Golf Quotes - Page 35

• Golf is a stupid game. You tee up this little ball, really this tiny ball. Then you hit it, try to find it, hit it. And the goal is to get it into a little hole placed in a hard spot.

  Juli Inkster

  Stupid, Games, Goal

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• I'd say that golf is about 75% mental. If your state of mind gets out of kilter, you're worse off than a tomcat floating on a log.

  Sam Snead

  Mind, Floating, States

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• Golf is tougher than my first wife.

  Ken Green

  Wife, Firsts

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• The one stroke marks the difference between fame and oblivion.

  Samuel Parris

  Differences, Oblivion, Fame

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• Take nine strokes off your score. Skip the last hole.

  Bob Hope

  Nine, Lasts, Holes

  Bob Hope (2004). “Bob Hope”, Hyperion

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• I give the ball some sweet talk. I tell it that this isn't going to hurt a bit. I'm a friend and all I'm going to do is give it a nice little ride.

  Sam Snead

  Sweet, Hurt, Nice

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• The mismanagement of American newspapering is quite remarkable. But all of the fellows responsible are now on a golf course in Hilton Head or some such (place), having secured their bonuses and golden-parachute buyouts.

  David Simon

  Bonus, Golden, Journalism

  Interview with David Doody, www.utne.com. September 2011.

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• I see no reason that a golf course cannot be played in 18 birdies. Just because no one has ever done that doesn't mean it can't be done.

  Ben Hogan

  Mean, Done, Reason

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• If the Masters offered no money at all, I would be here trying just as hard.

  Ben Hogan

  Trying, Would Be, Masters

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• Swimming is fun. It's a lot funner than golf.

  Michael Phelps

  Fun, Swimming

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• Practice, work out, proper nutrition, lots of work on my short game. In golf, that's really where the strokes come off the scorecard.

  Paula Creamer

  Practice, Games, Work Out

  "Q&A With LPGA Star Paula Creamer". bleacherreport.com. February 3, 2009.

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• My golf is woeful, but I will never surrender

  Bing Crosby

  Surrender, Never Surrender

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• You have to love something and have a passion for it to be disciplined. My commitment was purely to golf

  Jack Nicklaus

  Passion, Commitment

  Twitter post from Jan 18, 2015

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• I treat golf as a sport. I let other people treat it like a hobby.

  Tiger Woods

  Sports, People, Hobbies

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• There is no life for girls in team sports past
  Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I
  thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.

  Billie Jean King

  Girl, Sports, Team

  FaceBook post by Billie Jean King from May 15, 2010

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• I think the hardest part about Golf is being committed to your wife

  Tiger Woods

  Thinking, Wife, Committed

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• I do try to work out a little. I go swimming twice a day. It beats buying golf balls.

  Bob Hope

  Swimming, Work Out, Trying

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• Golf is supposed to be fun, but I don't think anything is fun if you're not doing it reasonably well.

  Fred Couples

  Fun, Thinking, Wells

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• I don't support the belly putter. I think it's bad for the game of golf.

  Padraig Harrington

  Thinking, Games, Support

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• I like playing a bit of golf. But, if people went around beating people to
  death with golf clubs, I'd say, 'Ban golf. I'll take up tennis'

  Stephen Merchant

  People, Tennis, Clubs

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• Coretta Scott King was all about her pearl earrings. At one point, I'm wearing pearl earrings the size of golf balls. They're enormous! She was bold-she knew that she was the Jackie Kennedy of her community.

  Carmen Ejogo

  Kings, Community, Balls

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• I play bad golf for good charities like the LA Police.

  Robert Stack

  Play, Police, Charity

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I’m going to pass a law that no one can ask me my golf score.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Law, Score, Ask Me

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• CBS announced they're canceling As The World Turns. Don't worry though, if you're addicted to the twisted plots, the intrigue, the illicit sex, you can still watch golf.

  Craig Ferguson

  Sex, Worry, Watches

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• Of course, money matters to everyone even if some don't want to admit it. If I won the Race to Dubai, I look at that prize money and think it could pay off my new house or the range I'm building. I am privileged to play golf for a living - look around St Andrews, that's my office.

  Rory McIlroy

  Thinking, Race, Dubai

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