Golf Quotes · Page 55

Boxing's a poor man's sport. We can't afford to play golf or tennis. It is what it is. It's kept so many…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

If you hit a bad shot, just tell yourself it is great to be alive, relaxing and walking around on a beautiful…

— Al Geiberger

If I could straighten it out (his golf swing), I'd be pitching at Dodger Stadium tonight.

— Sandy Koufax

If long hitting is the thing that causes the spectators to whistle through their teeth in wonderment, why not play tournaments up…

— Robert Harris

Golf is elitist, it's stuffy, it's exclusive and I hate that because I am not that and I was never welcomed in…

— Paige Spiranac

I grew up not having a father. Golf is the father I never had. It taught me honesty and respect and discipline…

— George Lopez

Every golf fan knows how many majors Nicklaus won: 18. But what's Jack's Ryder Cup record? Nobody knows.

— Paul Casey

The reason most people play golf is to wear clothes they would not be caught dead in otherwise.

— Anonymous

Hitting a golf ball correctly is the most sophisticated and complicated maneuver in all of sports, with the possible exception of eating…

— Ray Fitzgerald

Americans are less mystical about what produced their inland or meadow courses; they are the product of the bulldozerm rotary ploughs, mowers,…

— Alistair Cooke

You'll find that one-length irons are far more versatile around the greens. You can vary the trajectory more, your distance control will…

— Bryson DeChambeau

“Just as I do, Bill was always telling pupils to relax their elbows, since the elbow is the most important joint we…

— Harvey Penick

The toughest opponent of all is Old Man Par. He's a patient soul who never shoots a birdie and never incurs a…

— Bobby Jones

Sam Snead had perhaps the most stylish solution to the balding golfer: A snappy fedora that became his signature style, so much…

— Steve Rushin

In golf, no one learns to hit a draw, a fade, or a cut shot until they've been taught how to hit…

— Daniel Negreanu

I've always said as a political scientist that "culture" is what we use when we can't explain things. I think it's more…

— Condoleezza Rice

Golf is to me what his Sabine farm was to the poet Horace - a solace and an inspiration.

— Ramsay MacDonald

You just can't say lesbianism hurts women's golf. It's more correct to say homophobia does.

— Anonymous

If you think your hands are more important in your golf swing than your legs, try walking a hole on your hands.

— Gary Player

I still play hockey every now and then, and I still golf. But my biggest exercise is walking my big dog in…

— Michael J. Fox

Dividing the swing into its parts is like dissecting a cat. You'll have blood and guts and bones all over the place.…

— Ernest Jones

I believe that one of the reasons I get to play golf all over the world is because of the barriers that…

— Darius Rucker

The locker rooms that Donald Trump is in are not at the cut-rate gym with the broken treadmills - they are at…

— John Dickerson

It's like living at an airshow, unless you have something against airplanes, golf, guns, motorcycles, nice cars or drinking.

— Brian R. Norris

I came to the realization a couple months ago that I am fat. If you get tired from walking - and that's…

— Charles Barkley

Exercise? I get it on the golf course. When I see my friends collapse, I run for the paramedics.

— Red Skelton

I go back there and all my friends are there when I have my golf tournament. They treat me the same way…

— Jamie Farr

I started watching golf for the first time yesterday. I'm really worried about myself. I was actually enjoying it.

— Ewan McGregor

Trevino is in a league by himself. We don't even count him. We figure when you come in second, you're a winner.

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

I hate a hook. It nauseates me. I could vomit when I see one. It's like a rattlesnake in your pocket.

— Ben Hogan

I started playing golf after a broken knee led me to quit my career as an elite gymnast. It wasn't long before…

— Paige Spiranac

I've been passionate about the game of golf since I first held a club in my hand. I don't ever see that…

— Patrick Reed

Playing with your spouse on the golf course runs almost as great a marital risk as getting caught playing with someone else's…

— Peter Andrews

I teamed up with the PGA of America to help promote a weekend of golf that raises scholarship money for kids who…

— George W. Bush

Every time you build a golf course, it’s not a golf course when you get there. You have to improvise.

— Pete Dye

There are no absolutes in golf. Golf is such an individual game, and no two people swing alike.

— Kathy Whitworth

Once when I'd been in a lot of bunkers, my caddie told me he was getting blisters from raking so much.

— JoAnne Carner

I'm hitting the driver so good I gotta dial the operator for long distance after I hit it.

— Lee Trevino

It is always disillusioning to weigh your fish and measure your golf drives. Smart men estimate them.

— Havilah Babcock

Golf may be played on Sunday, not being a game within the view of the law, but being a form of moral…

— Stephen Leacock