it's fun to try.

  Arnold Palmer

  Fun, Moving, Trying

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• Talking about golf is always boring. Playing golf can be interesting, but not the part where you try to hit the little ball; only the part where you drive the cart.

  Dave Barry

  Talking, Interesting, Trying

  Dave Barry (2009). “Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus”, p.104, Ballantine Books

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• When I play my best golf, I feel as if I'm in a fog, standing back watching the earth in orbit with a golf club in my hands.

  Mickey Wright

  Play, Fog, Hands

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• Little Bobby Jones of Atlanta is really a fine player, and shows every indication of becoming a tremendous great one, once he is master of himself, which must come with maturity.

  A. W. Tillinghast

  Maturity, Player, Atlanta

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• There are two basic rules which should never be broken. Be subtle. And don't, for God's sake, try to do business with anyone who's having a bad game.

  William Davis

  Games, Two, Broken

  William Davis (1973). “The Punch book of golf”

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• They were real golfers, for real golf is a thing of the spirit, not of mere mechanical excellence of stroke.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Real, Excellence, Spirit

  P. G. Wodehouse (2009). “The Clicking of Cuthbert: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.31, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The rules are simple and easily understood by anyone who has once seen the game, but to the totally uninitiated they appear to be hopelessly unintelligible.

  John Adams Gilmer

  Simple, Games, Understood

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• Some golfers fantasize about playing in a foursome with Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Sam Snead. The way I hit I'd rather play in a foursome with Helen Keller, Ray Charles, and Stevie Wonder.

  Bruce Lansky

  Play, Rays, Way

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• The putter looks like a bunch of nuts and bolts welded together, but the ball goes in the hole.

  Julius Boros

  Nuts, Together, Balls

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• In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf. I played three rounds in that Tahoe event, and I was drained. Mentally, not physically.

  Pete Sampras

  Sports, Couple, Mistake

  Biography/Personal Quotes, labs.imdb.com.

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• I am relying on the theory that playing golf is just like riding a bike and that I haven't forgotten how.

  Jennifer Wyatt

  Riding, Forgotten, Theory

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• I play a lot of charity golf mainly. I'm a bandit 18 if I play two or three times a week.

  Eric Bristow

  Play, Two, Three

  "Small Talk: Eric Bristow". Interview with Nick Harper, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2003.

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• A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting.

  Billy Joel

  Musician, Typical, Heavy Metal

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• We were all born with webbed feet and a golf club in our hand.

  Old Tom Morris

  Hands, Feet, Clubs

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• The life of the golfer is not all gloom; There's always the lies in the locker room.

  Sammy Cahn

  Lying, Lockers, Rooms

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• After you have the basics down it's all mental.

  Ken Venturi

  Basics

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• I was shooting in the low 70s and 60s by the time I was twelve. That's the great thing about golf. It doesn't matter how old or young you are; if you're 90 and can shoot a good score, people will want to play with you.

  Bubba Watson

  Play, People, Twelve

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• I just hitch up my girdle and let 'er fly.

  Babe Didrikson Zaharias

  Girdles

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• One of the things my dad kept instilling in me was the joy of the game. He made it fun for me. A lot of the time I see kids that don't enjoy being out there and that's a shame; you're supposed to enjoy the game.

  Tiger Woods

  Fun, Dad, Kids

  "Talk Asia" with Lorraine Hahn, cnn.com. December 23, 2001.

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