Golf life Quotes · Page 3

I never pray to God to make a putt. I pray to God to help me react good if I miss a…

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

You know what they say about big hitters...the woods are full of them.

— Jimmy Demaret

The rewards of golf, and of life too I expect, are worth very little if you don't play the game by the…

— Bobby Jones

The amateur has an infectious, contagious enthusiasm for golf and life.

— Mac O'Grady

Art said he wanted to get more distance. I told him to hit it and run backward.

— Ken Venturi

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

— Lee Trevino

Find a man with both feet firmly on the ground and you've found a man about to make a difficult putt.

— Fletcher Knebel

Golf gives you an insight into human nature, your own as well as your opponent's.

— Grantland Rice

I've been around golf my whole life. My father did it all the time, and I resented him for it. But a…

— Fred Durst

Duffers who consistently shank their balls are urged to buy and study Shanks - No Thanks by R.K. Hoffman, or in extreme…

— Henry Beard

The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for…

— Gerald R. Ford

They throw their clubs backwards, and that's wrong. You should always throw a club ahead of you so that you don't have…

— Tommy Bolt

One reason golf is such an exasperating game is that a thing we learned is so easily forgotten, and we find ourselves…

— Bobby Jones

Drugs are very much a part of professional sports today, but when you think about it, golf is the only sport where…

— Bob Hope

Who watches golf on TV? Who calls eight friends over and gets a keg of beer? Landscapers, I guess. They sit around…

— Jeff Cesario

Swinging at daisies is like playing electric guitar with a tennis racket: if it were that easy, we could all be Jerry…

— Michael Bamberger

Golf, like the measles, should be caught young, for, if postponed to riper years, the results may be serious.

— P. G. Wodehouse

Like most professional golfers, I have a tendency to remember my poor shots a shade more vividly than the good ones.

— Ben Hogan

I'm not saying my golf game went bad, but if I grew tomatoes, they'd come up sliced.

— Lee Trevino

Playing the game I have learned the meaning of humility. It has given me an understanding of futility of the human effort.

— Abba Eban

In golf as in life, it's the follow through that makes the difference.

— Ben Wicks

There are two things you can do with your head down - play golf and pray.

— Lee Trevino

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

— Paul Harvey

How did I make a twelve on a par five hole? It's simple - I missed a four foot putt for an…

— Arnold Palmer

But you don't have to go up in the stands and play your foul balls. I do.

— Sam Snead

Keep your sense of humor. There's enough stress in the rest of your life not to let bad shots ruin a game…

— Amy Alcott

Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses...

— Adlai Stevenson I

The golf swing is like a suitcase into which we are trying to pack one too many things.

— John Updike

John certainly gives it a good hit, doesn't he? My Sunday best is a Wednesday afternoon compared to him.

— Nick Faldo

It's so bad I could putt off a tabletop and still leave the ball halfway down the leg.

— J. C. Snead

The better your attitude and the harder you work, the luckier you get.

— Robert G. Allen

It is nevertheless a game of considerable passion, either of the explosive type, or that which burns inwardly and sears the soul.

— Bobby Jones

Mini-tour life isn't a glamorous, professional golf life. If you're not on the PGA Tour, it is very tough financially.

— Tony Finau

Why am I using a new putter? Because the last one didn't float too well.

— Craig Stadler

One minute you're bleeding. The next minute you're hemorrhaging. The next minute you're painting the Mona Lisa.

— Mac O'Grady

You don't know what pressure is until you play for five bucks with only two bucks in your pocket.

— Lee Trevino

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

— Gerald R. Ford

Golf is a game you can never get too good at. You can improve, but you can never get to where you…

— Gay Brewer

For this game you need, above all things, to be in a tranquil frame of mind.

— Harry Vardon

Golf is golf. You hit the ball, you go find it. Then you hit it again.

— Lon Hinkle