Quotes About Golf

POP FACT Like the Passat and the Scirocco, the Golf was another '70s VW named after a wind. In this case, Golfstrom, which is German for Gulf Stream.

I played as much golf as I could in North Dakota, but summer up there is pretty short. It usually falls on a Tuesday.

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

The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has.

A golfer's diet: Live on greens as much as possible.

If I hit it right, it's a slice. If I hit it left, it's a hook. If I hit it straight, it's a miracle.

Born to golf. Forced to work.

Somewhat to my surprise, there were several polite golf claps. Vampires.

The long irons are the nemesis of the average golfer. I'm convinced that the underlying reason for this is that he keeps hearing how hard they are to handle. They're not that difficult, truly.

In greenside bunkers, the big thing is to adapt your stance to the shot. It's rare that you get a flat lie in the sand, so I make sure to align my body to the slope. Then I blast the ball out by splashing the sand underneath it.

I found that golf saved me from going to the pub every day, so instead, I play golf with other unemployed actors. I'm a member of the Stage Golfing Society, and I play golf with all sorts of people.

Broadcasting golf is not like broadcasting baseball or football. You see the ball and the action through your own eyes. The story is unfolding in front of you. In golf, the story is unfolding here and there and everywhere. As the guy in the broadcast tower, you're getting it all on screens and from reporters in the field. It's a tricky business.

Golf and women are a lot alike. You know you are not going to wind up with anything but grief, but you can't resist the impulse.

Golf is a game of coordination, rhythm, and grace; women have these to a high degree.

I'd like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play golf which is the sport of the religious right.

My favorite sport, frankly, is college football. I'm a college football junkie, even though I'm associated with golf and like golf and have played it all my life.

When it is on, the Ryder Cup is by a country mile the biggest sporting event in the world.

Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.

If you drink don't drive. Don't even putt.

I play in the low 80s. If it's any hotter than that, I won't play.

The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.

I won't have any competitive instincts in any sports, other than golf. I can't see being competitive in sports any more.

I was born and raised in Palm Springs.