Best 1733 quotes in «golf quotes» category

Americans are less mystical about what produced their inland or meadow courses; they are the product of the bulldozerm rotary ploughs, mowers, sprinkler systems and alarmingly generous wads of folding money.

A man who went to the 'footie' match on Saturday afternoon and played eighteen holes of golf was really doing his duty by the nation.

Among other things, neuroplasticity means that emotions such as happiness and compassion can be cultivated in much the same way that a person can learn through repetition to play golf and basketball or master a musical instrument, and that such practice changes the activity and physical aspects of specific brain areas.

And I don't really like golf. I know a lot of English footballers play, but I know that if I go with the club to play, sooner or later I will end up trying to smash the ball with my foot.

And if you're a golfer and you watch a golf film and Matt Damon swing, and it's not great, then you're not going to believe in the golf story, you're not going to believe in the rest of the film. That's the whole movie, so if that swing looks like crap, the movie's crap.

And Kate Hepburn-God, she's beautiful, God, she plays golf well, God, she can get anyone in the world on the phone, God, she knows what to do all the time, God, she wears clothes well.

A Nicklaus Design golf course is done by the guys in my company that I work with, that have been trained in my vision, and they do what they think I might do. They might come in the office and ask me questions and I'd certainly answer their questions, but I'm not involved in the site visits or anything else.

Another riveting one was Sterling Sharpe - mainly because everyone told me he's horrible. Sterling was playing in a golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, and I drove up to see him (and others). I approached cautiously, figured he'd blow me off, etc. But, instead, he was fantastic. I mean, gracious, down to earth, funny, terrific memory, pinpoint insights. Could not have enjoyed my time with Sterling sharpe any more than I did. And how many journalists have ever said that before?

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

Anyone of my generation who trusts government probably has an I.Q. that would make a good golf score.

Anyone who hasn't been nervous, or hasn't choked somewhere down the line, is an idiot.

Anyone who watches golf on television would enjoy watching the grass grow on the greens.

Apart from golf, it was a great week.

A rough should have high grass. When you go bowling they don't give you anything for landing in the gutter, do they?

A photographer kept shooting me every time I swung. I was very flattered until I found out he was from Field and Stream.

A poet is a poet, whether he rides in a Ford or on a donkey; a sage is a sage, whether he plays golf in New Jersey or bathes in the Ganges, or prays in the desert; and a fool is a fool, whether he be a maharaja or a president of a post-war republic.

A pretty girl will always have the toughest time learning to play golf, because every man wants to give her lessons.

Arnold Palmer is the biggest crowd pleaser since the invention of the portable sanitary facility.

Arnie, you're going to have to buy a bigger jet.

A round of golf is the ideal antidote to stress.

Arnie has more people watching him park the car than we do out on the course.

Arnold's place in history will be as the man who took golf from being a game for the few to a sport for the masses. He was the catalyst who made that happen.

As far as golf being athletic, I would say, go try it, let's see how well you do. It's a hard game.

...as all souls are equal before their Maker, a two inch putt counts the same as a 250 yard drive. There is a comedy in this and a certain unfairness even, which makes golf an even apter mirror of reality.

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.

As far as swing and techniques are concerned, I don't know diddly squat. When I'm playing well, I don't even take aim.

As General Eisenhower discovered, it is easier to end the Cold War or stamp out poverty than to master this devilish pastime.

As for me, tough duty though it may be, I continue to do my part for the commercial recreation industry. Fishing, boating, tennis, golf, running, hunting, and all of this. Horseshoes. It's tough duty. Somebody has to do it, and I'm going to keep on.

As if we don't have enough volence on television. After her husband accidentally hit two spectators with golf balls during a celebrity golf tournament.

As I watched the seagulls, I thought, That's the road to take; find the absolute rhythm and follow it with absolute trust.

A shot that goes in the cup is pure luck, but a shot to within two feet of the flag is skill.

A smart girl is one who knows how to play tennis, golf, piano -- and dumb.

Ask yourself how many shots you would have saved if you always developed a strategy before you hit, always played within your capabilities, never lost you temper, and never got down on yourself.

As long as I keep enjoying my golf, then hopefully I'll be able to play well.

A strong mind is one of the key components that separates the great from the good.

At its best, the US Open demands straight drives, crisp iron shots, brilliant chipping and putting, and strategic position play. Plus the patience of St. Francis and the will of Patton. At its worst, the Open eradicates the difference in ability between a Tom Purtzer and a Tom Watson and throws both in the same jail of high rough and high risk shots. This is the disturbing tendency in the Opens of the seventies and eighties, one which worries everyone in golf.

At a certain point in the [golf] tournament, it becomes a match play event and becomes a match play event against who is on the leaderboard, so you have to know who is there to do what you're going to try to do.

As your golf improves, your concentration will improve with it.

At my first Masters, I got the feeling, that if I didn't play well, I wouldn't go to heaven.

A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting.

At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes.

Augusta National is a young man's golf course, and you really need a young man's nerves to play on it.

Baffling late-life discovery: Golfers wear those awful clothes on purpose.

A woman in Great Britain has died after being hit in the back of the head by a golf ball, on the first hole. Her husband was so distraught, he only played the front nine.

Bad putting is due more to the effect the green has upon the player than it has upon the action of the ball.

Ballybunion is the course on which many golf architects should live and play on before they build golf courses.

Beauty is Nature in perfection; circularity is its chief attribute. Behold the full moon, the enchanting golf ball, the domes of splendid temples, the huckleberry pie, the wedding ring, the circus ring, the ring for the waiter, and the "round" of drinks.

Because golf exposes the flaws of the human swing - a basically simple maneuver - it causes more self-torture than any game short of Russian roulette.

Be brave if you lose and meek if you win.

Because [Donald] Trump sticks to his script and was there to open his golf course, that's what he first began talking about. He didn't open with a statement on the Brexit vote. And so here comes the media - right on cue - and any allies they have, once again lashing out at Trump as incompetent, unaware, insensitive.