--- title: "1 Burrowing Quotes By Ken Venturi" description: "1 Burrowing quotes by Ken Venturi. Plus more from Ken Venturi and more Burrowing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f74/ken-venturi-27560_animal_the-only-times-you-touch-the-ball-with-y_737334.jpg" --- > [The only times you touch the ball with your hand are when you tee it up and when you pick it out of the cup. The hell with television towers and cables and burrowing animals and the thousand and one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-venturi/the-only-times-you-touch-the-ball-with-your-hand-are-when-you-tee-it/) [Ken Venturi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-venturi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f74/ken-venturi-27560_animal_the-only-times-you-touch-the-ball-with-y_737334.jpg) ## More by Ken Venturi > [All of my decisions I made when I was a kid were decisions, would my mother and father be proud of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-venturi/all-of-my-decisions-i-made-when-i-was-a-kid-were-decisions-would-my/) [Ken Venturi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-venturi/) > [Retirement isn't so bad. Give me a tall drink, a plush sofa and a rerun of 'Matlock,' and you can have the rest. Matlock…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-venturi/retirement-isn-t-so-bad-give-me-a-tall-drink-a-plush-sofa-and-a-rerun/) [Ken Venturi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-venturi/) > [Victory is everything. You can spend the money but you can never spend the memories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-venturi/victory-is-everything-you-can-spend-the-money-but-you-can-never-spend/) [Ken Venturi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-venturi/) > [People thought I was cocky because I didn't talk much. When I first turned pro, reporters asked me who was going to win. I'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-venturi/people-thought-i-was-cocky-because-i-didn-t-talk-much-when-i-first/) [Ken Venturi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-venturi/) > [There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-venturi/there-are-two-great-rules-of-life-never-tell-everything-at-once/) [Ken Venturi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-venturi/) > [The only times you touch the ball with your hand are when you tee it up and when you pick it out of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-venturi/the-only-times-you-touch-the-ball-with-your-hand-are-when-you-tee-it/) [Ken Venturi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-venturi/) > [The hardest thing in golf is trying to two-putt when you have to, because your brain isn't wired that way. You're accustomed to trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-venturi/the-hardest-thing-in-golf-is-trying-to-two-putt-when-you-have-to/) [Ken Venturi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-venturi/) > [All of us have an 'inner clock,' a certain pace at which we function most comfortably and effectively.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-venturi/all-of-us-have-an-inner-clock-a-certain-pace-at-which-we-function/) [Ken Venturi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-venturi/) > [My father always said excuses are the crutches for the untalented.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-venturi/my-father-always-said-excuses-are-the-crutches-for-the-untalented/) [Ken Venturi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-venturi/) > [After you have the basics down it's all mental.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-venturi/after-you-have-the-basics-down-it-s-all-mental/) [Ken Venturi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-venturi/) > [I couldn't say my own name when I was 12.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-venturi/i-couldn-t-say-my-own-name-when-i-was-12/) [Ken Venturi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-venturi/) > [Sometimes you try to make it happen instead of just letting it happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-venturi/sometimes-you-try-to-make-it-happen-instead-of-just-letting-it-happen/) [Ken Venturi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-venturi/) > [My father taught me that the easiest thing to do was to quit. He'd say, 'It doesn't take any talent to do that.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-venturi/my-father-taught-me-that-the-easiest-thing-to-do-was-to-quit-he-d-say/) [Ken Venturi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-venturi/) > [My father was a man of few words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-venturi/my-father-was-a-man-of-few-words/) [Ken Venturi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-venturi/) > [Art said he wanted to get more distance. I told him to hit it and run backward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-venturi/art-said-he-wanted-to-get-more-distance-i-told-him-to-hit-it-and-run/) [Ken Venturi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-venturi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burrowing/ken-venturi/#itemlist", "name": "1 Burrowing Quotes By Ken Venturi", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The only times you touch the ball with your hand are when you tee it up and when you pick it out of the cup. The hell with television towers and cables and burrowing animals and the thousand and one things that are referred to as 'not part of the golf course'. 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