You swing your best when you have the fewest things to…

I never learned anything from a match that I won.

— Bobby Jones

The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody put a flagstick on top.

— Pete Dye

They say golf is like life, but don't believe them. It's more complicated than that.

— Gardner Dickinson

The most important shot in golf is the next one.

— Ben Hogan

Golf is a game in which you yell "for," shoot six, and write down five.

— Paul Harvey

“The fishing is best where the fewest go,”

— Timothy Ferriss

Those who want the fewest things are nearest to the gods.

— Socrates

A leading difficulty with the average player is that he totally misunderstands what is meant by concentration. He may think he is concentrating hard…

— Bobby Jones

Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad…

— Bobby Jones

May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.

— Ben Hogan

Golf and sex are about the only things you can enjoy without being good at it.

— Jimmy Demaret

Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick.

— P. J. O'Rourke

I would like to deny all allegations by Bob Hope that during my last game of golf, I hit an eagle, a birdie, an…

— Gerald R. Ford

My favorite shots are the practice swing and the conceded putt. The rest can never be mastered.

— George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

I'm about five inches from being an outstanding golfer. That's the distance my left ear is from my right.

— Ben Crenshaw