Golf Quotes

I would like to deny all allegations by Bob Hope that during my last game of golf, I hit an eagle, a birdie, an elk and a moose.

Golf without Jones would be like France without Paris: leaderless, lightless and lonely.

Golf is not, on the whole, a game for realists. By its exactitudes of measurements it invites the attention of perfectionists.

Golf isn't just my business, it's my hobby.

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.

One of these days I'm going to write a book on drops. That ought to sell. The shot's become more popular than putting.

In my retirement I go for a short swim at least once or twice every day. It's either that or buy a new golf ball.

One thing about golf is you don't know why you play bad and why you play good.

We all know, the ones who play golf, know what a wonderful game it is and what a great past-time it is.

I challenge myself everywhere, onstage, on the golf course. Hey, isn't that the point of it all? To keep getting better? Otherwise why do it?

I'd say that golf is about 75% mental. If your state of mind gets out of kilter, you're worse off than a tomcat floating on a log.

It’s up to the captain. I certainly feel my golf is worthy of playing in the Ryder Cup. But I’m not sure I’m on the radar screen of Paul McGinley.

It's amazing how many people beat you at golf now that you're no longer president.

The business man - the man to whom age brings golf instead of wisdom.

I understand why marriages break up over golf. I can't even talk about my own handicap because it's too upsetting.

My first calendar was a combination of photos taken from different shoots including golf and casual.

This is a game of misses. The guy who misses the best is going to win.

Oakmont possesses all the charm of a sock to the head.

It should almost be a prerequisite to play Castle Stuart before you're allowed to design golf courses nowadays.

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.

A golf swing is a collection of corrected mistakes.

The reason they call if 'golf' is that all the other 4 letter words were used up.

Golf does strange things to other people, too. It makes liars out of honest men, cheats out of altruists, cowards out of brave men and fools out of everybody.

Golf is a puzzle without an answer.

I'll shoot my age if I have to live to be 105.

My only goal is to look back at the end of each year and see that I have improved.

Out here, it's just you and the ball.

I like going there for golf. America is one vast golf course today.

I'm actually a very quiet person off the golf course. I talk 150 miles per hour when I'm at the course, but when in private I very seldom ever open my mouth.

His driving is unbelievable. I don't go that far on my holidays.

They say golf is like life, but don't believe them. It's more complicated than that.

I was out on the golf course, a guy came riding out in a golf cart and said, Did you know that Elvis died? And I just said, Well, there you go. It was like I had kinda been expecting it.

I can remember running around at the age of 3, wanting to play golf, cricket and football. I was always active, one way or another, driving my parents mad.

Sometimes, we should maybe sit back and look at all we have. It's because of golf and the tour. I mean, this life we lead is unbelievable.

I never kick my ball in the rough or improve my lie in a sand trap. For that I have a caddie.

Those trees seem to grow every year.

For example, in my district there are visitors from all over the world who are drawn to our beautiful beaches, recreational lakes, habitat wildlife preserves and golf courses.

Having nerves and feeling the pressure just gets you focused and gets your concentration level where it needs to be. I harness that nervous energy into a positive way.

How has retirement affected my golf game? A lot more people beat me now.

Make friends with your caddie and the game will make friends with you.

I've said a thousand times, you can't go into a shop and buy a good golf game.

Playing golf is like eating. It's something which has to come naturally.

He told me just to keep the ball low.

Visualization. It may be the most important part of your mental package.

Swinging at daisies is like playing electric guitar with a tennis racket: if it were that easy, we could all be Jerry Garcia. The ball changes everything.

The number eighteen is symbolically meaningful because it is the numerical equivalent of the Hebrew word chai, which means life.

I'm dancing tango, and I'm playing golf, and I'm quite active, you know, and for my age and everything, and what I've gone through, I'm very happy.

I guess that's why they call it Hell.

Golf is played with the arms.

I'm a thirty-something ranch wife, mother of four, moderately agoraphobic middle child who grew up on a golf course in the city.