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I'm not very good at practice. But if you tell yourself you love the hole and love hitting it on the fairway, it's a big difference. — Barry Lane

When I was playing football, I always felt in complete control. When I play golf and come under pressure, it's a completely different ball game. — Alan Hansen

Jones is the greatest golfer who ever lived and probably ever will live. That's my goal. Bobby Jones. It's the only goal. — Jack Nicklaus

Every golfer has a little monster in him. It's just that type of sport. — Fuzzy Zoeller

My mom's been having a hard time lately. She just found out that she has to have both of her breasts removed - if she's ever going to be good at golf. — Anthony Jeselnik

The best thing about Eisenhower's Presidency was his Jeffersonian conviction that there should be as little government and as much golf as possible. — Alistair Cooke

I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It's like a rattlesnake in your pocket. — Ben Hogan

I bleed all the time. I play golf and stuff, so there's always something, nicks and stuff here and there. — O.J. Simpson

He was a man's man: an expert on the golf course, a force to be dealt with in business, and a Texan through and through
and proud of it. — Patricia Cori

Every day I play golf, that's my goal. To break 70 the other way. To shoot 70 or better. — Arnold Palmer

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

That's great. They should put the hole in the fairway. — Colin Montgomerie

It's nice to worry about playing golf and not all the other stuff. — John Daly

It provides a different type of element and mental strain athletes love. That's what makes the game of golf so special. — Tiger Woods

If I could have shot 69 in the last round every time, I would have won nine U.S. Opens. Nine! — Sam Snead

You know the way I play golf, it's a good I do these things for charities. — Joe Mantegna

Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an ever smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose — Winston S. Churchill

Being the world's greatest athlete just does not get it done on the golf course. — Caitlyn Jenner

I tend to do golf charity things because it's much safer and you don't get much chance of a broken arm or leg. — Dougray Scott

If there's a golf course in heaven, I hope it's like Augusta National. I just don't want an early tee time. — Gary Player

It's hard to tell who's going to win this week, but it probably won't be a big, fat guy. — David Feherty

McIlroy's taken the standard of golf to one level beyond where Tiger was. — Colin Montgomerie

Really in all my years on Tour, in the U.S. Open I probably played great golf in two of them, out of maybe 20, so it's a lot of work. — Fred Couples

George W. Bush loves golf because it's like the election
low score wins. — Jay Leno

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. — Jimmy Demaret

There's so much more to life than golf. Family is always first. — Ernie Els

You look out on the driving range and it looks like snow, but it isn't, it's covered in golf balls. — John Scott

I hate golf to be tricked up. To me it's a fun game. — Fuzzy Zoeller

I would like to attract more minorities into the game. But it's extremely important that this golf look like - that golf look like America. — Condoleezza Rice

We're on our way to the Persian Gulf. Wait! It's a mistake! I thought they said Persian Golf. — Bob Hope

The less said about the putter the better. Here is an instrument of torture, designed by Tantalus and forged in the devil's own smithy. — Tony Lema

I feel it's important to be active. People who retire, sit by their swimming pool and golf course and plan to relax have a very empty life. — Betty Ford

Some players would complain if they had to play on Dolly Parton's bedspread. — Jimmy Demaret

It's often necessary to hit a second shot to really appreciate the first one. — Henry Beard

From its earliest beginnings, golf has been a gentleman's game - to be played as much for the sake of the game as for the contest. — Tony Lema

With Tiger Woods, you know everyone is watching. But I think interest in women's golf is getting better too. — Yani Tseng

You know what the game of golf is, don't you? It's basketball for people who can't jump and chess for people who can't think. — Tom Robbins

Golf courses sell real estate and that's why they're built. — Ed McMahon

That's life. The older you get, the tougher it is to score. — Bob Hope

He's in the mold of a Tom Watson, in that he'll hit the ball in the trees and undaunted go it there, flail it out and make something out of it. — Gary McCord

He [Bill Clinton] told me that he caddied in the same group with me in the Hot Springs Open. That's why I voted for him, becasue he was a caddie. — Tommy Bolt

There's always motivation coming into Majors. If you can't get up and get excited to win one of these, then you probably shouldn't be playing golf. — Jason Dufner

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

I always look to see what Arnold [Palmer] shot; it's a habit. We will always compete against each other. — Jack Nicklaus

Golf: A plague invented by the Calvinistic Scots as a punishment for man's sins. — James Barrett Reston

There's an old saying,'It's a poor craftsman who blames his tools.' It's usually the player who misses those three-footers, not the putter. — Kathy Whitworth

The golf swing is very, very rhythmic. There's a certain tempo to it, just like in music. — Justin Timberlake

When I find a golf course or a restaurant or a market that I like, that's pretty much exclusively where I go. — Terry O'Quinn

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. — Gene Perret

There's not much pressure on the golf Tour. Walking to the first tee is in no way comparable to walking through the jungle in combat — Larry Nelson

It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus. — Jack Nicklaus

If a man can shoot 10 birdies, there's no reason why he can't shoot 18. Why can't you birdie every hole on the course? — Ben Hogan

If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf. — Bob Hope

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

How did I make a twelve on a par five hole? It's simple - I missed a four foot putt for an eleven. — Arnold Palmer

You might be on the back nine of life, but it's good to finish strong. — Morton Shaevitz

In golf, you keep your head down and follow through. In the vice presidency, you keep your head up and follow through. It's a big difference. — Dan Quayle

The only place that's holier than St. Andrews is Westminster Abbey. — Sam Snead

I'm afraid there are no replays or second chances in amateur or professional golf, and that's the way it should be. — Rory McIlroy

her sensor package could track a golf ball and hit it with a torpedo from half the solar system away." "Oh, — James S.A. Corey

I play golf because it's fun. — Bubba Watson

It's odd that the word 'atheist' even exist. I don't play golf, is there a word for non-golf players ? — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

I have a tip that will take five strokes off anyone's golf game. It's called an eraser. — Arnold Palmer

Golf is not a game of good shots. It's a game of bad shots. — Ben Hogan

I don't like golf. It's not for me, it's too quiet. — Mario Balotelli

Golf puts a man's character on the anvil and his richest qualities - patience, poise, restraint - to the flame. — Billy Casper

There is not a lot of money in competition dancing. There never has been; it's all about winning the trophies, really. It's not like golf. — Anton Du Beke

I don't like the way most people dress on the golf course. I think it's pretty bland, pretty boring. — Ian Poulter

I have a pragmatic suspicion that bashing someone's head in with a golf club is frowned upon in this establishment... — J.C. Wickhart

Uh, yeah, I do. The scythe was a little tricky at first, but - much like golf - turns out it's all in the swing. — Rachel Vincent

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

The average golfer's problem is not so much the lack of ability as it is lack of knowledge about what he should be doing — Ben Hogan

Golfers are genuinely courteous in a discourteous world. Show me a guest on The Jerry Springer Show who's a golfer. — James Woods

My dad is a big dreamer, so I got that from him. Golf was my main thing when I was a teenager, and that's what I wanted to do. — Brandon Flowers

Golf is a difficult game, but it's a little easier if you trust your instincts. It's too hard a game to try to play like someone else. — Nancy Lopez

It's a marriage. If I had to choose between my wife and my putter, well, I'd miss her. — Gary Player

Journalism is a team sport. Writing novels is golf: it's you and the ball. — Pete Hamill

Practice, work out, proper nutrition, lots of work on my short game. In golf, that's really where the strokes come off the scorecard. — Paula Creamer

If I go out one night, I must stay in the next. It's the same with my golf. If I play one day, I don't play the next. I try to pace myself. — Bruce Forsyth

I've learned a lot about my game every time I play golf in a men's event. — Annika Sorenstam

It isn't the hours that you put in at practice that count. It's the way you spend those minutes. — Tony Lema

Golf gives you an insight into human nature, your own as well as your opponent's. — Grantland Rice

Golf is a worrier's game, inward, concentrated, a matter of inches, invented by the same people who gave us Presbyterianism. — Robert Hass

I realized that the secret to golf isn't how low you shoot when it's going good, it's how to make your bad rounds better. — Notah Begay III

I love nothing more than being in the last group on Sunday at the Masters. It's the greatest thing in professional golf. — Louis Oosthuizen

I don't have any big secret about putting. Just hit at it. It's either going to miss or go in. — Ben Crenshaw

The next time I cry about golf it will only be with joy. It's not worth crying over golf for any other reason. After all, it's only a game. — Rory McIlroy

Golf is not a game of great shots. It's a game of most accurate misses. The people who win make the smallest mistakes. — Gene Littler

Golf is a diabolical game. It's easy to make fun of something that's so bizarre, so painful, so humiliating ... yet so joyous. — Ken Green

I'm very excited every time I'm at Augusta National. It's such a beautiful and fabulous golf course. — Yani Tseng

You know, why the game of golf is popular? Very easy, it's a great game. — Bernhard Langer

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

That's my goal-more public courses in Mexico. I want to make sure little kids in Mexico can play golf. — Lorena Ochoa

I don't have a lot of hobbies. I don't play golf. I don't have any children. Things that occupy people's time. I just try to take jobs. — Christopher Walken

When you play the game for fun, it's fun. When you play it for a living, it's a game of sorrows. — Gary Player

My kids have grown up knowing nothing other than me being gone all the time and playing in golf tournaments. That's what they know. — Stewart Cink

It's nice to have other hobbies, other than golf. I've played football, I play tennis. I enjoy doing things other than golf, and poker is one of them. — Sergio Garcia

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

There's kind of an unwritten rule, Don't call your captain out at a Ryder Cup, win, loss or draw, you just don't. — Graeme McDowell

It's not hard to find Gerry Ford on a golf course - you just follow the wounded. — Bob Hope