Golf Quotes by Sam Snead

The greens are harder than a whore's heart.

— Sam Snead

Just have a Coke or something and watch the boys go past.

— Sam Snead

Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.

— Sam Snead

What abandoned course is that?

— Sam Snead

You can't go into a shop and buy a good game of golf.

— Sam Snead

Nobody asked how you looked, just what you shot.

— Sam Snead

Golf tip: Lay off for three weeks and then quit for good.

— Sam Snead

Practice puts brains in your muscles.

— Sam Snead

I hope I'll never get too old to want to take part in this event, and I don't think I will ever…

— Sam Snead

The three things I fear most in golf are lightning, Ben Hogan and a downhill putt.

— Sam Snead

If I could have shot 69 in the last round every time, I would have won nine U.S. Opens. Nine!

— Sam Snead

Golf got complicated when I had to wear shoes and begin thinking about what I was doing.

— Sam Snead

If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they'd starve to death.

— Sam Snead

To quit between tee and green is more habit-forming than drinking a highball before breakfast.

— Sam Snead

Playing golf is like eating. It's something which has to come naturally.

— Sam Snead

The greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.

— Sam Snead

A bad putter is like a bad apple in a barrel. First, it turns your chipping game sour. Then it begins to…

— Sam Snead

Golf course architects make me sick. They can't play themselves, so they rig the courses so nobody else can play either.

— Sam Snead

To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This…

— Sam Snead

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

— Sam Snead

I've gotten rid of the yips four times but they hang in there. You know those two-foot downhill putts with a break?…

— Sam Snead

I believe in destiny...what's going to be is going to be. If I'm going to win, I'm going to win...I don't give…

— Sam Snead

Most people who play golf have one big trouble: they think too much. To get any real mileage out of this game…

— Sam Snead

Over the years I've studied the habits of golfers. I know what to look for. Watch their eyes. Fear shows up when…

— Sam Snead

'You know Bobby, when I was your age I'd drive the ball right over those trees at the corner.' Feeling challenged Mr.…

— Sam Snead

But, no, I don't feel my career has not been fulfilled because I didn't win the US Open. It's like the guy…

— Sam Snead

First and fore-most, you must have confidence. Your second mental problem is concentration. Think the shot through in advance before you address…

— Sam Snead

I was a better player at 50 than I was at 30.

— Sam Snead

Golf is played with the arms.

— Sam Snead

Forget your opponents; always play against par.

— Sam Snead

Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt.

— Sam Snead

When I swing at a golf ball right, my mind is blank and my body is loose as a goose.

— Sam Snead

There are no short hitters on the tour anymore - just long and unbelievably long.

— Sam Snead

I've said a thousand times, you can't go into a shop and buy a good golf game.

— Sam Snead

Thinking instead of acting is the number one golf disease.

— Sam Snead

The only place that's holier than St. Andrews is Westminster Abbey.

— Sam Snead

If I had cleared the trees and drove the green, it would've been a great shot.

— Sam Snead

The only reason I ever played in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish.

— Sam Snead

The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish.

— Sam Snead

You've just one problem. You stand too close to the ball after you've hit it.

— Sam Snead