Great golf Quotes

Concentrate on hitting the green. The cup will come to you.

— Cary Middlecoff

May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters.

— Ben Hogan

Life is great and golf has been one of the great parts of it for me.

— George Lopez

Nothing goes down slower than a golf handicap.

— Bobby Nichols

The woods are full of long drivers.

— Harvey Penick

Never concede the putt that beats you.

— Harry Vardon

Baseball reveals character; golf exposes it.

— Ernie Banks

My body is here, but my mind has already teed off.

— Keith Michael

The best advice I can give for playing a ball out of water is - don't.

— Tony Lema

Golf is a lot of walking, broken up by disappointment and bad arithmetic.

— Earl Wilson

My favorite shots are the practice swing and the conceded putt. The rest can never be mastered.

— George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

I don't fear death, but I sure don't like those three-footers for par.

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody put a flagstick on top.

— Pete Dye

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

— Billy Graham

One thing about golf is you don't know why you play bad and why you play good.

— George Archer

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

— Jimmy Demaret

The moment the average golfer attempts to play from long grass or a bunker or from a difficult lie of any kind,…

— Bobby Jones

I am a fanatic when it comes to the game, so I need to know there is a golf course not far…

— Viv Richards

Men who would face torture without a word become blasphemous at the short fourteenth. It is clear that the game of golf…

— A. P. Herbert

When you lip out several putts in a row, you should never think that means that you're putting well. When you're putting…

— Jack Nicklaus

No other game combines the wonder of nature with the discipline of sport in such carefully planned ways. A great golf course…

— Tom Watson

It's so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying "Shhh" and not moving a muscle.…

— Al McGuire

A leading difficulty with the average player is that he totally misunderstands what is meant by concentration. He may think he is…

— Bobby Jones

I've heard people say putting is 50 percent technique and 50 percent mental. I really believe it is 50 percent technique and…

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

Having a great golf swing helps under pressure, but golf is a game about scoring. It's like an artist who can get…

— Jerry Pate

The more you play it the less you know about it.

— Patty Berg

Never admit that your back goes out more than you do

— Joan Rivers

Sex is the most fun you can have without smiling.

— Madonna Ciccone

I didn't miss the putt. I made the putt. The ball missed the hole.

— Peter Jacobsen

Golf is 20 percent talent and 80 percent management.

— Ben Hogan

The mind messes up more shots than the body.

— Tommy Bolt

His driving is unbelievable. I don't go that far on my holidays.

— Ian Baker-Finch

Golf's three ugliest words: still your shot.

— Dave Marr

You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about.

— Bobby Jones

The most important shot in golf is the next one.

— Ben Hogan

Golf is just a game - and an idiotic game most of the time.

— Mark Calcavecchia

My swing is so bad I look like a caveman killing his lunch.

— Lee Trevino

The best wood in most amateurs' bags is the pencil.

— Chi Chi Rodriguez

I'm the best. I just haven't played yet.

— Muhammad Ali

I never learned anything from a match that I won.

— Bobby Jones