Great Golf Quotes - Page 6

• A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Sports, Golf, Clubs

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• The game has such a hold on golfers because they compete not only against an opponent, but also against the course, against par, and most surely- against themselves.

  Arnold Palmer

  Golf, Games, Opponents

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

  Gary Player

  Golf, Natural, Hard

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• The ball retriever is not long enough to get my putter out of the tree.

  Brian Weiss

  Golf, Long, Tree

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• My body is here, but my mind has already teed off.

  Keith Michael

  Golf, Mind, Body

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• If I had cleared the trees and drove the green, it would've been a great shot.

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Tree, Green

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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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• 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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• I've heard people say putting is 50 percent technique and 50 percent mental. I really believe it is 50 percent technique and 90 percent positive thinking, see, but that adds up to 140 percent, which is why nobody is 100 percent sure how to putt.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Believe, Positive Thinking, Golf

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• The moment the average golfer attempts to play from long grass or a bunker or from a difficult lie of any kind, he becomes a digger instead of a swinger.

  Bobby Jones

  Lying, Golf, Long Grass

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• A good one iron shot is about as easy to come by as an understanding wife.

  Dan Jenkins

  Golf, Iron, Wife

  Dan Jenkins (2010). “Dead Solid Perfect”, p.4, Anchor

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• Bad putting is due more to the effect the green has upon the player than it has upon the action of the ball.

  Bobby Jones

  Golf, Player, Balls

  Bobby Jones (1966). “Bobby Jones on Golf”, Main Street Books

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• When you lip out several putts in a row, you should never think that means that you're putting well. When you're putting well, the only question is what part of the hole it's going to fall in, not if it's going in.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Fall, Mean, Golf

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• I'm the best. I just haven't played yet.

  Muhammad Ali

  Golf, Boxing, Havens

  Twitter post from Sep 02, 2012

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• To find a man's true character, play golf with him.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Character, Golf, Men

  P. G. Wodehouse (2011). “The Clicking of Cuthbert”, p.130, The Floating Press

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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

  Golf, Player, Thinking

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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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• You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work.

  Lee Trevino

  Sports, Husband, Golf

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• You know you're on the Senior Tour when your back goes out more than you do.

  Bob Bruce

  Senior, Golf, Knows

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• Golf, like measles, should be caught young.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Funny, Golf, Should

  P. G. Wodehouse (2011). “The Clicking of Cuthbert”, p.55, The Floating Press

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• Never bet with anyone you meet on the first tee who has a deep suntan, a 1-iron in his bag, and squinty eyes.

  Dave Marr

  Eye, Golf, Iron

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• If you really want to get better at golf, go back and take it up at a much earlier age.

  Tom Mulligan

  Golf, Get Better, Age

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• Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.

  Ben Hogan

  Golf, Management, Talent

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• Isn't it fun to go out on the course and lie in the sun?

  Bob Hope

  Fun, Lying, Golf

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• Men who would face torture without a word become blasphemous at the short fourteenth. It is clear that the game of golf may well be included in that category of intolerable provocations which may legally excuse or mitigate behaviour not otherwise excusable.

  A. P. Herbert

  Golf, Men, Games

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