Quotes About Golf

I worked at the golf course, and I always had dreams and aspirations of being a professional golfer.

I was a pretty average golfer.

My dad was a scratch golfer growing up. When I'm on the road, I always bring my clubs with me.

Name me one golfer that doesn't get frustrated.

My dad was a really good golfer, and he just taught me how to play.

I don't have the look of a golfer. Do I look like a rock star? I didn't make it playing guitar so I started playing golf!

I want to be a scratch golfer. And when I'm 50, I want to play on the Senior PGA Tour.

One major should not get you into the Hall of Fame - maybe one major and 40 wins. I'm not gonna pick a guy with one major and 11 wins.

I like it when, you know, 3-under wins, you know, 20-under par, it just brings so many other people into contention.

Pretty much whoever wins the tournament at the end of the week is the guy that putted probably the best.

The hardest thing in golf is trying to two-putt when you have to, because your brain isn't wired that way. You're accustomed to trying to make putts, and when you change that mind-set, your brain short-circuits, especially under pressure.

My golf is so delicate, so tenuously wired together with silent inward prayers, exhortations and unstable visualizations, that the sheer pressure of an additional pair of eyes crumbles the whole rickety structure into rubble.

Putting is not an art, it's a dreaded evil. No wise man ever said that.

Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening - and it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented.

The key is to hit the ball first, then the sand. Even if you catch it a bit thin, you'll still get plenty of run. Hitting it fat is what you want to avoid.

Golf is a game of ego, but it is also a game of integrity: the most important thing is you do what is right when no one is looking.

Chad was in the right spot. He got a little aggressive with the third shot there. He probably didn't want that putt he had there for the par. And you don't want to put it back there where Casey and Sergio did because you have 20 feet of break there.

I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.

The patience that goes with the game, the little things that go along with the game, you have so much more time to think in golf than you do in football - you have to keep your thoughts positive. I'm not sure I've got that mastered.

Only one golfer in a thousand grips the club lightly enough.

I sort of play golf because a lot of my friends are into it, but I'm awful - my handicap is about six or seven thousand.

The flagstone terrace overlooked a golf course. At the bottom of its green slopes lay a dazzling band of sea. Twenty or thirty miles out, a string of brown hunchbacked islands lay on the bright horizon like basking tortoises. The woman looked at the Pacific and its islands as if they belonged to her. I found out later that one of them did.

Always count your blessings. Be thankful you are able to be out on a beautiful course. Most people in the world don't have that opportunity.

If I had only one more round to play, I would choose to play it at Pebble Beach. I've loved this course from the first time I saw it. It's possibly the best in the world.