Golf Quotes

Golf Quote of the day

Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots - but you have to play the ball where it lies.

As I watched the seagulls, I thought, That's the road to take; find the absolute rhythm and follow it with absolute trust.

I believe nicotine plus caffeine equals protein.

Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.

Life is nothing but a memory. People who dwell on the bad ones aren't going to have a whole lot of good ones coming up.

The main idea in golf as in life, I suppose is to learn to accept what cannot be altered and to keep on doing one's own reasoned and resolute best whether the prospect be bleak or rosy.

There are only two types of player-those who keep their nerves under control and win championships, and those who do not.

This fitness thing is blown out of proportion. What am I going to do on a treadmill - smoke a cigarette and drink a diet Coke?

Competitive golf is played mainly on a five-and-a-half-inch course... the space between your ears.

Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation.

A smart girl is one who knows how to play tennis, golf, piano -- and dumb.

The worse you're performing, the more you must work mentally and emotionally. The greatest and toughest art in golf is "playing badly well." All the true greats have been masters at it.

I used to play golf. I wanted to be a better player, but after a while I realized I'd always stink. And that's when I really started to enjoy the game.

I enjoy the oohs! and aahs! from the gallery when I hit my drives. But I'm getting pretty tired of the awws! and uhhs! when I miss the putt.

My slogan is who needs fitness when you've got great equipment.

The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face.

You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank as to praise him for playing by the rules.

I learned you can't drink whiskey and play golf.

Do I have to know rules and all that crap? Then forget it.

The real way to enjoy playing golf is to take pleasure not in the score, but in the execution of strokes.

Emerald as heavy as a golf course, ruby as dark as an afterbirth, diamond as white as sun on the sea.

Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course

One travels like a golf ball, hopping from green to green.

You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course.

I know this golf tournament has my name on it but it's not about me. It's about the Louisiana Tech family. There is nothing greater than being a part of the Bulldog family.

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

It takes hundreds of good golf shots to gain confidence, but only one bad one to lose it.

You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.

If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.

My swing is so bad I look like a caveman killing his lunch.

The object of golf is to beat someone. Make sure that someone is not yourself.

Every great player has learned the two Cs: how to concentrate and how to maintain composure.

But in the end it's still a game of golf, and if at the end of the day you can't shake hands with your opponents and still be friends, then you've missed the point.

You can't win them all but you can try.

When I get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters on the grill, get the ice-cold beer and the cigars - that's heaven here on earth.

Golf is the only game I know of that actually becomes harder the longer you play it.

I never learned anything from a match that I won.

Golf is a game invented by the same people who think music comes out of a bagpipe.

I've got the drinkers and the smokers and the eaters on my side.

It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.

The toughest opponent of all is Old Man Par. He's a patient soul who never shoots a birdie and never incurs a bogey. And if you would travel the long road with him, you must be patient, too.

After all these years, it's still embarrassing for me to play on the American golf tour. Like the time I asked my caddie for a sand wedge and he came back ten minutes later with a ham on rye.

To give yourself the best possible chance of playing to your potential, you must prepare for every eventuality. That means practice.

It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.

The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.

The rewards of golf, and of life too I expect, are worth very little if you don't play the game by the etiquette as well as by the rules.

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.

Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.

In order to win, you must play your best golf when you need it most, and play your sloppy stuff when you can afford it. I shall not attempt to explain how you achieve this happy timing.

The object of golf is not just to win. It is to play like a gentleman, and win.