Great golf Quotes

Golf is not, on the whole, a game for realists. By its exactitudes of measurements it invites the attention of perfectionists.

— Heywood Hale Broun

Never bet with anyone you meet on the first tee who has a deep suntan, a 1-iron in his bag, and squinty…

— Dave Marr

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

— Jimmy Demaret

Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt.

— Sam Snead

Golf is a game where white men can dress up as black pimps and get away with it.

— Robin Williams

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

— Keith Michael

Never concede the putt that beats you.

— Harry Vardon

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

Go play golf. Go to the golf course. Hit the ball. Find the ball. Repeat until the ball is in the hole.…

— Chuck Hogan

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

— Cary Middlecoff

I had a wonderful experience on the golf course today. I had a hole in nothing. Missed the ball and sank the…

— Don Adams

I'm about five inches from being an outstanding golfer. That's the distance my left ear is from my right.

— Ben Crenshaw

Baseball reveals character; golf exposes it.

— Ernie Banks

Nothing goes down slower than a golf handicap.

— Bobby Nichols

The mind messes up more shots than the body.

— Tommy Bolt

I never learned anything from a match that I won.

— Bobby Jones

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

— George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

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

— Tony Lema

Really in all my years on Tour, in the U.S. Open I probably played great golf in two of them, out of…

— Fred Couples

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

— Craig Stadler

A good one iron shot is about as easy to come by as an understanding wife.

— Dan Jenkins

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

— Bobby Jones

There are plenty of guys who played great golf, had great careers and only won a few majors.

— Johnny Miller

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

Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick.

— P. J. O'Rourke