Quotes About Golf

Golf, more than most games, has a number of cliches, often successfully disguised as "tips"

When Tiger was 6 months old, he would sit in our garage, watching me hit balls into a net. He had been assimilating his golf swing. When he got out of the high chair, he had a golf swing

I don't say my golf game is bad, but if I grew tomatoes they'd come up sliced

A gimme can best be defined as an agreement between two golfers neither of whom can putt very well

Golf is a sport in which the ball lies poorly but the player well

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.

Don't worry about the intensity and direction of the putt -- until you get on the green!

They say I get into too many bunkers. But is no problem. I am the best bunker player.

Once you play a tournament, you're playing against the golf course, you're playing against yourself and trying to do the best you can.

The best advice I can give for playing a ball out of water is - don't.

Jimmy Demaret and I had the best sports psychologist in the world. His name was Jack Daniels and he was waiting for us after every round.

I don't putt face-on exclusively, but in the back on my mind I'm haunted by the notion that I'm sure it's the best way to putt.

All I ever wanted to do was play competitive golf against the best players in the world.

Chipping and putting for par is like a dog chasing cars, he won't be doing it for very long.

My hobbies and leisure activities include cars and golf.

I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.

I am keeping my powder dry for a political system that will improve my golf game, my blues piano licks and my cooking. Until them, please keep the political scum in your yard. Thank you.

the sidestep drill, which shallows the downswing plane during the transition. Initiating the downswing with the lower body gliding toward the target is the magic move of all good ball-strikers. When you sidestep toward the target with your left foot, you'll get a feel for what the lower body is supposed to do. The A Swing backswing is designed to make it easier for this magic move to take

Lisa and I groaned, cursing our stupidity. Once again we'd been duped. There was nothing worse than spending an afternoon on a golf course. We knew what was in store for us and understood that the next few hours would pass like days or maybe even weeks. Our watches would yawn, the minute and hour hands joining each other in a series of periodic naps.

I think for a lot of amateurs, their alignment is always out.

We borrowed golf from Scotland as we borrowed whiskey. Not because it is Scottish, but because it is good.

If profanity had an influence on the flight of the ball, the game of golf would be played far better than it is.

A common canard of the time showed Ike viewing the Presidency simply as an agreeable place in which to pass the early years of his retirement, with wonderful opportunities for golf.

Real golfers, no matter what the provocation, never strike a caddie with the driver. The sand wedge is far more effective.