Golf Quotes by Charles Walter Simpson

There is only one categorical imperative in golf, and that is to hit the ball. There are no minor absolutes.

— Charles Walter Simpson

When five up express, as is polite, regret at laying a stymie, but rejoice in your heart.

— Charles Walter Simpson

The player may experiment about with his swing, his grip, his stance. It is only when he begins asking his caddie's advice…

— Charles Walter Simpson

Excessive golfing dwarfs the intellect. Nor is this to be wondered at when you consider that the more fatuously vacant the mind…

— Charles Walter Simpson

The grounds on which golf is played are called links, being the barren sandy soil from which the sea has retired in…

— Charles Walter Simpson

When a putter is waiting his turn to hole out a putt of one or two feet in length, on which the…

— Charles Walter Simpson

There is no shape nor size of body, no awkwardness nor ungainliness, which puts good golf beyond reach. There are good golfers…

— Charles Walter Simpson

"The caddie will only drink the more if overpaid," you say. Indeed! and to what good purpose do you apply the money…

— Charles Walter Simpson

The poetic temperament is the worst for golf. It dreams of brilliant drives, iron shots laid dead, and long putts holed, while…

— Charles Walter Simpson