Golf Quotes

A ball will always come to rest halfway down a hill, unless there is sand or water at the bottom.

All my life I wanted to play golf like Jack Nicklaus, and now I do.

Golf is a game where white men can dress up as black pimps and get away with it.

I think that Pebble Beach is my favorite golf course to go to. I think Augusta is my favorite place to go play golf.

I've said many times before that Pebble Beach is a wonderful thinking-man's golf course. That is why it is such a great U.S. Open venue.

Golf isn't supposed to be work. It's to have fun.

I'm gonna be the best dad that ever lived. I'll have a ranch with a race car track and a golf course.

Because you pray after you play.

Golf is a weird sport. Some days you got it. Some days you don't.

There is no better game in the world when you are in good company, and no worse game when you are in bad company.

How much golf I actually play depends on whom you ask. My wife says I'm out there every day. If you ask me, the cricket is getting in the way of the golf.

If you have an ego of any sort, this course [Augusta] will take it and shove it down your throat.

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

Why am I using a new putter? Because the last one didn't float too well.

In golf, a player can step and mar the line of his adversary's putt. A player can also hit his adversary or his caddie intentionally with his ball and claim the hole - but it isn't usually done.

The only shots you can be sure of are those you've had already.

I just want to be me and play golf.

It's about hitting the ball in the center of the club face and hitting it hard.

I may buy the Alamo and give it back to Mexico.

Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort.

I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.

I think the golf swing is all about rotation, all about trying to keep the club on plane.

Golf is said to be an humbling game, but it is surprising how many people are either not aware of their weaknesses of else reckless of consequences.

Now I do bowling, golf, and tennis. I want to be a good bowler.

He's tough (Tiger Woods). I wish I was that tough when I was his age.

Golf is the only opportunity that middle-aged WASPs have to dress up like a pimp.

If we are to preserve the integrity of golf as left to us by our forefathers, it is up to all of us to carry on the true spirit of the game.

I played a practice round with Hubert [Green] the other day, and when we got to the ninth green, I heard a fan say, "Why does Hubert have two caddies?"

The real reason your pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing at you.

All other things being equal, greens break to the west.

Fame is addictive. Money is addictive. Attention is addictive. But golf is second to none.

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

As long as I keep enjoying my golf, then hopefully I'll be able to play well.

Golf tip: Lay off for three weeks and then quit for good.

Baseball players quit playing and they take up golf. Basketball players quit, take up golf. Football players quit, take up golf. What are we supposed to take up when we quit?

I've studied golf for almost 50 years now and know a hell of a lot about nothing.

Golf got complicated when I had to wear shoes and begin thinking about what I was doing.

If you want to hit it farther, hit it better.

Golf is a lot of walking, broken up by disappointment and bad arithmetic.

Keeping the head still is golf's one universal, unarguable fundamental.

Golf is a game of precision, not strength.

Golf requires only a few simple Rules and Regulations to guide the players in the true nature of its sporting appeal. The spirit of the game is its own referee.

If I could straighten it out (his golf swing), I'd be pitching at Dodger Stadium tonight.

They say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What's funny about that?

If I've got a swing, I've got a shot.

Someone once told me that there is more to life than golf. I think it was my ex-wife.

Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.

It is nothing new or original to say that golf is played one stroke at a time. But it took me many years to realize it.

Golf is my boyfriend right now.

Why waste good shots in practice when you might need them in a match?