Golf Quotes · Page 51

What I've always tried to do, whether it's the NBA or baseball or golf, is be charged with getting the color.

— Ernie Johnson Jr

Anthology construction is one of the pleasantest hobbies that a person who is not mad about golf and bridge - that is…

— Arnold Bennett

We just became very good friends [with Dwight Eisenhower], we played golf, we played heart exhibitions. Then his doctor said he should…

— Arnold Palmer

Um, yeah 15-year-olds don't lead at an LPGA event all the time. But like I said, I'm very surprised. I've been playing…

— Lydia Ko

I would rather be of clear mind and decision with the wrong club than with an unclear mind and the right club.

— Walter Hagen

The golf swing is among the most stressful and unnatural acts in sports, short of cheering for the Yankees.

— Brad Faxon

Golf, more than most games, has a number of clichés, often successfully disguised as 'tips'. Watch out!

— Kathy Whitworth

I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf,

— Anonymous

No matter what calamities befall him in everyday life, the true hacker still needs the pressure and inconvenience of four hours of…

— Tom O'Connor

I can't exactly describe it, but as I looked at the putt, the hole looked as big as a wash tub, I…

— Jack Fleck

Elderly gentlemen, gentle in all respects, kind to animals, beloved by children, and fond of music, are found in lonely corners of…

— A. P. Herbert

I do spend really focused time with my wife, my kids, grandkids, and so when I'm doing something or on a golf…

— Mike Duke

I'm not being used to create the trickle down effect in racquetball, unlike Tiger Woods being used to create such effect in…

— Kane Waselenchuk

I've always said the players don't build up rivalries themselves, people from the outside build up the rivalries. I just want to…

— Rory McIlroy

I try to exercise in nature, and I try to play golf once a month. The last time I played golf with…

— Shinzo Abe

Golf is the only-est sport. You're completely alone with every conceivable opportunity to defeat yourself. Golf brings out your assets and liabilities…

— Hale Irwin

I mean, I can actually say goodbye to the game of golf, never hit another golf shot the rest of my life…

— Greg Norman

Show me a man who is a good loser and Ill show you a man who is playing golf with his boss.

— Anonymous

You get to know more of the character of a man in a round of golf than in six months of political…

— David Lloyd George

The object of a bunker or trap is not only to punish a physical mistake, to punish lack of control, but also…

— Charles B. Macdonald

You've got to gamble every once in a while in a round of golf. I'm not afraid to screw up.

— Fuzzy Zoeller

Putting isn't golf, greens should be treated almost the same as water hazards: you land on them, then add two strokes to…

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

This golfer has a wicked slice. And quite a follow-through. That's why his partner, who stood too close, Is on the green…

— Richard Armour

On the back of Rio, I really hoped Japan would be the huge leap forward for golf in the Olympics.

— Justin Rose

I was in the middle of the golf tournament trying to make birdies and I was just having a blast. So that…

— David Duval

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

— Ian Poulter

Someone who's honest about their golf game, I think, is a person who's right in the world.

— Rich Eisen

I never pray on a golf course. Actually, the Lord answers my prayers everywhere except on the course.

— Billy Graham

Golf is said to be an humbling game, but it is surprising how many people are either not aware of their weaknesses…

— Bobby Jones

I have a psychological feeling about things - and if I have something that I need to accomplish and I accomplish it,…

— Arnold Palmer

They say 'practice makes perfect.' Of course, it doesn't. For the vast majority of golfers it merely consolidates imperfection.

— Henry Longhurst

Golf is a matter of confidence. If you think you cannot do it, there is no chance you will.

— Henry Cotton

I'm thinking of taking up golf, but the idea of spending time with golfers frightens me.

— Harlan Coben

It's just golf. As long as I get done without breakin' somethin' or hurtin' somebody, that's my goal.

— Boo Weekley

I'm not very good at practice. But if you tell yourself you love the hole and love hitting it on the fairway,…

— Barry Lane

The ideal build for a golfer would be strong hands, big forearms, thin neck, big thighs and a flat chest. He'd look…

— Gary Player

It's a torture chamber, if we had to play it every day I don't think I'd be playing golf.

— Ian Woosnam

If I can raise more money for charities, or get more Canadian kids to play golf, the green jacket will mean even…

— Mike Weir

As a golfer, you feel like you're perpetually on the rack [in foursomes]. Mentally, it's very difficult.

— Ben Crenshaw

There are two things you can learn by stopping your backswing at the top and checking the position of your hands; how…

— Tom Mulligan