Golf Quotes - Page 29

• I will tell you privately it's not going to get better, it's going to get worse all the time, but don't fret. Remember, we play the ball where it lies, and now let's not talk about this, ever again.

  Bobby Jones

  Lying, Play, Get Better

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• The competition I played against was fantastic, but golf is a different game now. The courses have shrunk because the equipment has gotten better. They're hitting the ball 10 to 15 percent farther because of the changes in the golf ball.

  Hollis Stacy

  Games, Competition, Different

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• I was a hotshot as a junior. When I was 18, I really got into fiddling around. I completely lost interest in golf, and I guess all I could think about was going to college, getting married and having babies.

  Hollis Stacy

  Baby, College, Thinking

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• Find a good teacher that will keep the game fun. Work hard and don't be afraid to have success or disappointment. That is what golf is all about.

  Paula Creamer

  Teacher, Fun, Disappointment

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• Every woman should recruit a female friend to take up golf so there will be more women available to play.

  Paula Creamer

  Play, Female, Should

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• How do you combat a man with a firearm? You don't combat him with a golf club, baseball bat or a knife. You combat him with another firearm.

  Luke Scott

  Baseball, Men, Knives

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• The 'enemy' in golf is tension.

  Bobby Jones

  Enemy, Tension

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• The most successful way to play golf is the easiest way.

  Harry Vardon

  Successful, Play, Way

  Harry Vardon (1922). “Progressive Golf”

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• Good golf begins with a good grip.

  Ben Hogan

  Good Golf

  Ben Hogan (1985). “Ben Hogan's Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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• I was from North Carolina, so as a youngster all of my mind games about golf were always, If I make this I win The Masters, if I hole this par putt I win The Masters. So it was a great thrill to play there.

  Ray Floyd

  Winning, Games, Play

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• The doctors told me I'd be fine if I play only golf and tennis doubles for the rest of my life. But I dive. I dogsled. I trek. I guess I'll have surgery.

  Lauren Hutton

  Doctors, Play, Tennis

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• When you make a mistake, the ocean gives you an instant reminder. You get punished. If golf clubs could shock you every time you hit the ball wrong, we'd probably learn how to play golf pretty well.

  Laird Hamilton

  Mistake, Ocean, Play

  "Laird Hamilton: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. March 23, 2011.

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• No, I don't have any problems leaving disappointments behind. I've had lots of good days at golf and a few disappointments, so you never know what's around the corner.

  Lee Westwood

  Disappointment, Good Day, Focus

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• I don't play the sport for fame. I don't try to win tournaments for fame. I don't do any of that. It's just me. I'm just Bubba. I goof around. I joke around. I just want to be me and play golf.

  Bubba Watson

  Sports, Winning, Play

  "Solomon: 'Bubba from Bagdad' now a major golf name". Interview, www.chron.com. April 8, 2012.

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• Using TrackMan is very important in the development of your golf game because it gives you such good data on what your golf swing is doing and where it needs to go.

  Jason Dufner

  Swings, Data, Games

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• Programming is similar to a game of golf. The point is not getting the ball in the hole but how many strokes it takes.

  Hayley Mills

  Learning, Games, Balls

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• You just don't have the time to worry about what others are doing. You just want to take care of your own business. You are focused on that tee shot on the 10th tee and making it to the finish line. It's one of the most stressful moments in professional golf, but you have worked so hard to get to that point, that it really is fun.

  Mike Weir

  Fun, Worry, Effort

  Sky Sports Interview, www.skysports.com. July 3, 2011.

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• I have always had a drive that pushed me to try for perfection, and golf is a game in which perfection stays just out of reach.

  Betsy Rawls

  Games, Perfection, Trying

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• I have a project at HBO and one at the Family Channel coming that are being looked at. Aside from that I am not doing much more than playing golf and some skiing.

  Gil Gerard

  Hbo, Skiing, Projects

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• I don't have a life, I really don't. I'm as close to a nun as you can be without the little hat. I'm a golf nun.

  Gabrielle Reece

  Sports, Hate, Hats

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• Ask yourself how many shots you would have saved if you always developed a strategy before you hit, always played within your capabilities, never lost you temper, and never got down on yourself.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Strategy, Lost, Shots

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• I never missed a putt in my mind.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Mind

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• Tee your ball high...air offers less resistance than dirt.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Air, Balls, Dirt

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• There's a guy who won't be in contention. There's another one I don't have to worry about.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Worry, Guy, Contention

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• We all would like to struggle like Tiger is struggling.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Struggle, Tigers

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