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

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

Bobby Jones quotes: The object of golf is to beat someone. Make sure that someone is not yourself.

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

Bobby Jones quotes: Too much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.

Too much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.

Bobby Jones quotes: Many shots are spoiled at the last instant by efforts to add a few more yards.

Many shots are spoiled at the last instant by efforts to add a few more yards.

Bobby Jones quotes: Some emotions cannot be endured with a golf club in your hands.

Some emotions cannot be endured with a golf club in your hands.

Bobby Jones quotes: I can play the game only one way. I must play every shot for all there is in it. I cannot play safe.

I can play the game only one way. I must play every shot for all there is in it. I cannot play safe.

Bobby Jones quotes: I got an extra hour's nap.

I got an extra hour's nap.

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

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

Bobby Jones quotes: I never learned a thing from a tournament I won.

I never learned a thing from a tournament I won.

Bobby Jones quotes: Nobody ever swung a club too slowly.

Nobody ever swung a club too slowly.

Bobby Jones quotes: Fight tautness whenever it occurs; strive for relaxed muscles throughout.

Fight tautness whenever it occurs; strive for relaxed muscles throughout.

Bobby Jones quotes: 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.

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.

Bobby Jones quotes: Well, I'm glad we don't have to play in the shade.

Well, I'm glad we don't have to play in the shade.

Bobby Jones quotes: Golf is the one game I know which becomes more and more difficult the longer one plays it.

Golf is the one game I know
which becomes more and more
difficult the longer one plays it.

Bobby Jones quotes: Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course

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

Bobby Jones quotes: Nicklaus plays a kind of golf with which I am not familiar.

Nicklaus plays a kind of golf with which I am not familiar.

Bobby Jones quotes: It is nevertheless a game of considerable passion, either of the explosive type, or that which burns inwardly and sears the soul.

It is nevertheless a game of considerable passion, either of the explosive type, or that which burns inwardly and sears the soul.

Bobby Jones quotes: Jack Nicklaus is playing an entirely different game, and one which I'm not even familiar with.

Jack Nicklaus is playing an entirely different game, and one which I'm not even familiar with.

Bobby Jones quotes: The best exercise for golfers is golfing.

The best exercise for golfers is golfing.

Bobby Jones quotes: You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank.

You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank.

Bobby Jones quotes: There isn't a hole out there [Augusta] that can't be birdied if you just think. But there isn't one that can't be double-bogeyed if you stop thinking.

There isn't a hole out there [Augusta] that can't be birdied if you just think. But there isn't one that can't be double-bogeyed if you stop thinking.

Bobby Jones quotes: Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying.

Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying.

Bobby Jones quotes: The 'enemy' in golf is tension.

The 'enemy' in golf is tension.

Bobby Jones quotes: 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.

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.

Bobby Jones quotes: If ever I needed an eight foot putt, and everything I owned depended on it, I would want Arnold Palmer to putt for me.

If ever I needed an eight foot putt, and everything I owned depended on it, I would want Arnold Palmer to putt for me.

Bobby Jones quotes: If I needed advice from my caddie, he'd be hitting the shots and I'd be carrying the bag.

If I needed advice from my caddie, he'd be hitting the shots and I'd be carrying the bag.

Bobby Jones quotes: I never learned anything from a match that I won.

I never learned anything from a match that I won.

Bobby Jones quotes: You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.

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

Bobby Jones quotes: Golf is like eating peanuts. You can play too much or play too little.

Golf is like eating peanuts. You can play too much or play too little.

Bobby Jones quotes: Doesn't it show us all that we are silly little boys or fatuous asses to think that we can play golf without making a lot of bad shots?

Doesn't it show us all that we are silly little boys or fatuous asses to think that we can play golf without making a lot of bad shots?

Bobby Jones quotes: 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.

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.

Bobby Jones quotes: Golf is a game that creates emotions that sometimes cannot be sustained with the club still in one's hand.

Golf is a game that creates emotions that sometimes cannot be sustained with the club still in one's hand.

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

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

Bobby Jones quotes: No putt is too short to be despised.

No putt is too short to be despised.

Bobby Jones quotes: Bad putting is due more to the effect the green has upon the player than it has upon the action of the ball.

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 quotes: Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.

Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.

Bobby Jones quotes: Rhythm and timing are the two things which we all must have, yet no one knows how to teach either.

Rhythm and timing are the two things which we all must have, yet no one knows how to teach either.

Bobby Jones quotes: I always like to see a person stand up to a golf ball as though he were perfectly at home in its presence.

I always like to see a person stand up to a golf ball as though he were perfectly at home in its presence.

Bobby Jones quotes: The secret of golf is to turn three shots into two.

The secret of golf is to turn three shots into two.

Bobby Jones quotes: No one ever swung too slowly.

No one ever swung too slowly.

Bobby Jones quotes: In golf, the customs and etiquette and decorum are as important as the rules of play.

In golf, the customs and etiquette and decorum are as important as the rules of play.