Great Golfing Quotes

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  I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

  Arnold Palmer

  Sports, Perseverance, Determination

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• The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.

  Ben Hogan

  Sports, Golf, Needs

  58 Copy quote

• Forget your opponents; always play against par.

  Sam Snead

  Golf, Play, Focus

  70 Copy quote

• My swing is so bad I look like a caveman killing his lunch.

  Lee Trevino

  Golf, Swings, Lunch

  86 Copy quote

• It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.

  Arnold Palmer

  Funny, Sports, Golf

  FaceBook post by Arnold Palmer from Oct 04, 2016

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• A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how to behave.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Growing Up, Kids, Golf

  86 Copy quote

• Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.

  Sam Snead

  Sports, Golf, Hazards

  58 Copy quote

• It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.

  Hank Aaron

  Funny, Sports, Baseball

  62 Copy quote

• It is more satisfying to be a bad player at golf. The worse you play, the better you remember the occasional good shot.

  Nubar Gulbenkian

  Golf, Player, Remember

  45 Copy quote

• Golf is a better game played downhill.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Golf, Games, Funny Golf

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• One thing about golf is you don't know why you play bad and why you play good.

  George Archer

  Golf, Play, Funny Golf

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• Playing golf is like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture.

  Winston Churchill

  Golf, Pills, Cows

  Winston Churchill (1987). “The Irrepressible Churchill: Stories, Sayings and Impressions of Sir Winston Churchill”, London : Robson Books

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• Golf gives you an insight into human nature, your own as well as your opponent's.

  Grantland Rice

  Golf, Giving, Opponents

  31 Copy quote

• Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

  Terry Pratchett

  Sex, Fun, Writing

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• One of the most fascinating things about golf is how it reflects the cycle of life. No matter what you shoot - the next day you have to go back to the first tee and begin all over again and make yourself into something.

  Peter Jacobsen

  Golf, Cycle Of Life, Next Day

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• There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground.

  Ben Hogan

  Sports, Golf, Air

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• Golf's three ugliest words: still your shot.

  Dave Marr

  Golf, Three, Shots

  45 Copy quote

• Golf is not, on the whole, a game for realists. By its exactitudes of measurements it invites the attention of perfectionists.

  Heywood Hale Broun

  Golf, Games, Attention

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• Sex is the most fun you can have without smiling.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Sex, Fun, Golf

  26 Copy quote

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

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Fun, Golf, Clothes

  29 Copy quote

• I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

  Arnold Palmer

  Sports, Perseverance, Golf

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• Talking to a golf ball won't do you any good, unless you do it while your opponent is teeing off.

  Bruce Lansky

  Golf, Talking, Balls

  Bruce Lansky (2011). “Golf, It's Just a Game: The Best Quotes & Cartoons About Golf”, p.81, Simon and Schuster

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• Sex is the most fun you can have without laughing.

  Woody Allen

  Witty, Sex, Fun

  49 Copy quote

• The first time I played the Masters, I was so nervous I drank a bottle of rum before I teed off. I shot the happiest 83 of my life.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Dirty, Golf, Gold

  42 Copy quote

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

  Dean Martin

  Retirement, Drinking, Book

  "Famous drinkers" by Rob Parker, www.theguardian.com. April 18, 2004.

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