Quotes About Golf

A woman in Great Britain has died after being hit in the back of the head by a golf ball, on the first hole. Her husband was so distraught, he only played the front nine.

There are plenty of guys who played great golf, had great careers and only won a few majors.

As far as I'm concerned, eighteen holes of golf is the only happiness that money can buy. - Momofuku Ando

I'm a golfaholic, no question about that. Counseling wouldn't help me. They'd have to put me in prison, and then I'd talk the warden into building a hole or two and teach him how to play.

I'm a golfaholic. And all the counseling in the world wouldn't help me.

I never pray to God to make a putt. I pray to God to help me react good if I miss a putt.

I've been fortunate over my career to make a little history on the 16th hole at Augusta National.

I like the course, the history - everything about St. Andrews.

Don't take your bad shots home with you.

My horse was in the lead, coming down the home stretch, but the caddie fell off.

We also play a Father/Son at home and I play with Steve, too. I try to mix it up. We play two or three times a year, but that's about it.

If St. Andrews is the home of golf, I think Pebble Beach feels like the home of American golf, like the home of championship golf. It has a real sense of history here.

Golf is based on honesty, where else would you admit to a seven on a par three?

I am a very conscientious golfer. I count every stroke. I learned to play that way. That is the only way I can play. It taught me to be honest. There is no greater virtue than honesty.

I've not given up hope the belly-putter will be banned. The R and A and the USGA are looking at it right now.

Golf is a game that needlessly prolongs the lives of some of our most useless citizens.

It is the constant and undying hope for improvement that makes golf so exquisitely worth playing.

My golf-loving friend Bob Hope asked me what my handicap was, so I told him - the Congress.

Bob Hope has a beautiful short game. Unfortunately, it's off the tee.

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.

[On golf:] ... though aware I could never be more than a humble potterer, it was impossible to repress the wild upsurgings of hope known to all middle-aged beginners.

I don't see myself a Great Black Hope. I'm just a golfer who happens to be black and Asian. It doesn't matter whether they're white, black, brown or green.

I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. It took one afternoon on the golf course.