Golf Quotes · Page 116

Nobody - but nobody - has ever become really proficient at golf without practice, without doing a lot of thinking and then…

— Jack Nicklaus

The test of a great golfer is his ability to recover from a bad start.

— P. G. Wodehouse

During the day, I was a doctor. At night, you know, I was a comic. And it was really just to let…

— Ken Jeong

Columbus went around the world in 1492. That isn't a lot of strokes when you consider the course.

— Lee Trevino

There are a lot of hip-hoppers who play golf.

— Scarface

I'm in charge of my own business. I'm the CEO of Viktor Hovland Golfing Enterprise. And that includes hiring people who help…

— Viktor Hovland

I like trying to win. That's what golf is all about.

— Jack Nicklaus

The secret of golf is to turn three shots into two.

— Bobby Jones

When I'm in this state, everything is pure, vividly clear. I'm in a cocoon of concentration.

— Tony Jacklin

Self-affirmbuild yourself up with honest and genuine praise.

— Lorii Myers

Golf is a terrible, hopeless addiction, it seems: it makes its devotees willing to trudge miles in any manner of weather, lugging…

— Mike Seabrook

I don't think it's healthy to take yourself too seriously.

— Payne Stewart

In football, it's the job of the player to play, the coach to coach, the official to officiate. Each guy is charged…

— Lou Holtz

Painting is like golf; the fewer strokes I take, the better the picture.

— John Marin

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

— Burt Shotton

Why do I keep performing at my age? What else am I going to do? Play golf? I tried that years ago…

— Hal Holbrook

As a final crash of self-indulgent nonsense, when the incontrovertible truth of your panoramic and murderous deceit has even begun to cost…

— Keith Olbermann

Where the hell's Jane?

— Nick Faldo

It's [Augusta National] a difficult course and it doesn't make it easier when you have three shanks.

— Ian Poulter

That's the difference between golf and many other sports. You go to some other sporting events, they just leave you or give…

— Bernhard Langer

Golf is you against yourself.

— Jack Nicklaus

Too much ambition is a bad thing to have in a bunker.

— Bobby Jones

Sometimes, all the interviews, those are the toughest thing for me, but once you really start to do it a lot and…

— Inbee Park

After years of patient study (and with cricket there can be no other kind), I have decided that there is nothing wrong…

— Bill Bryson

If you really want to get better at golf, go back and take it up at a much earlier age.

— Tom Mulligan