Harry Vardon Quotes

• There are only two types of player-those who keep their nerves under control and win championships, and those who do not.

  Harry Vardon

  Sports, Golf, Winning

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• Do not be tempted to invest in a sample of each golfing invention as soon as it makes its appearance. If you do, you will only complicate and spoil your game - and encumber your locker with useless rubbish.

  Harry Vardon

  Golf, Games, Temptation

  Harry Vardon (2010). “The Complete Golfer”, p.168, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Even in our darkest hour we must remember; never dispair.

  Harry Vardon

  Remember, Hours, Darkest Hour

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• For this game you need, above all things, to be in a tranquil frame of mind.

  Harry Vardon

  Golf, Games, Mind

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• Don't play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty.

  Harry Vardon

  Funny, Retirement, Golf

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• Never concede the putt that beats you.

  Harry Vardon

  Golf, Beats, Great Golf

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• The most successful way to play golf is the easiest way.

  Harry Vardon

  Successful, Golf, Play

  Harry Vardon (1922). “Progressive Golf”

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• The advent of the rubber ball was instrumental in creating an entirely different method of striking the object. The solid ball required to be hit for carry, whereas it was quickly apparent that the Haskell lent itself to an enormous run. I hold the firm opinion that from this date the essential attitude towards accuracy was completely lost sight of. This was the start of the craze for length and still more length.

  Harry Vardon

  Running, Attitude, Golf

  59 Copy quote

• No matter what happens, keep on hitting the ball.

  Harry Vardon

  Balls, Hitting, Matter

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• To play well you must feel tranquil and at peace. I have never been troubled by nerves in golf because I felt I had nothing to lose and everything to gain.

  Harry Vardon

  Peace, Golf, Play

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• If your opponent is playing several shots in vain attempts to extricate himself from a bunker, do not stand near him and audibly count his strokes. It would be justifiable homicide if he wound up his pitiable exhibition by applying his niblick to your head.

  Harry Vardon

  Golf, Would Be, Exhibitions

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• Moderation is essential in all things, madam, but never in my life have I failed to beat a teetotaller.

  Harry Vardon

  Golf, Essentials, Moderation

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• More matches are lost through carelessness at the beginning than any other cause.

  Harry Vardon

  Causes, Lost, Carelessness

  Harry Vardon (2001). “The Complete Golfer”, p.163, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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• I'm the best and I'll thank you to remember that.

  Harry Vardon

  Thank You, Remember

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• Never saw one worth a damn.

  Harry Vardon

  Golf, Saws, Damn

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• A great deal of unnecessarily bad golf is played in this world.

  Harry Vardon

  Golf, World, This World

  Harry Vardon (1922). “Progressive Golf”

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• Don't praise your own good shots. Leave that function to your partner who, if a good sport, will not be slow in performing it.

  Harry Vardon

  Sports, Praise, Partners

  23 Copy quote

• Golfers find it a very trying matter to turn at the waist, more particularly if they have a lot of waist to turn

  Harry Vardon

  Golf, Trying, Matter

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• There are many ways of performing the operations successfully. I can claim, however, to be in a position to explain how not to putt. I think I know as well as anybody how not to do it.

  Harry Vardon

  Golf, Thinking, Way

  Harry Vardon (1989). “Vardon On Golf”, p.106, BookBaby

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