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> [The best advice I can give for playing a ball out of water is - don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-lema/the-best-advice-i-can-give-for-playing-a-ball-out-of-water-is-don-t/)

[Tony Lema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-lema/)

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## More by Tony Lema

> [If I had to cram all my tournament experience into one sentence, I would say, Don't give up and don't let up!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-lema/if-i-had-to-cram-all-my-tournament-experience-into-one-sentence-i/)

[Tony Lema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-lema/)

> [You build a golf game like you build a wall, one brick at a time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-lema/you-build-a-golf-game-like-you-build-a-wall-one-brick-at-a-time/)

[Tony Lema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-lema/)

> [The best advice I can give for playing a ball out of water is - don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-lema/the-best-advice-i-can-give-for-playing-a-ball-out-of-water-is-don-t/)

[Tony Lema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-lema/)

> [In choosing a partner, always pick the optimist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-lema/in-choosing-a-partner-always-pick-the-optimist/)

[Tony Lema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-lema/)

> [A buoyant, positive approach to the game is as basic as a sound swing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-lema/a-buoyant-positive-approach-to-the-game-is-as-basic-as-a-sound-swing/)

[Tony Lema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-lema/)

> [The less said about the putter the better. Here is an instrument of torture, designed by Tantalus and forged in the devil's own smithy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-lema/the-less-said-about-the-putter-the-better-here-is-an-instrument-of/)

[Tony Lema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-lema/)

> [After a golfer has been out on the circuit for a while he learns how to handle his dating so that it doesn't interfere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-lema/after-a-golfer-has-been-out-on-the-circuit-for-a-while-he-learns-how/)

[Tony Lema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-lema/)

> [The man who runs from his office to the golf club, gulps a sandwich, belches and races to the first tee has no business…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-lema/the-man-who-runs-from-his-office-to-the-golf-club-gulps-a-sandwich/)

[Tony Lema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-lema/)

> [I feel like I'm back visiting an old grandmother. She's crotchety and eccentric, but also elegant, and anyone who doesn't fall in love with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-lema/i-feel-like-i-m-back-visiting-an-old-grandmother-she-s-crotchety-and/)

[Tony Lema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-lema/)

> [Don't take your bad shots home with you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-lema/don-t-take-your-bad-shots-home-with-you/)

[Tony Lema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-lema/)

> [Let's see, I think I right now I'm third in the money-winning and first in money-spending.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-lema/let-s-see-i-think-i-right-now-i-m-third-in-the-money-winning-and/)

[Tony Lema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-lema/)

> [From its earliest beginnings, golf has been a gentleman's game - to be played as much for the sake of the game as for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-lema/from-its-earliest-beginnings-golf-has-been-a-gentleman-s-game-to-be/)

[Tony Lema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-lema/)

> [It isn't the hours that you put in at practice that count. It's the way you spend those minutes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-lema/it-isn-t-the-hours-that-you-put-in-at-practice-that-count-it-s-the/)

[Tony Lema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-lema/)

> [Golf is like solitaire. When you cheat, you cheat only yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-lema/golf-is-like-solitaire-when-you-cheat-you-cheat-only-yourself/)

[Tony Lema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-lema/)

> [Golf is like solitaire. When you cheat, you only cheat yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-lema/golf-is-like-solitaire-when-you-cheat-you-only-cheat-yourself/)

[Tony Lema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-lema/)

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