Golfing Quotes - Page 7

• Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot.

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Shots, Funny Golf

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• Sex is the most fun you can have without smiling.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Sex, Fun, Golf

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• I ain't never had much fun. I ain't never been two inches away from a football. Here guys go fishing on the day of the game, hunting, golfing, and all I want to do is be alone, studying how not to lose.

  Bear Bryant

  Sports, Football, Fun

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• The first time I played the Masters, I was so nervous I drank a bottle of rum before I teed off. I shot the happiest 83 of my life.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Dirty, Golf, Gold

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• The best wood in most amateurs' bags is the pencil.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Golf, Bags, Woods

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• Golf is a spiritual game. It's like Zen. You have to let your mind take over.

  Amy Alcott

  Spiritual, Golf, Games

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• Golf is a game in which you claim the privileges of age, and retain the playthings of childhood.

  Samuel Johnson

  Golf, Games, Childhood

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• In baseball you hit your home run over the right-field fence, the left-field fence, the center-field fence. Nobody cares. In golf everything has got to be right over second base.

  Ken Harrelson

  Leadership, Baseball, Running

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• They throw their clubs backwards, and that's wrong. You should always throw a club ahead of you so that you don't have to walk any extra distance to get it.

  Tommy Bolt

  Distance, Golf, Clubs

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• Do not be tempted to invest in a sample of each golfing invention as soon as it makes its appearance. If you do, you will only complicate and spoil your game - and encumber your locker with useless rubbish.

  Harry Vardon

  Golf, Games, Temptation

  Harry Vardon (2010). “The Complete Golfer”, p.168, Cosimo, Inc.

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• A lot of guys who have have never choked, have never been in the position to do so.

  Tom Watson

  Golf, Guy, Position

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• Tips can make someone a better writer but not necessarily a good writer. That's a larger package - a matter of character. Golfing is more than keeping the left arm straight. Every good golfer is a complex engine that runs on ability, ego, determination, discipline, patience, confidence, and other qualities that are self-taught. So it is with writers and all creative artists. If their values are solid their work is likely to be solid.

  William Zinsser

  Running, Determination, Character

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• Go play golf. Go to the golf course. Hit the ball. Find the ball. Repeat until the ball is in the hole. Have fun. The end.

  Chuck Hogan

  Funny, Golf, Play

  Chuck Hogan (1993). “Learning Golf: The How-To-Learn Book for Aspiring Golfers”, Sports Enhancement Assocs

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• Every time a fellow golfer gives me a piece of advice I have thought about it. A different thing is that this advice can be introduced into my golfing routine.

  Seve Ballesteros

  Giving, Advice, Pieces

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• No game designed to be played with the aid of personal servants by right-handed men who can't even bring along their dogs can be entirely good for the soul.

  Bruce McCall

  Dog, Golf, Men

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• The harder you work, the luckier you get.

  Gary Player

  Inspirational, Motivational, Work

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• Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

  Terry Pratchett

  Sex, Fun, Writing

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• I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.

  Will Rogers

  Funny, Sports, Hate

  Quoted in Michael HobbsThe Golf Quotation Book (1992).

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• Excessive golfing dwarfs the intellect. Nor is this to be wondered at when you consider that the more fatuously vacant the mind is, the better for play. It has been observed that absolute idiots play the steadiest.

  Charles Walter Simpson

  Golf, Play, Mind

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• Not all activities are equal in this regard. Those that involve genuine concentration—studying a musical instrument, playing board games, reading, and dancing—are associated with a lower risk for dementia. Dancing, which requires learning new moves, is both physically and mentally challenging and requires much concentration. Less intense activities, such as bowling, babysitting, and golfing, are not associated with a reduced incidence of Alzheimer’s. (254)

  Norman Doidge

  Moving, Reading, Games

  Norman Doidge (2007). “The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science”, p.254, Penguin

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• In the business world, what’s the female equivalent of going golfing with a client?” Laney gave this some thought. Payton fell silent, too, contemplating. After a few moments, neither of them could come up with anything. How depressing. Payton sighed, feigning resignation. “Well, that’s it. I guess I’ll just have to sleep with them.” Laney folded her hands primly on the table. “I think I’m uncomfortable with this conversation.

  Julie James

  Depressing, Sleep, Thinking

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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, Golf, Play

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• Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt.

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Dimes, Whiskey

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• There are two things you can do with your head down - play golf and pray.

  Lee Trevino

  Golf, Play, Two

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• The golf swing is like a suitcase into which we are trying to pack one too many things.

  John Updike

  Golf, Swings, Trying

  John Updike (2009). “More Matter: Essays and Criticism”, p.124, Random House

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