Golfers Quotes - Page 15

• As every golfer knows, no one ever lost his mind over one shot. It is rather the gradual process of shot after shot watching your score go to tatters - knowing that you have found a different way to bogey each hole.

  Thomas Boswell

  Golf, Knowing, Mind

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• But you don't have to go up in the stands and play your foul balls. I do.

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Play, Balls

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• Men who would face torture without a word become blasphemous at the short fourteenth. It is clear that the game of golf may well be included in that category of intolerable provocations which may legally excuse or mitigate behaviour not otherwise excusable.

  A. P. Herbert

  Golf, Men, Games

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• There is one thing in this world that is dumber than playing golf. That is watching someone else playing golf. What do you actually get to see? Thirty-seven guys in polyester slacks squinting at the sun. Doesn't that set your blood racing?

  Peter Andrews

  Golf, Blood, Squinting

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• O. J. Simpson has already received the ultimate punishment: For the rest of his life he has to associate with golfers.

  George Carlin

  Funny, Golf, Punishment

  George Carlin (2004). “When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?”, Hyperion

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• Any game where a man 60 can beat a man 30 ain't no game.

  Burt Shotton

  Golf, Men, Games

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• The least thing upset him on the links. He missed short putts because of the uproar of the butterflies in the adjoining meadows.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Butterfly, Golf, Upset

  P. G. Wodehouse (2011). “The Clicking of Cuthbert”, p.128, The Floating Press

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• The subconscious mind is probably the most important factor in being a good golfer. It keeps distractions on the course from ruining a good round. You should practice, develop your swing, and do most of your thinking on the practice tee so that when you play in competition, you can hit the ball automatically.

  Wiffy Cox

  Golf, Thinking, Practice

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• Golf is the most fun you can have with out taking your clothes off.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Fun, Golf, Clothes

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• The greatest thing about tomorrow is, I will be better than I am today. And that's how I look at my life. I will be a better golfer, I will be a better person, I will be a better father, I will be a better husband, I will be a better friend. That's the beauty of tomorrow.

  Tiger Woods

  Husband, Father, Golf

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• If I'm on the course and lightning starts, I get inside fast. If God wants to play through, let him.

  Bob Hope

  Dirty, Golf, Play

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• They throw their clubs backwards, and that's wrong. You should always throw a club ahead of you so that you don't have to walk any extra distance to get it.

  Tommy Bolt

  Distance, Golf, Clubs

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• I just hope I don't have to explain all the times I've used His name in vain when I get up there.

  Bob Hope

  Golf, Names, Get Up

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• 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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• I am tired of all these golfers who are happy with second place. The only one who will like you if you come in second place is your wife and your dog. And that is only if you have a good wife and a good dog.

  Gary Player

  Dog, Tired, Golf

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• I would like to deny all allegations by Bob Hope that during my last game of golf, I hit an eagle, a birdie, an elk and a moose.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Dirty, Golf, Eagles

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• I think golfers get over-concerned about results. Enjoy the process: enjoy the opportunity to play.

  Wendy Ward

  Golf, Thinking, Opportunity

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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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• Golf is a game that needlessly prolongs the lives of some of our most useless citizens.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Hope, Golf

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• Everyone knows what the Masters is, even if you're a non-golfer. People know what Wimbledon is. They know what the Super Bowl is. There are certain events that people just know about.

  Tiger Woods

  People, Events, Wimbledon

  "Q&A: Tiger Woods on Gaming, the Masters and PGA Tour ’12". Interview with Kyle Stack, www.wired.com. March 17, 2011.

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